Backups & Updates for Your WordPress Website

Backups & Updates for your website. How to do them and why they're essential for a safe and happy site. We'll go over what to backup, what to do with those backups and the overall backups and updates process for plugins, themes and WordPress core updates on your website.

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1. Backups & Updates Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt
2. Intro Beau Moffatt Web Strategist Open Sky Web Studio www.openskywebstudio.com Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt
3. Why Do I Need to Backup My Website? • Peace of Mind Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt
4. What Do I Need to Backup? • Database (phpMyAdmin) • Files ◦ Plugins ◦ Themes ◦ Uploads (Images & Files) ◦ WordPress Core Installation Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt
5. Where Do I Keep My Backups? • Somewhere secure but easily accessible for restores • Consider Cloud Storage ◦ Amazon S3 ◦ Google Drive ◦ Dropbox Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt
6. Updates **Always backup your website before installing updates** • Applies to WordPress Core, Themes and Plugins Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt
7. Updates - Process 1. Backup Site 2. Review the Changelog 3. Check Support forum for conflicts or issues 4. Apply Update 5. Check the Website Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt
8. Considerations • Staging Environments • Backup & Update Plugins & Services https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt
9. Questions? Beau Moffatt | www.openskywebstudio.com | @beau_moffatt