How Often Do You Backup Your Blog?

Nowadays, security threats are all over the place. From the little script kiddies of the neighborhood to the terrorists of the world, it seems like wherever you look there is always someone trying to hack into blogs. Why is this? Well that is a different topic all-together. For now, I’m going to explain the importance of database backups, and how helpful they can be.

Blog backups are really, really important. They can help you restore your data quickly after a hacker gets in, or even if you mess something up and delete a post by accident. If your blog software provides some way of backing up your data then use that. Some software, like WordPress, require extra plugins for that functionality, however.

Personally, I prefer using my web host’s control panel software for backing up my data. Most (if not all) control panel software for web sites these days have some sort of backup option for databases, and for an entire site backup. Please check with your web host if you are unsure if they include those features.

I backup my two main WordPress blogs, nusuni.com and bigtechblog.com every day. Well, actually I only backup the MySQL database for the blogs every day, I do an entire site backup maybe once a week. Generally you should try to backup the actual database at least after each post.

Many web hosts automatically backup your data every night, but I wouldn’t trust their backups at all. Generally the hosts prefer having their users back up their own darn data, and I can’t say I blame them.

Anyways, just remember, always back up your data, even if your host does as well. Don’t become lazy, because if your blog ever gets hacked you will regret not doing this simple 5-minute procedure.

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