Take Backup Of Wordpress Database By Using A Plug-in

Taking regular backup will save your life at the time of crisis and if you are a full time or pro blogger then it is as important as food for you. There are two kind of information format for a wordpress self hosted blog, Files and Database. You can copy the files and folders to your local machine to take the backup but the data like posts, categories, content etc are in Database tables and that should be taken in the backup.

WP-DB Backup Plug-in is for taking a backup of the database of a Wordpress blog. By using this plugin, you may also take backup of other tables such as twitter-plugin table. There are options to “Save the backup on server” or “download it on local machine”.

To restore the backup database, you need to go to the “phpMyAdmin” and restore the database by executing the SQL commands.

Go ahead and keep a copy of your database on your local machine to restore it safely at the time of some data or host crisis.