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Backing up your website database

Before carrying out any sort of major update to a website, be it a platform or plugin update, you need to ensure you have a local backup saved. Once you’ve got this downloaded you can go to town with your work – if everything does go belly up, you can always come back and import your backup.

Instructions

  1. Log into cPanel
  2. Go to phpMyAdmin
  3. Find the database to backup in the left menu
  4. Click on it
  5. Click Export from the top menu
  6. Choose “Custom” radio option
  7. Scroll down
  8. Check “Add DROP TABLE / VIEW / PROCEDURE / FUNCTION / EVENT / TRIGGER statement
  9. Click Go

The database backup will now automatically download. Once it’s completed, name it something relevant, like database name followed by the date. FIle it away somewhere safe.

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