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How to create incremental backups
Creating incremental backups in WordPress
Section titled Creating incremental backups in WordPressThere are three ways to back up incrementally with UpdraftPlus. But first, if you haven’t already, purchase UpdraftPlus Premium and follow the simple installation instructions.
Take an incremental backup manually
Section titled Take an incremental backup manually1. Open the UpdraftPlus plugin
Section titled 1. Open the UpdraftPlus pluginGo to the WordPress ‘Settings’ menu and open ‘UpdraftPlus Backups’.
2. Create a full backup
Section titled 2. Create a full backupIn the ‘Backup / Restore’ tab’, click the blue ‘Backup Now’ button to perform a full backup.
3. Add changed files to the backup (back up incrementally)
Section titled 3. Add changed files to the backup (back up incrementally)Click the text link under the ‘Backup Now’ button that says ‘Add changed files (incremental backup)…’.
4. Select backup entities
Section titled 4. Select backup entitiesChoose what to include in the incremental backup.
Tick or untick ‘plugins’, ‘themes’, ‘uploads’ and ‘any other directories found inside wp-content.
5. Initiate incremental backup
Section titled 5. Initiate incremental backupClick the ‘Backup Now’ button on the pop-up.
Your incremental backups can be found in the same place as your full backups under ‘Existing backups’ in the same tab as before.
Schedule incremental backups
Section titled Schedule incremental backups1. Open the UpdraftPlus plugin
Section titled 1. Open the UpdraftPlus pluginGo to the WordPress ‘Settings’ menu and open ‘UpdraftPlus Backups’.
2. Schedule full backups
Section titled 2. Schedule full backupsIn the ‘Settings’ tab, choose how often you’d like to take a full backup and from what time. Choose how many backups to retain overall.
3. Schedule incremental backups
Section titled 3. Schedule incremental backupsTell UpdraftPlus how often you’d like it to add an incremental backup which can be every hour, every 2, 4, 8 or 12 hours or daily.
4. Save settings
Section titled 4. Save settingsScroll down to ‘Save Changes’.
Incremental backups can be found in the same place as your full backups under ‘Existing backups’ in the same tab as before.
Take a manual incremental backup via WP_CLI
Section titled Take a manual incremental backup via WP_CLI1. Set up WP_CLI
Section titled 1. Set up WP_CLIInstall and configure WP_CLI (WordPress Command Line Interface) on your server.
2. Create a full backup
Section titled 2. Create a full backupUse the following command to initiate a full backup of your WordPress system:
‘wp updraftplus backup’3. Perform an incremental backup
Section titled 3. Perform an incremental backupOnce you have a full backup, you can create an incremental backup by adding --incremental to the backup command like this:
‘wp updraftplus backup --incremental’4. Verify your backup
Section titled 4. Verify your backupReview the backup logs in the UpdraftPlus plugin interface to confirm the status of your incremental backup.
How to restore an incremental backup with UpdraftPlus Premium
Section titled How to restore an incremental backup with UpdraftPlus Premium1. Navigate to ‘UpdraftPlus Backups’
Section titled 1. Navigate to ‘UpdraftPlus Backups’Go to the WordPress ‘Settings’ menu and open ‘UpdraftPlus Backups’.
2. Explore existing backups
Section titled 2. Explore existing backupsIn the ‘Backup / Restore’ tab, proceed to the ‘Existing backups’ section.
Find the file set that holds the incremental backups you want to restore.
3. Select entities to restore
Section titled 3. Select entities to restoreChoose the components to restore e.g. plugins, themes, uploads or other.
Click the ‘Next’ button.
UpdraftPlus will prepare the files for restoration.
4. Restore incremental backup
Section titled 4. Restore incremental backupOnce preparation is complete, click the ‘Restore’ button.
UpdraftPlus will restore the selected components.
