Comments on: Backup Your WordPress Database NOW! - Part 2

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:23:18 +0000

Thanks for this update. I’m glad someone has taken over the care of this plugin.

By: Saman

Saman — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:22:06 +0000

In my case, they aren’t. Like I said, I have backups on three different computers…

But your mileage may very!

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:17:27 +0000

What he said!

Seriously, if a hosting company does not allow you to run cron jobs you need to get a better hosting company!

As for hosting companies doing nightly backups, yes most do. They also charge you a fee to restore from their backups!

Also, any backups stored on your server should be behind your public_html directory. You do not want your backups stored in a publicly accessable area.

By: Jez

Jez — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:07:50 +0000

It depends on the reliability of the process / keepalive. If that works then there will be nothing wrong with the plugin.

Cron will always be more reliable, but not all hosts offer access to cron…

By: Jez

Jez — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:01:47 +0000

I was wondering how they kept the process going. I assume it does not use Cron, but must have some method of keeping the process alive..

By: Saman

Saman — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:59:26 +0000

How is it “false security”?! You get a hourly/weekly or monthly backup. Most hosts out there do a nightly backup anyway, this plugin is for that extra layer security - that’s all.

If a site is really so critical that you need a rolling seven day backup, then that site’s webmaster should already be backing up the databases and this post would not apply. This post is for the rest of us.

I have copies of this entire site on two separate local backups, and then I have this plugin set to weekly which is emailed to a third server. This article for bloggers who don’t backup normally - this should be their first step in backups!

By: Saman

Saman — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:51:40 +0000

I haven’t used it, but nothing changes on the plugin’s page so I would imagine that you get an hourly email! Although, I don’t know how useful that really is… Not for me and my small site anyway!

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:29:41 +0000

This WordPress plugin is the worst form of false security out there!!! If you want a real backup system you need to use a cron job such as I have detailed in this post How To: Backup your database with a cron job.

By: Jez

Jez — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:13:57 +0000

How does the hourly scheduling work, have you looked into it?

By: Saman

Saman — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:31:14 +0000

No problem, thanks for the help! It is a great feature! I know a lot of users rely on their host to back up there databases, but I like having control over it!

By: My New Choice

My New Choice — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:08:41 +0000

Saman, thanks for the mention and glad to hear that you have updated to the latest version to take advantage of the scheduled backups.

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By: Gary Lee

Gary Lee — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:24:09 +0000

On top of backing it up, I also export my articles as a double backup once a week!

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