WordPress Site Maintenance

No matter what kind of WordPress site you are running, you will still need a reliable solution to back up your site. We shall be talking about how to perform a WordPress Site Backup and Restore, to S3, the popular cloud storage facility by Amazon.

Most people ignore this important aspect when initially creating their site. They focus all their energy on the web design and the content aspect, leaving them no time to think about what might happen if the site suddenly decided to crash. In some unfortunate cases, it might also be hacked. While these events are rare, they do happen, and it is always better to be prepared for such an eventuality. As they say, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Here are 5 easy steps to Back WP UP to S3:

Step 1: Deciding where, and how you will back up.

Using S3 to back your site up on an external server could prove very useful, especially in case of any unfortunate events. This could happen if your client’s website has been hacked into, and it will take you a long time to figure out what exactly has been changed on the site. It could also happen in case your website crashes in the middle of an update, or your WP-content folder gets deleted by accident. Whichever it is, you will absolutely need to Backup WordPress Site and Database for good measure.

What are the best solutions to back up your site?

Use a Web Host: Numerous web hosts offer free plans for backing your precious data up. A backup plugin: There are a number of web plugins that will allow you to back up your WordPress site and your database. Contact a third party provider of WordPress backup services: There are multiple service providers online who will offer you WordPress Site Backup and Restore, at very affordable prices.

Where will you store your site backups? There are multiple methods you can use to store your backed-up files including:

Zip file

FTP

Dropbox

Drive

Rackspace

Azure

Amazon S3

The Amazon S3 is free in the initial stages and will ensure that your backups are permanently secure, stored on servers that never go down. It is scalable to a great degree, allowing you to expand on your website as much as you like.

So, it’s been a while since you are using a WordPress website for your business, and you’re worried about how your website is underperforming and getting into trouble now and then.

Almost 50% of the errors that people encounter in WordPress is due to an old and outdated version of WordPress that the website is built on, plugins, and security frameworks. So, the only way out here is keeping the website up to date with the latest version.

Here is a guide for how to upgrade the website, plugins to a new version manually. You can also use this tutorial to update a commercial version of your website to its latest version.

If you are using a commercial version, rather than manually upgrading the plugin, you can upgrade the plugin directly in the WordPress backend.

There are methods below to upgrade the WordPress to its latest version manually:

1. Go through the following instructions to make important updates in your website without losing any data:

·         In your WordPress backend, visit the plugin menu Settings, ensure there is an option “Keep data when removing the plugin” and the option is validated. The option is validated by default. This option is only available after some versions. Please use the following second method instead:

In your WordPress backend, go to the menu Plugins -> Installed Plugins, disable the plugin and remove it. When removing the plugin, you’ll get the warning “Are you sure you wish to delete these files and data” and hit the “Yes button, Delete these files and data”. This is a mandatory warning from WordPress.