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How to Install UpdraftPlus Plugin

by | Nov 29, 2022 | Tutorials

Creating WordPress Backup with UpdraftPlus

Install UpdraftPlus

1. To Install a plugin, go to your WordPress Dashboard, hover over Plugin, and click Add New.

2. Enter UpdraftPlus in the WordPress directory search bar.

3. Click Install button to install UpdraftPlus plugin to your site.

4. Click Activate to activate the UpdraftPlus plugin on your WordPress site.

Congratulations! your UpdraftPlus plugin has been successfully installed on your site.

How to setup backup of your site using UpdraftPlus

Next, you need to visit the UpdraftPlus Backups page to configure the plugin’s settings.

To do that, head over to Settings in your dashboard panel and click UpdraftPlus Backups.

Click on the Settings tab.

Here, you can setup an automatic backup schedule and a remote location to store your backups.

Choosing a Backup Schedule with UpdraftPlus

Choosing Where to Store Your Backup Files

Storing Your Backups on Dropbox Using UpdraftPlus

Scroll down to remote storage setup instructions and then click on the links next to the “Authenticate with Dropbox” option.

Allow UpdraftPlus to access your Dropbox account.

Click on the Complete setup button to finish the setup.

Creating Manual WordPress Backups with Updraft Plus

Hover over Settings and then click UpdraftPlus Backups.

Click on the Backup Now button.

A popup will appear with three options.

Click on the Backup Now button.

Updraft will start creating backup of your files and database. Here is you can see the progress on the settings page.

Restoring Your WordPress Backup with UpdraftPlus

  • If your website was hacked or you want to start fresh, then you need to delete everything on your site.
  • Install WordPress.
  • Install UpdraftPlus
  • Activate UpdraftPlus
  • Visit Settings and then Click on UpdraftPlus Backups
  • Click on the Restore button.

If you saved the backup files on your computer, click on the Upload backup files link to manually upload and restore them.

Click on the Settings tab and choose the remote location you used earlier to store your backups.

Click on the Existing Backups tab and click on the Rescan remote location link.

Click on the Rescan remote location link.

Updraft will look for backups in the remote storage and display them below. Click on the Restore button next to a recent backup.

Select all options and the click Restore button.

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