You can now schedule backups for your Managed WordPress hosting WordPress sites. This automatic backup will repeat within the time frame given, creating a backlog of backups for you to pull from in case you want to roll back your site to a previous version. The first step to setting up your automatic WordPress backups is to visit the WordPress Backups interface.
How to Find WordPress Automatic Backups
Follow these instructions to find the WordPress Backups interface, where you can schedule your backups.
If you are using the Legacy interface:
- Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at my.pair.com
- Click Backups
- In the drop-down, click WordPress Backups
If you are using the Updated interface:
- Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at my.pair.com
- In the top navigation bar, click WordPress
- In the toolbar, click Backup Settings
In the WordPress Backups interface, you will see the following categories:
Status:
This category defines how the backups should work on this site. Three options that can be selected:
| Active with Default Settings | Site will backup based on default settings |
| Active with Custom Settings | Site will backup based on custom settings |
| Inactive | Site will not backup automatically |
Schedule:
If you choose the “Active with Custom Settings” option, you can specify a backup schedule. Use the “Schedule” column drop-down to select a day of the week to repeat weekly or every day.
Backups to Keep:
If you choose the “Active with Custom Settings” option, you can specify the number of backups to keep.
In the “Backups to keep” column, use the drop-down to select the max number of backups. Once this limit is reached, the oldest backup will be deleted to make room for the new backup. Currently, the maximum number of backups allowed is 5 backups.
Current Backups
The “Current backups” column lists the number of backups that are currently stored for each site and the amount of space they take up.
For more information about setting up WordPress automatic backups, see our articles: