You know it’s important to back up your WordPress sites. Backupify gives you 2 GB of storage for free, and the Backupify plugin backs up your site files and database. You can back up multiple WordPress sites into a single Backupify account, and you can always pay for more storage.

Install Backupify plugin for WordPress

1. Create a Backupify account and log in.
2. On the Settings page, scroll to Services in Beta, and click Manage next to WordPress.
3. On the right, it says “Add a WordPress account. Install WP plugin first and initialize”. Click the link to download the plugin to your hard drive.
4. Log into your WordPress site, then upload and activate the plugin.
5. On the Plugins page, find Backupify. It says “Navigate to Backupify to get started.” Click the link to go to the Backupify plugin settings. You’ll also see a new Backupify menu near the bottom of the admin menu along the left.
6. Click Initialize plugin. This will take you to Backupify, and you’ll see this message: “Thank you for submitting your information. We have now added your WordPress account to our scheduled backup service. The first backup will be performed within a few hours. Subsequent backups will be performed every day. You can view your backup history by visiting the history at any time.”

Backupify WordPress archive

1. After a few hours or days, log into Backupify.
2. While you’re here, check your Backup settings on the Profile page.
3. On the Archives page, select the service WordPress.
4. If you’re backing up several sites, select the account.
5. You should see your site files (date-content.zip) and database (date-database.sql.gz). Click any file name to download the file.

Troubleshooting the Backupify plugin for WordPress

If the Backupify plugin isn’t working, here are a few things to try:

• Log into Backupify. On the History page, check for any messages or errors related to your site.
• In your WordPress admin panel, from the Backupify menu, click Reinitialize plugin and follow the instructions.
• Reinstall the Backupify plugin. First, log into Backupify and deactivate your WordPress account under Settings > WordPress. Then, log into WordPress and delete the plugin. Follow the instructions at the beginning of this post to reinstall.