Backup and its frequency

To backup a WordPress site for free, you will first need to install the UpdraftPlus plugin. To do so, open your WordPress dashboard, and select Plugins > Add Plugins from the menu bar.

Then type UpdraftPlus into the Search Bar. Select the UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin and click Install Now > Activate To set up UpdraftPlus, select Settings > UpdraftPlus Backups from your WordPress menu. This will open the UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore page, where you can customize the UpdraftPlus settings to suit your backup needs. Let’s take a look at what you can do… Backup manually In the main dashboard, UpdraftPlus lets you manually backup your WordPress website at any time. To do so, simply click on the Backup Now button. You can either download the manual backup to your local server or have UpdraftPlus automatically upload it to a remote storage location (more on this in a second).

Configure scheduled backups To save yourself the trouble of remembering to manually backup, UpdraftPlus lets you create your own automatic backup schedule. To set up regularly scheduled WordPress backups, select the Settings tab on the UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore page. Here you can choose how often to backup your database and files. Options include…

Every 4, 8 or 12 hours Daily Weekly, fortnightly, or monthly Your selection will depend on how often you update your site