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1. jonradio
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I've been happily using cPanel Backup as my preferred method of backing up the WordPress database. But now I have a user who runs her own WordPress site, and both she and I would prefer not to have her using cPanel.

   I looked at a few of the most popular and recently updated plug-ins that do backups that include the WordPress database. But walked away with a major security concern: they appear to leave the database backup on the web server where any hacker could, conceivably, find it.

   I would appreciate any advice on ways to avoid this apparent security issue. Within reason, I'm even willing to "write it myself" in php.

   I assume that I'm looking for a solution that either deletes the backup from the server after a successful download to the user's workstation. Or stores the backup somewhere inaccessible to hackers, i.e. - not in /public_html/

2. Jonas Grumby
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You have to put a .htaccess file in the backup folder.

   I like this plugin:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dbmanager/

3. jonradio
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Just what I was looking for, in terms of info! Thank you so much.

4. jonradio
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Just tried it out and documented it for my user, and it is one great little plug-in! They even include the text for the .htaccess for you, and warn you to add it right after you activate the plug-in.

   No Version 3.1 issues either.

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