I recently blogged here about the best WordPress Content backup plugin ever and now, to complete the full backup experience, is my top choice for my MYSQL Database Backup Plugin: DBC Backup.
The thing honestly couldn’t be any easier. Light weight, configurable, and extremely simple, it beats the pants off of really any large and bloated WordPress plugin out there. Again, combine it with the Amazon S3 Backup and you’ve got full coverage.
And that, my friends, is how I keep my blogs backed up.
The End.
John, do you use both backup plugins? Thanks for the tip!
Mike,
Yes. I do. Both can be automatic or manual. I LOVE them and they are both super-unbloated and have never failed me…. and i've tried all the other ones out there.
your folder and path are still visible in picture n00b
zing!
… pwned.
Not yet, you're not.
dangit. i'm so lame.
I'm partial to WordPress Database Backup http://ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup/ simply because I'm lazy and it has the ability to email the backup file.
laziness is rewarded!
Yes, I'm with you, Aaron… on using the WP Database Backup and laziness. :>)
-Marshall Jones Jr.
Word! I've even got a filter setup in gmail to mark them as read and file them away. I get a new DB backup automatically every day. Take that hackbots!
dude, you're so smart… gmail filters FTW!
Just got this message when I tried to set it up: “Folder **** wasn’t created, check permissions.”
Also got this message:
“Warning! **** is writable. Please make it readonly after your page is generated as this is a security risk.”
How do I change this, and to what?
Hi John,
I’m using WordPress multi-site and want to make sure that
DBC backup is backing up all of the sites databases and not just the main site.
Do you have any input or tips about this..
Thnx, Nick
Did you check the backedup files?
Hi Eric,
When you install DBC on a multi-site, it installs it on the main site, and I set a path to backup the database (and it is backing up). However it also installs individual instances of it on each site your create, but the path is left blank on each of those sites, as if it requires a separate location to backup each individual site’s data base.
What I am confused about is that the mutli-site is one database; so why is DBC on each individual site as if they have separate databases; and does that mean it is not backing up the individual sites data unless you set up additional backup paths for each site. I’ve searched everywhere for info on this but have found none.
Nick
Is it possiable that it is seperating out the database data? Drop in a different path of an individual site, see what it spits out for you, and let me know.