{"id":75690,"date":"2016-09-13T10:13:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=75690"},"modified":"2016-10-10T09:08:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T13:08:22","slug":"anyway-setup-automated-wordpress-database-backups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/anyway-setup-automated-wordpress-database-backups.html","title":{"rendered":"Is there anyway to setup automated WordPress database backups?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! This tutorial is going to show you how to <strong>setup automated WordPress database backups.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"video-container\">\r\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YDNXPhHjJT0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<ol> \r\n\t<li>\r\n\t<p>Download<strong> WP-DBManager plugin <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-dbmanager\/\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>.<\/p><\/li>\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<p>Login into your WordPress admin panel, then upload, install and activate the <strong>WP-DBManager plugin<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t<p>The script will automatically create a folder, called <strong>backup-db<\/strong> in the <strong>wp-content directory<\/strong> on your FTP if that folder is writable. If it was not created, please, create the folder manually and ensure that the folder is writable.<\/p><\/li>\t\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t<p>Open the <strong> wp-content\/backup-db<\/strong> directory using hosting file manager tool or FTP.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How_to_setup_automated_WordPress_database_backups_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How_to_setup_automated_WordPress_database_backups_1-300x62.png\" alt=\"How_to_setup_automated_WordPress_database_backups_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How_to_setup_automated_WordPress_database_backups_1-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How_to_setup_automated_WordPress_database_backups_1-150x31.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How_to_setup_automated_WordPress_database_backups_1-768x158.png 768w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How_to_setup_automated_WordPress_database_backups_1.png 921w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/li>\t\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t<p>If you are on<strong> Apache<\/strong>, move the<strong> htaccess.txt file<\/strong> from <strong> wp-content\/plugins\/wp-dbmanager <\/strong> folder to the <strong> wp-content\/backup-db\/.htaccess<\/strong> folder if it is not there yet.<\/p><\/li>\t\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t<p>If you are on <strong>IIS<\/strong>, move the<strong> Web.config.txt file <\/strong>from <strong>wp-content\/plugins\/wp-dbmanager<\/strong> folder to <strong> wp-content\/backup-db\/Web.config<\/strong> folder if it is not there yet.<\/p><\/li>\t\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t<p>Move the <strong>index.php file<\/strong> from <strong> wp-content\/plugins\/wp-dbmanager<\/strong> folder to  <strong>wp-content\/backup-db\/index.php<\/strong> folder if it is not there yet.<\/p><\/li>\t\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t<p>Go to <strong>WP-Admin -> Database -> DB Options<\/strong> to configure the database options. 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