{"id":12147,"date":"2026-05-28T11:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/digital-scholarship\/domains-and-websites\/build-your-site\/what-is-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:50:17","slug":"backing-up-your-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/digital-scholarship\/domains-and-websites\/wordpress-basics\/build-your-site\/backing-up-your-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Backing up your WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is important to set a backup schedule for each of your domains sites so that you will not lose work and information if a process or upgrade fails. In addition, a schedule will guarantee that you will not exceed your site quota. You can set your backup schedule during installation, or after the site is established as described below.<\/p>\n<p>To access the settings for your domain, go to My Apps from the Cpanel interface, and this will take you to the Installatron page with a listing of all your installed applications (this could be just one or many). To the right of each application, you will see 4 icons as shown in the figure below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a class=\"lightbox-added\" href=\"https:\/\/domains.trincoll.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HousekeepingPicture1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-335\" src=\"https:\/\/domains.trincoll.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HousekeepingPicture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>wrench = view\/edit details<\/li>\n<li>right-facing arrow = create a backup archive<\/li>\n<li>branched arrow = clone the site<\/li>\n<li>X = uninstall the site, which will delete all\u00a0files and directories\u00a0and\u00a0databases and tables\u00a0associated with the installed software and cannot be reversed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click on the wrench to view\/edit details, and then scroll to the bottom of the page. Within the Automatic Backup section, choose the frequency that would work best for your site. For example, if you edit your site daily, you would want to make sure you include a daily backup. Alternatively, if you work in your site infrequently a monthly backup schedule would work fine. After you have selected your backup schedule, click \u2018Save All\u2019 in the bottom right.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a class=\"lightbox-added\" href=\"https:\/\/domains.trincoll.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HousekeepingPicture2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-336\" src=\"https:\/\/domains.trincoll.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HousekeepingPicture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>To view your backups and optionally remove older backups to save space, click on the My Backups tab at the top of the Installatron page. 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