Backups protect your website from data loss, which can occur due to accidental deletion or cyberattacks. With a backup, you can restore your website to a previous state at any time.
In the WordPress Studio of your Managed WordPress package, you can:
create up to 5 manual backups.
access up to 7 automatically created backups.
This article explains how to create, restore, and delete backups.
The option to create manual backups is available in the Managed WordPress packages "Simple," "Grow," and "Owner."
You can check if your package includes this feature by looking for the "Backup" entry in the package overview.
1 - WordPress Studio
In the terminal, navigate to your Managed WordPress package. You can find instructions on how to access WordPress Studio in the article "Where can I find my Managed WordPress product in the internex terminal?"
1.1 - Creating a Backup
In your Managed WordPress package menu, click on "Backups." Here you will find an overview of the currently created backups.
To create a new backup of your environment, click the green "Create New Backup" button in the upper right corner.
Enter a note to make your backup identifiable and click "Create now".
1.2 - Restoring a Backup
To restore your backup, click the black "Restore" button next to the corresponding entry.
The popup will ask you what type of recovery you want to perform and which environment you want to overwrite.
Files and database: All files and the entire database will be overwritten with the state of the backup. Specifically, the following will be changed:
All posts since the backup date will be lost.
All new pages or changes to pages since the backup date will be lost.
All images uploaded in the meantime will be lost.
If you use shop plugins such as "WooCommerce," all orders since the backup date will be lost.
In summary: Everything that has happened on the website since the backup date will be irretrievably deleted!
Only files, not the database: This option only resets your website's files, such as plugins. Please note that this may lead to inconsistencies, as new entries in the database may depend on plugins or updates that no longer exist.
Select the desired options and then click "Restore now".
1.3 - Deleting a Backup
To delete a manual backup, click the red trash can icon next to the corresponding entry.
A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm the action again. Click "Yes, delete it!" to permanently remove the backup.
