However, this means that the files take up more space in your account than they would if compressed, which can be an issue if you only have a free Dropbox account. On the one hand, this is good because it means that the process shouldn’t run into memory problems on shared hosts, and you can easily go and recover that one file that you actually erased (only changed files are backed up during scheduled backups, but no revisions are kept). They are not zipped or compressed in any way. In my view, that was not cool, but if all you have is one WordPress blog, then it might be good for your purposes.Īnother thing to keep in mind is that every file is copied to your Dropbox individually. I installed the plugin in one of my WordPress installs, yet it started to back up all of the files of all of my websites (I do not know if it also got all of my databases, I didn’t give it a chance to finish). I am on a shared host with several different domains in my home directory. This was annoying because as I mentioned, it started to back up my whole home directory. For example, I had no way of specifying which directories I wanted to keep out of my backup. However, I like to have options, the more the better, so I wish there were more. If you’re someone who likes to “set and forget,” then this would be ideal for you.
Your database as well as all the files in your home directory (we’ll get back to this later) are sent to your Dropbox account. Once installed, you authorize it to have access to your Dropbox account, configure the frequency of backups, and that’s it. Not a big deal, but it didn’t put me in a good mindset for the rest of my review. The author could even have explained that yes, it’s a referral link, but that by using the link it is actually a small way of thanking the author for his work, and also that you also get a bonus by signing up with it. I don’t think that this is bad in and of itself (and in fact, I got a 250MB bonus by signing up with his link), but I would have preferred that the link be specified as a referral link to give me the option of following it or not. When installing from the plugin repository, the instructions give a link to Dropbox which is actually a referral link for the author’s account. Signing Up with DropboxĪs evidenced by its name, this plugin sends your backup to your Dropbox account, nothing more nothing less. This week I will look at one plugin in particular, WordPress Backup to Dropbox, by Michael De Wildt. Many plugins have been created to solve this problem. Everyone talks about doing backups (you might even have a few on your hard drive somewhere), but when is the last time you actually made one? For something so critical, you need an automated system that will take care of creating backups for you no matter how busy or forgetful you are. If your livelihood depends on it, you need to get it up and running as quickly as possible. Then one day, you go to your site and find that for whatever reason (fire in the data center, hackers using the server to send out spam, or a simple hard drive crash) the site is gone, and all those hours that you put into it as well. Think about the number of hours that you have put into your site, writing the content, tweaking the settings to your liking, and getting it to look just right. Having a backup strategy is a definite must for any website, whether it’s for a small blog or a big commercial site.
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