How to Restore a WordPress Website

Suppose you have got yourself into a situation where you can’t be able to access pages, functionality, or maybe the whole website and you want to restore the website now: 

Step 1: Click on the Settings >> UpdraftPlus Backups from the left side menu bar.

Step 2: Go to the Existing backups section, there you’ll find the list of all the backups that you had made so far.

Select the Backup among them (if you have more than one), on which you want to restore, and simply click on Restore Button.

Step 3: You will go to the next page, where you’ll get to choose the components to restore and then click Next, it is recommended to select all the options:

Click on the Restore button:

Your Restore will be in progress. The process will take a while according to the size of your website and the server configuration:

You a while, you’ll get to see the message of Restore Successful!

That’s it, you have now successfully restored your WordPress website.

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A WordPress backup involves creating additional copies of your website’s data, stored separately from your main server. This includes documents, media files, configuration settings, plugins, and databases. Regular backups protect your website against data loss due to server crashes, hacking attempts, or other unforeseen issues.

Data recovery, or restoring, becomes necessary when your WordPress data is corrupted, lost, or maliciously altered. It also allows you to revert to previous versions of your website. Recovery is the process of retrieving data to ensure your website returns to its optimal state following any data loss or corruption.

In this article, we are going to discuss how we can take a Backup of the WordPress website and Restore it.