If you’re not already doing it, it’s time to start backing up your WordPress data on a regular basis. At some point in the future, you’ll be happy to have your data backed up. Backing up or WordPress files is just as wise and necessary as backing up the hard drive on your PC for the inevitable day when it crashes.

I spent a few hours over the weekend tweaking some blogs and adding posts to be made for the coming week just like usual. The next day I noticed the posts and the changes had mysteriously disappeared as if I’d never done anything. Neither I nor my host has any idea what happened to the work I did but it’s gone. It’s like one of those unsolved Bermuda Triangle mysteries where things just disappear. The bottom line is that I had to do all that work again. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. That sucked.

Oddly enough, the very same day this happened to me a famous Internet marketer made a post on his blog about making frequent backups of your data because his hard drive had crashed. No one is immune from this occurrence. It’s more a question of “when” as opposed of “if”. I followed more normal research routine which consisted of typing the search term “backup wordpress blog” into my favorite search engine and 5 seconds later I had found a plug-in that backs up your database automatically at whatever interval you desire whether that’s daily, weekly, or monthly. The file is automatically sent to an email address you supply.

Installing the plug-in and setting up the daily back ups is a snap. I had it all done in less than 5 minutes. It’s a comforting feeling to know that even if some strange event were to completely wipe out my blog I could quickly have it up and running again because I have a backup.

Here’s the post I found that tells you exactly what to do: Just search for “Daily Backups for WordPress with GMail”. Find it and follow the directions. You’ll be glad you did.

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