Plugins for Website backup

[Sebastian]

Hey Folks,

What plugins do you use to backup the following:

• Database Contents
• Web Content

Thanks !

[NickM]

For wordpress, I use WP Database Backup. You can set an automatic backup schedule and have backup files sent via email daily, weekly, monthly, etc. I just have a dedicated email address where all site backup files are sent daily.

[Unknown Webmaster]

I use WordPress › WP-DBManager WordPress Plugins
I'm fairly sure it just does the same things that the plugin NickM uses.

[Hazo]

That's just for the DB right? What do you back up the web content with? Do you just do it via cPanel?

[Sebastian]

Yeah for the webfiles, you could just use FTP and copy them to a USB stick...

[DealerDan]

There's a cron job I run every night on my server to back everything up. I also use Syncback Pro which I run on a separate workstation here.

I had tested out WP Database Backup, but found it would choke on big DBs. That was about a year ago though so may have improved since then(or maybe it was an issue on my side).

[NickM]

What is "web content?" Do you mean for static html/php based sites?

[Sebastian]

Yeah I guess I meant the html pages.

[Catfish]

I found this: Joomla!®Plug - Home - XCloner works both with Joomla and Wordpress. It can backup, but also clone your site to another URL.
Kind of useful for example if you want to install a second or third language in a subdirectory - clone it, re-install in the new dir and then just translate the content there.
I tried it and found it quite easy to work with. But I haven't tried it with real large databases yet.

[rbc]

If you have access to the SQL server you can make a backup directly from there.