How to backup a Wordpress website using BackWpUp & DropBox

How To Backup A

WordPress Site Using

BackWpUp & DropBox

Hover Over "Plugins" And Click "Add

New"

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Search For "BackWPup" And Click

"Install Now"

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Click "OK"3

Click "Activate Plugin"4

Click "Add new job" On The Left5

Name The Job

This will be the name of the folder that will be created on Dropbox to store all of the backups for this site.

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Check "Backup to Dropbox"7

Click The "Schedule" Tab8

Click "with WordPress cron"9

Select "basic" And Pick The Backup

Schedule

In this example, the backup will occur every day at 3AM.

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Click The "DB Backup" Tab11

Make Sure Everything Is Checked Off12

Click The "Files" Tab13

Exclude Any Files As Neccesary

If you want to keep certain items out of the backup, you can specify exactly what will get backed up here. If you're unsure, leave everything at their default values.

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Click The "To: Dropbox" Tab15

Switch Back To The WordPress Tab And

Click "Get Dropbox App auth code"

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Open A New Tab And Login To Dropbox

dropbox.com/

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Click "Allow"18

Copy The Code That Appears19

Click "Save changes" In The Lower Left20

Done

At this point you can choose to click "Run now" and force the backup to run immediately. Alternatively you can let the backup run at its next scheduled time.

The backup will appear on Dropbox under "Apps > BackWPup".

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