How to Restore Your WordPress Database in 5 Easy Steps
It’s always a good idea to have a plan if something goes wrong with your blog. The most important component of your blog is the database that contains all your posts, comments, and users. Can you imagine how you would feel if your blog died in the middle of the night and you didn’t have a backup?
I know you are one smart cookie. You already installed the recommended WordPress plugins and configured the WordPress Database Backup plugin, right? Now, you just need to learn how to restore your WordPress database.
If you don’t have a backup plan, start with these three steps:
- Backup your WordPress database every day. You never know when a disaster will strike and leave you helpless. You need to install the WordPress Database Backup plugin if you are not already using it. It’s simple to configure and can e-mail a copy of your database backup to you every day so you don’t have to remember.
- Make two copies of your database backup. Keep one copy of your database on your server and have the other e-mailed to you for safe keeping on your local computer. The WordPress Database Backup plugin can be setup to do both of these for you.
- Learn how to restore your WordPress database in the event of an emergency. Use this simple 5 step flash tutorial to learn how to restore your WordPress database.
How to Restore Your WordPress Database Tutorial
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You knew I’d come out of the woodwork to comment on this one…lol
I backed up my data through MySQL. Don’t ask me how, but it created a table of all of the info in my database…so that I could wipe out wordpress and reinstall it. It was back up in around a half hour. I think I spent more time freaking out about it, than the time it took to fix it….lol
Yikes! I did not realize how short I stopped on putting things in order on my newest blog. Sometimes the smart cookies need a heads up. Thanks.
At least you realized it now instead a moment too late. Better safe than sorry!
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