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Your guide to backup your Woocommerce store in 2021

You have three ways to backup your Woocommerce store. Automated backups, manual backup, and assistance from your hosting provider.

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Your guide to backup your Woocommerce store in 2021

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  1. Your guide to backup your Woocommerce store in 2021 WooCommerce Speed Optimization, no doubt, can open up a wide gateway to be on the frontline where users can get the most out of your WooCommerce store. Therefore, there are ample resources on how to speed up WooCommerce website on the world wide web. However, have you ever thought if any unforeseen disaster lets you lose your website, have you have a contingency plan. If you are walking through this post, you might have understood that you must prepare back support. And definitely have guessed what we are going to talk about. Yes, we recommend the backups, so you need to backup your Woocommerce store to detach the risks. Need for Backups Backups have the motive to save digital and web products and prevent data loss. However, you don't necessarily need backups for a safe play concerning hacking, cyber-attacks, malware, and viruses. Nonetheless, it can be that you accidentally delete something, or the website can go down. Or it might be that you turn the updating on and eventually some of the important files as originals. It's just that backups can be your smooth contingency plan if something happens, to cut a long story short. Now, simply put, you can do so and Speed Up WooCommerce Websites by opting for any of the three methods we jotted down here. •Using plugins for Automated backups •Manual backups •Assistance from your hosting provider Let's have a glance at all three methods to backup your Woocommerce store one at a time in detail. Leverage plugins for Automated backups WordPress is famous for its plugins not only in numbers but the variety and accessibility per each functionality. The same is the case with the plugins for backup. As a result, you will come across a galore of plugins, both freebies and premiums.

  2. If listing the popular ones, the names are UpdraftPlus, VaultPress (Jetpack Backup), BackupBuddy, BlogVault, BoldGrid Backup, BackWPup, Duplicator, and so forth. The best part is that a one-click can do most of the work. Also, you can easily decide on whether to have differential or full-scale backup and the items you want to backup/save from files, databases, and configurations. Plugins offer email notifications, reporting, and status updates. How to use the plugins for backup? Decide whichever plugin from above, or you want to find another plugin. But, of course, you need to install it first. So, to begin with, go to WooCommerce Dashboard and turn to Plugins, now press Add New. In Add New list, you can search for your chosen plugin and press Install Now after installation activates the plugin. On completion, your activated plugin will be shown in the Settings Tab. Enter the Settings Tab and adjust the settings following the e-store backup, for instance, automating the backups, frequency of backups, etc. In short, scheduling the backups for files and databases hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly and deciding on the storage. Depending on your choice, you can all set to the same frequency. All in all, the maximum backup cycle can be every four hours. Then, you just have to download and restore the backup to start from where you left when in need. You can backup your Woocommerce store manually, too! Well! If you aren't interested in plugins and prefer to backup your Woocommerce store manually, you can. By now, you have known that files and databases are the major entities that need to be backed up. So you can start backing up your files using FTP clients such as FileZilla, WinSCP, Cyberduck, etc. An FTP client (File Transfer Protocol client) is software to establish the connection between a host computer and remote server on an internet connection and streamline file sharing. In short, select the files, download them and on completion, move on to the next step. The succeeding yet most crucial step is to back up the database because it carries your web pages, content, categories, and all. Start by entering the database management panel > PHPMy Admin. Here you have to pick your website concerning database (crafted while site development). On

  3. choosing the right database, you will see the tables on the screen. Finally, you have to select all and then press Export from the menu. Following this procedure, you are done with preserving your Woocommerce store manually. Likewise, WooCommerce Speed Optimization services, you can get a skilled company to look after the backups on your behalf. That is: Let the web host take care of the backups. Already said, if you lost your website due to any amiss, and you don't have any backup, no matter how fast your store is, your efforts will go down the drain. So you should backup your Woocommerce store at all costs. However, if you aren't much aware of the plugins and how to work with them or don't have know-how on manual backups, your go-to option is to contact your web hosting company. You might already be familiar with the web host services or have come across the hosting plans that display the backup features. Depending on the web hosting agency, you might get it for free because many hosting companies have to periodically back up their complete servers. Or you have to pay a minute amount to activate the backups for your store's server space. Again here, if you pay and get the backup services, you don't have to do anything yourself. However, many people fancy getting access from the hosting provider and doing it themselves. You have to log in to your hosting account, and from the top menu, go to Server > Server Management > Backups. Select what and where to backup. Similarly, dash ahead to preserve your database to completely backup your Woocommerce store. In an SQL server, go to Application Tab and initiate the MySQL Manager. Afterward, go to MySQL Manager Tab and then Export. In the output choices, press on Save and finally click on Export Button. This action concludes in downloading the complete copy of your database to where you want to store it. Remember, the ways said above can vary depending on the server type, hosting platform, and web host. Whenever needed, you can simply upload and restore the backup.

  4. Final Words! Stack up your Woocommerce website with periodic backups alongside other WooCommerce Optimization tactics. Again, it is because the users are pretty well aware of what they need to consider before engaging with a Woocommerce store. Never be lackadaisical in being vigilant towards your WooCommerce store backups. If you are already using a plugin, web hosting provider assistance, or manual backups, you are more than good. However, if your website lacks other aspects, let an expert company Speed Up WooCommerce website. So your e-store should be flawless in user experience and secure a high customer acquisition and conversion rate. #BackupYourWooCommerceStore, #WooCommerceOptimization, #WooCommerceSpeedOptimization, #SpeedUpWooCommerce,

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