How To Backup Your WordPress Blog Automatically

Backing up your blog is a must thing to do if you are into serious blogging. A proper and up to date backup not only saves you when something bad happens, it also helps you keep your blog online without losing any data.

There are several ways to back up your blog automatically. Most of them are plugin based set and forget settings so you do not have to do anything after setting up the process. These are plugin based and easy like 1-2-3. Below are the services and plugins offering free wordpress backups.

• iDrive
• WordPress EZ Backup
• XCloner
• Online Backup for WordPress
• EZPZ One Click Backup

1. iDrive
iDrive is an online backup service. They have a Mac/Windows client to upload and backup important files and folders from your PC. Luckily, they also have a solution for WordPress Blogs. iDrive provides a plugin which can be downloaded from here.

Just install and activate the IDrive plugin and create a new free 2 GB iDrive online backup account from the plugin control panel to start backing up your wordPress blog. It provides scheduled as well as on demand backup of blog data including files and the MySQL database dump.

2. WordPress EZ Backup
This is another plugin for wordpress offering complete backup for your wordpress blog. The best part is, this plugin can back up all your non-wordpress files, folders and MySQL databases on demand.

WordPress EZ Backup provides on demand backup as well as scheduled backup using cron job. It stores the backup locally on the plugin folder and can be downloaded any time from the plugin control panel or using FTP.

3. XCloner
xCloner is yet another full backup and restore plugin for WordPress. It can backup and restore files, folders and database within the wordpress installation.

It stores the backup copy locally or can send the compressed backup file to Amazon S3. It also offers on demand backup as well as scheduled backups. You can download the plugin from here.

4. Online Backup for WordPress
Online Backup for WordPress allows you to easily backup your entire wordPress blog (including files, folders and database) to your email or to the 50MB free space on Backup Technology’s secured web server. It also provides a downloadable copy to keep it at your computer.

Install the plugin and register a free account at Backup Technology before you setup the plugin. Once the plugin is installed and activated, you just need to enter your account credentials and you are good to go.

5. EZPZ One Click Backup
EZPZ One Click Backup is a very easy way to do a complete backup of your entire wordpress blog. This plugin provides only local backups that will be stored on the plugin folder. You can back up everything with a single click and download the backup archive anytime from the plugin control page or via FTP.

I am using iDrive and WordPress EZ Backup together for all of my blogs and I am just amazed on how they are performing. Taking backup on regular interval is necessary and you should give it the highest priority.