Export vs. Backup

  • e12n

    (@e12n)


    12 years ago

    Dear all,

    Greetings, as this is my first post here! Could anyone explain to me the difference between exporting and backing up a WordPress site? They seem to accomplish the same thing.

    Thanks and regards.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years ago

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Export_Screen
    http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups

    Thread Starter e12n

    (@e12n)

    12 years ago

    Thanks esmi, I saw those pages already, but conceptually I still find it hard to tell the difference. In both cases we save both the data and the style of the site, right?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years ago

    No. Export saves your post content. That’s it.

    Backups save posts, attachments, style, settings etc.

    Thread Starter e12n

    (@e12n)

    12 years ago

    Thanks, Ipstenu! Digressing a little… is this generally regarded as “enough” if you are developing pages for a client, she wants to part ways and take her data with her? I’m thinking of a multisite configuration, where this would seem much simpler than handing out a (single-site) backup.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years ago

    Hm. Yes and no. So long as you’re willing to keep the site ‘up’ on your server until they import everything to the new site (so they can get their images and attachments), then yes.

    Chris Burbridge

    (@chrisbeee)

    12 years ago

    I find BackupBuddy to be a wonderful tool for developing websites. You can create a full backup that includes all the files, plus the data, and it puts it all into one time-stamped ZIP file.

    Just be sure to go into its Settings and set the restore password, and then remember it.

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