Posts Tagged ‘backups’
Why every website needs a 50,000 mile checkup
Hey, if WordPress is so great why do so many web developers offer maintenance plans? Is WordPress really that insecure? Fragile? Hackable? No! A well-built WordPress site on a good hosting plan is surprisingly secure. So… why should you still get a good WordPress maintenance plan? Here’s how I explain things to my clients: WordPress…
Read MoreGood reasons not to rely (completely) on backup from (even really great) hosting plans
So another participant in a private Facebook group for WordPress users echoed something I’d said about the importance of making your own backups. Similar to David Innes I use [a commercial backup plugin] for Scheduled backups ([cloud-based storage firm] is my choice, but there are many others)…And a lot of people when backups have been discussed…
Read MoreDon’t tell anyone but we’re beta testing daily backups and WordPress software updates for all maintenance clients…
We’ve been making weekly backups and software updates for our maintenance clients for a very long time. Since sometime back in 2012. We started officially in late 2013 or early 2014. We always watch for malware and software vulnerabilities and run updates as soon as developers release fixes. When we upgrading our hardware and software earlier…
Read MoreBelts and suspenders, eggs in one basket, backup plans, and A2Hosting ransomware!
The popular A2Hosting company is struggling with a ransomware attack that’s knocked quite a few of their Windows-server clients offline. While we’ve recommended A2Hosting to some of our WordPress clients we direct them to Linux hosting so they’re unlikely to have been affected by this attack. Ugh! Ransomware is a serious problem for smaller ISPs…
Read MoreIdeal Clients: Successful bloggers who don’t backup their sites
A lot of bloggers start out almost on a lark and discover they love what they’re doing… and that their readers love them too. Blogging successfully is it’s own job. Constantly coming up with new content can be exhilarating and rewarding, but it can also be exhausting and time consuming. It’s hard to shift gears away from the…
Read MoreNoooo! A blogger went 14 years without backing up… and now it’s gone
One of the first pillars of website security… no the first pillar of website security: make frequent backups. Make backups early and often. Make backups because annoying things can happen to your server. Make backups because bad things can happen to your accounts. Make backups because catastrophic things can happen to your entire 14 years of literary and…
Read MoreWhy we keep your backups on another server…
The phone call from a former client that made us take long-term maintenance seriously: “Do you have a backup of my website? I accidentally deleted my site from my server!” It’s not that easy to delete your whole site, but from time to time people do. Not as catastrophically as the owner of a web…
Read MoreWhat Would You Do If Your Site Completely Disappeared?
Nobody wants to see messages like these when they visit their website. Or their hosting company. Or their website control panel. And the good news? Usually you don’t! It’s even better news if you have regular, recent backups stored somewhere besides your hosting company’s servers. That way, if bad comes to worse and your hosting company has…
Read More“I Might Have Just Deleted My Website” Sounds Better With a Recent Backup
Do you have a backup plan for your website? Is it current and ongoing? Is your site backed up to your local machine, or the cloud, or somewhere that’s not on your server’s file system. I mention this because if your backups are stored on your server file system then if you accidentally delete all the…
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