How to backup and restore a site

WordFleet automatically makes backups of your WordPress site as set by the options you chose during project and site creation. You also have the option to backup a WordPress site manually, and then use that backup image to restore your site.

Backup a WordPress site:

1. Navigate to the overview page for the site you want to manually back-up with your WordFleet account.
   
   • You can do this from the Projects page or Servers page.
     
2. Click the Backup button.
   
   • Wherever you see a list of your sites, the Backup button will be to the right of the site name.
     
   • On the site overview page, the Backup button will be to the top right.
     
3. Wait for the backup to be completed.
   
   • You can confirm the backup by clicking on the Backups buttons on the left of the site overview page. WordFleet lists the backups in reverse chronological order.
     
     • Manual backups are listed as “Backup of…”
       
     • Automatic backups are listed as “Automatic backup of…”
       

Restore a site from a backup:

1. Navigate to the overview page for the site you want to manually back-up with your WordFleet account.
   
   • You can do this from the Projects page or Servers page.
     
2. From the site overview, click on the “Backups” button on the left.
   
   • WordFleet lists the backups in reverse chronological order.
     
3. Find the backup image that you want to restore, and click on the Restore button.
   
4. Choose the destination project, site name, and server.
   
   • You can choose to deploy the backup over an existing site or choose a new site.
     
   • If you choose to restore over an existing site, you can choose to activate the backup immediately, or choose to restore the backup as an inactive deployment image.
     
5. Choose to enable or disable search engine indexing and site health checks.
   
6. Click the “Start Deploy” button.

After a few moments, the backup image will be restored to your site and added as a deployment image.