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Backing up and restoring a Joomla site is very easy. This article will talk about the Akeeba Backup extension that backs up your Joomla site. In the second part of the article, I will tell you how to restore a site from a backup.
Despite the fact that the hosting provider can make a backup copy of the site, situations may occur when a copy of the site may not be available to you or contain not all the necessary data. Therefore, be sure to take care of creating a site backup yourself. For these purposes, you can use the very handy tool Akeeba Backup. The free version of this extension is enough to run Reserve copy and restore the Joomla site.
After reading this article, you will learn how to back up and restore your Joomla site.

To install the "Akeeba Backup" extension, to create a backup copy of the Joomla site, we will use the "Install from JED" or "Upload Package File" method. The first method is preferable because it is the simplest. If Joomla version less than 3.2, then this functionality is not available and you will have to use the second method. This article will describe two methods of installation, and you can use any of your choice.
Install from JED - allows you to install the extension over the Internet. You can choose an extension to install from the provided catalog.
To install an extension, go to the Extensions menu -> Extension manager -> Install. On the page that opens, there will be a catalog of extensions. Find in this directory the extension "Akeeba Backup" indicated in the picture and double click open the installation page with the mouse.

The extension description page will open. There will be an install button on this page. Click this button to start the download and installation procedure.

Confirmation of the operation is required before starting the installation. You can still opt out of the installation at this stage. To confirm the installation, click the Install button

When the installation is complete, a message appears on the page. The message will look as shown in the picture or similar in another default site language.

Upload Package File - install the previously downloaded extension.

To download the "Akeeba Backup" extension go to the developer's site. And we find on the main page a link to the extension "Akeeba Backup" or on the same page, you need to select "Download" in the top menu.

Once on the extension's description page, download it to your computer.

After downloading the extension. Go back to your Joomla admin panel and select Extensions—> Extension Manager—> Install from the top menu. Go to the "Upload Package File" tab. Next, select the file downloaded to your computer. And start downloading and installing it.

Joomla backup.

After installing the extension, you need to launch it for the initial configuration. To do this, select Components—> Akeeba Backup from the menu.

After clicking on the specified menu item, the setup wizard will open at the first start. Click the button to start the setup wizard.

After clicking on the configuration button, it will start automatic setting... You should wait for it to complete. After completing the configuration, you will be prompted to back up your data. We agree to the offer and make a copy of the Joomla site.

Go to the page for creating a backup.

After going to the backup page, we confirm the backup.

After starting the backup. We are waiting for its completion. As soon as the backup is finished, a message will be displayed. Then you can go to the "Akeeba Backup" control panel.

If you click on "Manage Backups" or a similar function in the previous step in the "Manage Backups" control panel, a page will open with a list of the backups made.

The need for backup is described in the article The Practice of Protecting a Site on Joomla 3. The paid extension "Akeeba Backup" has the ability to fully automate site backups and placing backups in cloud storage, which significantly increases the security of the site. Restoring a site from a backup copy is also automated.

Restoring a site from a backup.

To restore a site from a backup copy, you need to download from the developer's site additional package files "Akeeba Kikstart".

After selecting the specified file archive, go to the download page.

After downloading, four files will need to be extracted from the archive:

jquery.min.js
json2.min.js
kickstart.php
ru-RU.kickstart.ini

Now copy the extracted files to the root of the site directory. Copy the site backup file made by "Akeeba Backup" there. All the files necessary to restore the site have been prepared and placed in the right place.

Now let's create an empty MySql database. If the MySQL server already has a created database, then you can skip this step.

Information

For example, the site will be restored to local server... I will use OpenServer, it was described in the article Installing a local WEB server - OpenServer. If you want to practice restoring a site on a real hosting, you can register on free hosting and perform the indicated actions in "combat conditions".

When restoring a site on a local server using a file NTFS system(MS Windows OS) code malfunctions may occur. This can be caused by a difference in file permissions. Some extensions may not work correctly with the file system.

Open PhpMyAdmin on your local server. Let me remind you that for an example I will use OpenServer, if you use a different software package for the web server, then the actions will be exactly the same, only the elements of the service management interface will be different.

After starting PhpMyAdmin, the main page of the application opens. Go to the "Databases" section and create an empty database. To do this, in the "Create database" field, enter your name for the database and click on the "Create" button. After creating a base, it appears in the list of bases. This concludes the preparatory work.

If you are restoring a database on a local server, you can skip creating a database manually. If you restore the database on the hosting provider's server, then you create the database according to the parameters set by the hosting.

To start site recovery, type the site address in the browser address bar and the name of the executable file "kikstart.php" separated by a separator.

After running the "kikstart.php" file, an info text will appear. Read the entire text carefully. These recommendations will be useful to you if, after recovery, the site does not work correctly.

Pressing the "ESC" button will open the first setup page. In most cases, you do not need to do this on this page. additional settings... If you are restoring your base according to your scenario, then make the appropriate settings. After all the settings are made, click on the Start button.

The process of extracting files from the archive starts.

