WP Toolkit – Backing up and Restoring WordPress Installations

To help prevent data loss, you can back up and restore websites.
To do so, you can use either the WP Toolkit feature or the general Plesk backup mechanism,
called Backup Manager.

Creating backups in WP Toolkit may be more convenient than in Backup Manager because of the following reasons:

• WP Toolkit backs up an individual website, while Backup Manager backs up the whole subscription
  with all the subscription’s websites and their data.
• If you need to back up an individual website, a WP Toolkit backup requires less time and disk space.
• Creating backups in WP Toolkit does not require any setup.

To back up a WordPress website:

1. Go to WordPress and then click Back up / Restore on the card of the WordPress installation you want to back up.

   

2. Click Back up.

Once the backup is finished, it will be displayed in the list of WP Toolkit backups.

To restore a WordPress website:

1. Go to WordPress and then click Back up / Restore on the card of the WordPress installation whose backup you want to restore.

2. Click the icon corresponding to the backup you want to restore.

   Note: Restoring a backup removes all changes you made to the website after the backup date.
   For this reason, WP Toolkit suggests that you back up the current state of your website and use this backup to restore.

3. Click Restore.

You have restored your backup.

To be on the safe side, you may want to download WP Toolkit backup files to store them elsewhere.

To download WP Toolkit backup files:

1. Go to WordPress and then click Back up / Restore on the card of the WordPress installation whose backup files you want to download.

2. Click the icon corresponding to the backup whose file you want to download.

   You will be redirected to the directory in File Manager (/wordpress-backups in the website’s home directory)
   where WP Toolkit backups are stored.

3. Click the icon corresponding to the backup file you want to download and then click Download.

You have downloaded a backup file.

You can delete WP Toolkit backups you no longer need.

To delete a WP Toolkit backup:

1. Go to WordPress and then click Back up/Restore on the card of the WordPress installation whose backup file you want to delete.
2. Click the icon corresponding to the backup you want to delete and then click Delete.

You have deleted a backup.