Comments on: Backup WordPress = 2 Plugins + Gmail

By: Blake Imeson

Blake Imeson — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:58:21 +0000

I usually just download a fresh install of WordPress, upload and overwrite everything but wp-config.php and the wp-content folder. Then if the theme has been compromised I hopefully have a backup of it and can just upload and overwrite.

Does that answer the question?

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:50:52 +0000

Hi Blake,

I just found your site after Googling for a way to get my site back after it has been hijacked by terrorists! Yoiu wouldn’t believe it, would you??

Seems the same idiots got you too. How did you rectify it, if you don’t mind?

The main WP files all seem to be ok, just the index docs that have been affected. Same experience your end?

Kind regards.

By: Blake Imeson

Blake Imeson — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:15:51 +0000

@Rich good question – I have found that 25mb limit to be plenty for most sites. Especially when it is gz compressed. Most of mine aren’t much more than a few megabytes. Those plugins will also save a copy of the db on the server where you can access it via FTP.

I actually just came across another way of doing this with a Cron job and a script. You still have the email size limit though.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:22:06 +0000

Umm question. Wouldn’t there be problems for sending file attachments to gmail over 25 mb?? I’d figure within a month of writing blogs with images, (or a couple of months) it would fill up the file size limit! Any advice to that?

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By: Nathan Peretic

Nathan Peretic — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:25:44 +0000

Blake,

I’m not aware of any way to filter messages in Gmail based on age (whether by date or by messages received since), but you could create a filter that moves these backups directly to the trash. They’ll be auto-deleted after 30 days. It’s not a huge window, but it would suffice for a basic backup strategy.

By: wpressd.com

wpressd.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:56:44 +0000

Backup WordPress = 2 Plugins + Gmail…

Great tip for keeping your blog continuously backed up by using 2 WordPress plugins and Gmail. Use Wp-DB-Backup and WordPress Backup sending backups regularly to a special Gmail account….