After extracting files from the archive, the installer launch window appears. Click the Run installer button and proceed to the next step.

After starting the installer, an information page will be displayed. On this page you can see the current web settings server. You can compare the version of PHP that was used when creating a backup copy of the site and the version of PHP that is used by the current WEB server... Having looked information page go to the "Restore Main Website Database" page. We press the button "Next".

On the page "Restore the main database of the website" you need to enter the parameters for connecting to the database MySQL data, username and password. The rest of the settings can be left unchanged. This completes the settings required for restoring the database. We start the process of restoring the database, click the Next button.

We are waiting for the completion of the database recovery process ...

After the database is restored, an informational message about the completion of the database recovery will appear on the screen. Click on the Next step button.

The final stage of site recovery. We check and, if necessary, edit the fields in the "Site parameters" section. In the section "Tweaking directories" you check the paths to the system directories of temporary files and log. In the "Super Administrator Settings" section, select the administrator and enter the password. Basically, all fields are filled, by default, with the values from the backup and do not need to be changed. Click on the Next button.

Opens last page with information about the completion of the website recovery. Go to the site recovery page and click on the Clear button.

This completes the restoration of the site.

Go to home page site and check its performance.

If after restoring the site, it does not work, then check the settings in the .htaccess file or the directives in the php.ini file. In most cases, site recovery goes well and additional actions not required.

I hope that the article was useful to you and you learned something new.

The created backup will protect you in case of loss of your site, or any serious failures in its work. And also, it will greatly simplify the procedure for transferring joomla 3 from denver to hosting! I will write about this in the next article.

If someone has a question why I backup the site with the Akeeba Backup component, and not some other component, the answer is simple. The fact is that this is the best component for creating a backup copy of a site made on the joomla engine 3 or more. early versions... The vast majority of webmasters use it. Main advantages: free, makes high-quality backups, easy to use.

Additional information about the Akeeba Backup component can be easily found on the Internet, but it's time for us to start from word to deed! Let's start by downloading it.

Where to download the Akeeba Backup component

Since the component is free, we will download it from the developer's official website. To do this, follow this link www.akeebabackup.com On the page that opens, find version 4.1.0 this is the latest stable version of the Akeeba Backup component, released on December 26, 2014. In the future, if new versions are released, download them, the principle of operation is the same. Then press the button "Take me to the downloads for this version".

Another page has opened before us, it contains documentation, quick start and the Akeeba Backup component itself. We naturally need a component, it is located at the very bottom of the page and has the title "Akeeba Backup Core ", find it and click the" Download now "button, after which the archive with the component will be downloaded to your computer.

Installing Akeeba Backup on joomla 3

After we downloaded the archive with the componentAkeeba Backup, it needs to be installed. I wrote about how to install extensions on joomla 3. The volume of the archive is large, the second installation method is suitable.

Russification of the Akeeba Backup component

After installing Akeeba Backup, it needs to be Russified. You can download the archive with the crack, install the downloaded archive as a regular extension from joomla admin panel 3, after which the Akeeba Backup component will be automatically translated into Russian.

Configuring the Akeeba Backup component

In order to get into the settings of the Akeeba Backup component, in the joomla 3 admin panel, select the "Components" menu item, in the drop-down list, click on the "Akeeba Backup" line.

In the control panel of the Akeeba Backup component, in the "Basic operations" column, click the "Settings" button.

Initial configuration

We are interested in four points here.

1. Folder for saving the backup copy - here is the path to the folder in which all created backups will be saved.

2. Logging level - leave the value "All information and debug data".

3. The name of the backup file is the value by which the name of the archive with your backup will be given. Here I think everything is clear. Your site name, host, date and time when the backup was created. There is no point in changing something here.

4. Type of backup - it is possible to create a backup of the main database, or the entire site. Leave the "Copy the entire site" value.

Advanced configuration

Important!!! In the advanced configuration, there is a very important configuration item for the Akeeba Backup component called "Backup Engine". In it, you can select the format of the created backup, JPA or ZIP. In order to transfer joomla 3 from denver to hosting, we need a backup in ZIP format.

The rest of the settings are more subtle, changing them without special knowledge is not recommended! The developers have set the optimal values.

After making the necessary settings, do not forget to save everything.

Creating a backup copy (backup) of a site on joomla 3 using the Akeeba backup component

As I said, the Akeeba Backup component is easy to use, creating a backup is not difficult. For this it is necessary.

1. Go to the component. From joomla 3 admin panel select menu item Components> Akeeba Backup.

2. In the "Basic Operations" column, click on the "Start Backup" button.

3. On the page that opens, add a comment if necessary, I don't. Then click on the button "Start backup!".

4. At the fourth step, the site and database files are backed up. It will take some time to complete.

5. At the end of the backup, a success message should appear. Then click the "Manage backups" button.

6. On this page, we see information about the backup. After creating a backup, I recommend that you transfer it to another location, so as not to overload the site with extra megabytes.

We considered the path to the folder with the backup copy when configuring the component Akeeba Backup.

