How to Back Up Your WordPress Database (and Restore It)

Rob Pugh

Oct 31

Your WordPress database contains vital information like login credentials and user details. It also stores your posts and pages. So, you'll want to make sure that you always have a recent WordPress database backup to restore, just in case something goes wrong.

The good news is that backing up your WordPress database (and restoring it) is really easy. You can use one of the top WordPress backup plugins, Jetpack VaultPress Backup, to automate the process. Or, you can perform a manual backup (although this can be more difficult and time-consuming).

In this post, we'll discuss the importance of backing up your WordPress database. Then, we'll show you how to do this both with a WordPress plugin and manually. We'll also walk you through how to restore your database backups and look at some best practices for managing the entire process. Finally, we'll wrap up with some frequently asked questions on the subject.