Backup your WordPress blog to Rackspace Cloud Files
March 5th, 2010 | Save to del.icio.us now(0)
We all have heard of importance of regular backups, but for a long time I had neglected it for my blog. But recently things happened that prompted me to take backups.
While I was looking for option to keep backups, I found Rackspace Cloud Files to be a very affordable option, this prompted me to write wpSimpleBackup a WordpPress plug-in that will take the backups to cloud files, and then I also added support to take backup to Amazon S3 or FTP to another server. But unlike my other plugins, this one is not free.
Features
- Backup your entire blog not just database. It takes backup of the wp-config.php, database, and plugins, themes and all other files in wp-content folder.
- Simple and speedy restore. All you have to do is to move the restore script to the location where you need to do restore, it will automatically fetch the backup file and restore your blog.
- Even simpler migration. if you have ever moved you web server or domain you know the pain it is, with the restore script you get the simple WordPress like installation script which not only installs the WordPress but also restores all you backed up settings, even updating the domain urls if needed. Migration will never get easier then this.
- Not one but three ways to keep your backups, while I personally use Rackspace CloudFiles, you have a choice to use Amazon S3 or even FTP.
- Ability to take manual Backups. While we do have ability to automatically take backups, some times it makes sense to take backups manually, just click a button, and back up is done.
- Restrict number of backups. while we allow for any number of backups, in services like S3 or Cloud Files, keeping large number of backups can become costly over a period of time. To avoid that you can specify number of latest backups you want to keep, and the backup plugin will take care of the rest.
- Backup Scheduling. It provides the ability to take backups automatically every day, once a week or month.
You can buy wpSimpleBackup plugin here.
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2 Responses to “Backup your WordPress blog to Rackspace Cloud Files”
I can backup to all the cloud providers you mention and more using http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smestorage-multi-cloud-files-plug-in/. Why would I pay for your plug-in ?
Simply because even though plugin is free the service isn’t. You need an account from SME Storage before you can use it, which is not free. Also they do not provide simple restore and migration script that my plugin does.
You don’t just but a plugin, you buy complete backup solution for your blog.