{"id":7537,"date":"2023-07-10T08:26:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T08:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=7537"},"modified":"2024-12-05T10:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T10:48:56","slug":"backup-or-restore-your-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/backup-or-restore-your-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup or Restore your WordPress Website using WordPress Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article will teach you how to back up or restore your website using the WordPress Toolkit<\/a> in cPanel.<\/p>\n

We’ll assume that you’ve already installed WordPress. If you do not see any installations listed, you must import them into WordPress Toolkit. Please follow the instructions in this guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to Create a Backup for your WordPress Website using WordPress Toolkit<\/span><\/h2>\n

To create a backup for your WordPress site using the WordPress Toolkit, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Log in to cPanel.\n
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    \r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t

    \r\n \t\t\t\t\tPlease see this article<\/a> if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

  2. In the\u00a0Domains<\/span><\/strong> section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management<\/span><\/strong>:\n
    \"WordPress<\/a>
    cPanel > WordPress Management<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n
  3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.<\/li>\n
  4. From the WordPress Toolkit main page, locate your WordPress install and click Back Up \/ Restore<\/span><\/strong>.\"\"<\/li>\n
  5. To generate a backup, click\u00a0Back Up
    \n<\/span><\/strong> \t\t
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    \r\n \t\t\t\t\tThe time taken may vary in accordance with the size of the data that is being backed up, so please be patient. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/span><\/span>WordPress Toolkit will create the backup and place it in your account’s home directory, wordpress-backups<\/em> folder.That\u2019s it! Now you\u2019ve made a backup. After creating at least one backup, you can restore, download, or delete it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to Restore a Backup for your WordPress Website using WordPress Toolkit<\/span><\/h2>\n

    After creating at least one backup using WordPress Toolkit, you can restore, download, or delete it. <\/span>To restore an existing backup for your WordPress site using the WordPress Toolkit, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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    1. Log in to cPanel.\n
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      \r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t

      \r\n \t\t\t\t\tPlease see this article<\/a> if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

    2. In the\u00a0Domains<\/span><\/strong> section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management<\/span><\/strong>:\n
      \"WordPress<\/a>
      cPanel > WordPress Management<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n
    3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.<\/li>\n
    4. From the WordPress Toolkit main page, locate your WordPress install and click Back Up \/ Restore<\/span><\/strong>.
      \n\"\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      5. To restore an existing backup, click the restore<\/strong> icon:<\/p>\n

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      6. To download a backup, click the download<\/strong> icon:<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      That\u2019s it! Now you\u2019ve restored a backup using WordPress Toolkit.
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      This article will teach you how to back up or restore your website using the WordPress Toolkit in cPanel. We’ll assume that you’ve already installed WordPress. If you do not see any installations listed, you must import them into WordPress Toolkit. Please follow the instructions in this guide. How to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[231],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-7537","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-wordpress-toolkit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/7537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7537"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/7537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8557,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/7537\/revisions\/8557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=7537"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=7537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}