Website issues are inevitable. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying or has no experience with a website of their own lol
While issues are inevitable, catastrophic issues are much more rare. But a catastrophic issue can potentially cause a lot of damage to your business or brand. Systematically backing up your site can provide the ultimate insurance against your site being destroyed.
What is a website backup?
A website backup is a clone or copy of your website that you can restore should an issue arise. Should an issue come up, you can simply restore a previous backup of your site to instantly make the problem go away.
Here are some examples:
| Problem | Solution | Result | |
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Website gets hacked |
Deploy a backup |
Your site runs just the way it did before it was hacked. You can now address the vulnerability that led to the hack in the first place |
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Content or data disappears |
Deploy a backup |
All your content is right back where it belongs |
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Inadvertent mistake while editing the site |
Deploy a backup |
Mistake is erased |
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Random bugs or glitches |
Deploy a backup |
Bug is fixed, and you can look into resolving it before it appears again |
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Creating a backup system
Implementing a backup and restoration system is a simple process:
- Install a backup & restoration tool
- Configure automated or manual backup process
- Determine your backup schedule: Monthly, weekly, daily, or after any update to the site
We take care of this for all of our Hosting and Maintenance customers. So feel free to ask us about this if we haven’t already discussed it with you.
Additionally, there is a multitude of options for plugins and services available to fit every unique situation 🙂
