Backing Up Your Website Files Manually

Описание: IMPORTANT: If you are backing up a WordPress site (or another CMS built site) that also uses a database, you will also need to backup your database as well - this guide just covers the site files!

See the below video at the marked time for how to backup your database:

   • How to manually migrate WordPress websites...  

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What happens if your Wordpress backup plugin stops working? What if you need to quickly migrate your site files without having to install a bunch of addons or paying someone to do it?

Backing up your website files is a key skill that any website owner or developer should have. In this video I take you through step by step how to manually backup your website (WordPress or not) quickly and easily in Linux.

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Full backup command : tar -czvf [ARCHIVE NAME] [FILE PATH]

Unzip command: tar -xf [ARCHIVE NAME]
(For the above unzip command, be sure to include ".tar.gz" in the name!)

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00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Log in via SSH
01:55 - Navigating SSH
03:23 - Creating an archive
04:52 - Downloading your archive
06:34 - Opening your archive

Music:
Streambeats by Harris Heller