How to Back Up Your Website

"Internet security is a fast moving challenge and ever present threat." 

Source: The Official Joomla! Security Checklist.

You are advised to regularly back up your Wynchcote website built on the Joomla! platform.

You should always back up your website before making significant changes such as:

1. installing Joomla! extensions (example: an image gallery), or
2. installing Joomla! upgrades following the announcement by the Joomla! Developer Community of a security release.

Performing regular routine backups will offer you peace of mind and 

1. reduce the risk of losing data from hacker attack, user error or server malfunction, and
2. minimise the inconvenience caused by a hacker attack, user error or server malfunction.

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There are three forms a website backup might take:

Full Backup of Directories and Files + Database

We tell you how here: Perform a FULL Backup of your Website.

Partial backup of Directories and Files

This is best performed using an FTP Client like FileZilla.

We show you how in our article entitled Perform a File Transfer.

Backup of Database Only 

This is performed using PhpMyAdmin and illustrated here: Database Backup Only.

DIY vs Wynchcote Maintenance

This guide is intended to help you perform routine backups. If having read it you are not sure about anything, give us a call.

Wynchcote Web Hosting Terms of Service clearly state:

"It is the Customer's responsibility to maintain appropriate and up-to-date back-up copies of any data, information or other Material the Customer uploads (or permits to be uploaded) onto the Company's servers as part of the Customer's use of the Company's Web Hosting Services."

For this reason alone, we strongly advise that you regularly perform a routine backup of your website.

If you do not have the time or the inclination to perform routine maintenance (including backing up) then why not consider a Wtnchcote Joomla! Maintenance Plan?

More about Maintenance Plans

Wynchcote Control Panel Help and Support

Your Wynchcote Hosting Plan Control Panel offers a useful contextual guide to assist you.

If you still are not sure what to do then you can contact Wynchcote Support.