Backup WordPress - The Different Services

Backing up a WordPress site is crucial, in fact, an error, a security flaw or worse, hacking and all is lost...
There are several ways to back up WordPress manually via FTP + MySQL, or using many backup plugins:

In short, these are not the plugins solutions of missing! It is all very well but in all cases it must be done manually, configure/plugins (s) find the right services, having a hosting deported or even more basically, how to restore the backup itself...

Moreover, what about the complete or partial relocation of the backup, the database of possible migration from one domain to another?

Also for people who do not want to bother with all that and focus only on the essential, there are online backup services that take care of everything!

Services Backup WordPress

I found three different services that allow this type of backup:

In honor where honor, Automattic via Jetpack offers VaultPress
The BackupBuddy service in iThemes.com
Finally, BlogVault by Inactiv.com

VaultPress

By Automattic, offered through their JetPack plugin - From $180 to $480 per year.
In the basic version, the functionality is limited to a site, a real-time backup, restore, 1-click the database and assistance. For the so-called Premium version is immediately $40/month with bonus security scans and a more sophisticated audience.

BackupBuddy

iThemes of which also offers plugins and themes - $80 to $150 per year.
This service allows you to save all your WordPress installation, including your Widgets, themes, plugins, files and SQL databases.

To use the remote backup, you have to use their option BackupBuddy Stash, which is free up to 256 MB beyond it, will still put their hands in their pockets.

To restore, just download importbuddy.php and your backup file and restores BackupBuddy WordPress in its previous version, no need to re-install WordPress first. It allows also moving a WordPress site to another domain or server.

BlogVault

The solution I have adopted, proposed by Inactiv.com - From $9 to $39 per month.

BlogVault provides full backup of your WordPress all 24:00, plugins via the database, everything is backed up.
The main functions:

Backup to secure remote server
Migration of sites from one domain to another
Complete or partial automatic restoration
The opportunity to test online backups
The backup history on 30 days

Why Choice BlogVault?

In the case of saving, a single WordPress site is the most effective and easiest solution. Incremental backup is fast 24:00, Test-Restore function is simply bluffing and to check the integrity of your backups live on BlogVault server.
The installation is done in a transparent, very light without plugin configuration is to place on the WordPress monitored, and then it is no longer involved in anything...

You can restore all or part of your website or database, migrate from one domain to another, upload the backup of your choice on your hard drive or on DropBox, but in any case, your 30 recent backups are permanently available on secure servers BlogVault.

Beyond a single site, BlogVault can be expensive but it is by far the simplest solution for users unfamiliar with the technique. However, you use BlogVault provides additional services such as Amazon S3, DropBox, etc...

If you want to try BlogVault free for 7 days and the opportunity to make a full backup or migrate your WordPress is here: Try BlogVault Free

Saturday, September 28, 2013