Tutorial: How to backup your site

[westnz]

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• Content type (Course, Tutorial, Online Workshop, or Lesson Plan):
• Content title: How to backup your site
• Topic description: Ways to backup your site
• Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): User
• Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Beginner-Intermediate

Learning Objectives

Backup your site using a plugin or with your host

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[westnz]

https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/assets/89751452/6fe967d7-8cf4-454e-b37d-d70d35c976c5

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Wes, this is succinct and clear. I like how you point out the restore option. As you mention, a manual restore is more complex and appropriate for another tutorial. Some highlights that I especially appreciate: 1:34 - Describing the differences between the Filesystem and Database backups 2:27 - On-demand backup option is really good for users to know; great how you refer to it later in the plugin section.

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Great tutorial, @westnz! Love the slides (especially the poor soul in the intro segment 😂), the flow, and the fact that you mention ALL available options.

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Thank you for the reviews @ironnysh and @askdesign 😃

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1:44 the word website in the last line of text is misspelled Great job. I wish you would have clarified that the Updraft plugin you need to pick a remote storage for your backups and that those settings of daily and 2 backups are connected to the remote storage setup. Even the on-demand backup too.

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Another nice job, Wes. I agree with Laura's comments above - spelling error on the slide at 1:44. I also agree that you should mention that backup best practices includes storing your backups somewhere other than the hosting account, such as Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. so that hosting account problems don't result in losing both your website and all your backups.

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[westnz]

Many thanks, @SierraTR and @lada7042

[westnz]

Updated and published as part of the Beginner user learning pathway in Sensei.