Title: Site Backup
Last modified: January 3, 2022

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# Site Backup

 *  [aidwilliams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aidwilliams/)
 * (@aidwilliams)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-backup-5/)
 * Hi All,
 * I tried for ages to find a backup forum to ask my question, but gave up in the
   end.
 * I have a small website, mainly for personal use and sharing the link with others
   as a reference point,, so nothing commercial.
 * I’d like to have a backup option.. Something which can backup on a schedule and
   also to onedrive and the ability to restore relatively easy.
 * I’ve looked at Jetpack & Updraft. Both seem to do the job, but thought I’d ask
   if I should consider an alternative which will meet my requirements and perhaps
   a bit cheaper.
 * Any advice would be appreciated.
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      Reason: moved to fixing wordpress
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 *  [corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/)
 * (@corrinarusso)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-backup-5/#post-15211761)
 * Most hosting companies provide scheduled backup and free restore, did you check
   there first?
 * I usually try to sell the client on using a service like MalCare Pro:
    [https://www.malcare.com/](https://www.malcare.com/)
   It includes backup and re-store functions, but it also runs malware scan on your
   site. The integrity of restoring your site is only as good as the integrity of
   your backup. Obviously with a small personal website like you are describing,
   you want to use the right-sized tool for the job however.
 * If I were you, I would simply set a reminder on my phone to backup the site once
   a month using a migration plugin such as:
    [https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/)
 *  [Alan Fuller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanfuller/)
 * (@alanfuller)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-backup-5/#post-15211768)
 * Whilst there are plenty of good backup plugins, you mentioned two, some host (
   good ones at least ) have automated back ups too, built in to their hosting offerings
   at no extra cost.
 * It may be worth double checking what your host offers.
 * Also in terms of inexpensive solutions, if you have terminal access to your host
   and have (or can install) WP CLI it really is not a lot to write a simple script
   that backs up and copies away run by cron
 * e.g.
    This is simplified version of scripts I use to backup and copy to Google
   cloud
 *     ```
       wp db export --add-drop-table -" > "tmp/example.com.sql"
       gsutil -q cp "tmp/example.com.sql" gs://MY_BUCKET
       rm "tmp/example.com.sql"
       tar -czf - -C /home/site ." > "tmp/example.com.tar.gz"
       gsutil -q cp "tmp/example.com.tar.gz" gs://MY_BUCKET
       rm "example.com.tar.gz"
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [aidwilliams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aidwilliams/)
 * (@aidwilliams)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-backup-5/#post-15211789)
 * My host is Bluehost, It came with a backup plugin for the first year, but would
   only backup to themselves, not offsite. So, hence I’m looking for an alternative.
   I’m really after a point & click service. I think I’d do more damage than good
   trying to use code scripts!
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-backup-5/#post-15211880)
 * Look at “backwpup”. The free version will back up to dropbox, S3, and other offsite
   locations and it supports scheduling.

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