By default, it looks like this: site root / administrator / components / com_akeeba / backup

That's all for me, I wish you good luck in creating and promoting the site !!!

Hello dear readers of the blog site. I already talked about in one of the previous articles. The method of creating backups described in that article is universal and applicable to almost any type of web project (blogs, websites, forums, etc.).

The main thing is not to forget to do it in time, and recovering from the existing backups will already be a matter of technology. If force majeure arises, then in extreme cases it is possible, because it stores the archives of the sites of the entire Internet.

But there is an easier option for Joomla. After installation and small presetting component Akeeba Backup (formerly it was called JoomlaPack), your work on creating a backup of data will consist only in clicking on a button in the control panel, and then, if you wish, you can download the created archive file from the hosting server to your computer (still this will be more reliable).

Restoring Joomla files and databases (or transferring it to another hosting) will also be quick and easy. But I will talk about this in more detail in this article.

Why Akeeba Backup is more convenient than regular backup

Those who already use this component will confirm my words that after it, creating backups has become much simpler, faster, convenient and rather reliable, if certain conditions are met. The main plus in its use, in my opinion, is the simultaneous creation of a copy of the engine and database files, with the subsequent packing of all this data into one common archive.

Let's take a look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of Akeeba Backup compared to the traditional method of backing up files over FTP and exporting databases using phpMyAdmin.

Firstly, hosting services are different and some of them (mostly free ones) may have problems copying a large number of files via FTP (slow copying, failures and other inconveniences), and just as strangely enough, on some hosting missing phpMyAdmin (). Those. there may be situations where using this might be the only acceptable way.

In addition, the size of the backed up database is not important for Akeeba Backup, unlike some other programs and applications that allow you to back up the database. The fact is that on the hoster's server, for executing any PHP script, certain time which is set in PHP settings and after exceeding which the execution of the script is interrupted.

This extension works with using Ajax , due to which, the execution of archiving and backing up files and databases of your site is divided into stages, the duration of which is less than the maximum time allotted for the execution of the PHP script.

Those. it turns out that with it you can create arbitrarily large backup archives without regard to the execution time of PHP scripts. True, the size of the archive created with the backup is limited by the free space on your hosting. It turns out that you must have some disk space if you want to use this extension for Joomla backups.

The size of the archive will be less than the size occupied by the engine files, but nevertheless it is better to have at least half of the disk space on the hosting free. If this is not the case, then to use the component, you will need to use the one with the most allocated disk space.

Akeeba Backup, during its work, creates an actual installation distribution of Joomla, but in which it is already taken into account and.

When restoring from a backup, you just need to run the installation (by analogy with restoring from an image on your computer) and you will receive a complete and exact copy of your site at the time of the backup. Simple and quite convenient for novice users.

In any case, I think it's worth trying it in action and form your own opinion about the need (or lack of it) for further use. Anyway, hoping for a hoster is good, but having your own backup files is much better. It will be a shame to lose everything you have gained for long time just because of someone's negligence.

Installing the Akeeba Backup component on Joomla

You can download the latest version of Akeeba Backup from here... Two variants of the component are offered for download: Professional and Core. The first option offers advanced functionality compared to the basic one. Judge for yourself, this is how the admin panel of the Core component will look like:

And this is how the Professional admin panel will look like:

I think that the difference is visible even without explanation. In general, you select the version of the component you need and download it to your computer (I will talk about the advanced version as an example). Unfortunately, this extension was bought by another company and now the Professional version (what used to be JoomlaPack Plus) costs several tens of euros. Therefore, it makes sense to think about what exactly you choose. Probably worth trying the free option first.

In the window that opens, in the "Download package file" area, you will need to click on the "Browse" button and find the archive with the component on your computer. Then it will be enough to click on the "Download File & Install" button. That's it, in a few seconds it will be installed and you will see a message about it.

If you have any problems during installation, then try looking for an answer.

Configuring a component for backup in Joomla

To configure Akeeba Backup in the admin panel, select "Components" - "Its name" from the top menu. In the window that opens, click on the "Configuration" (or "Settings") icon. In chapter general settings you can change the location of the folder on the server where the backups of your project will be stored.

The construction allows you to get the absolute path to this folder. By default, the administrator / components / com_joomlapack / backup folder will be used to store archives.

I draw your attention to the fact that if you change the folder for storing Joomla backups, then do not forget to set access rights to it 777, otherwise it will be impossible to write archives with backups into it ().

In the "Frontend" section, you can activate the ability to create a backup copy without going to the admin panel. For these purposes, a special link will be created, including a special secret word (set in the same name) and user ID, which can be seen in the last column on the page with the list of users (in the top menu of the admin panel select “Site” - “Users”).

When you navigate through it, files and databases will be backed up. You can also specify your E-mail to send a letter to it confirming the successful creation of the archive, if you have checked the box "Send an email after copying through the frontend".

In the "Profile settings" - "Simple" section, you can select from the drop-down list in the "Backup type" field what you want to archive: the entire project (files and database), the database of the main site, or all databases, but without files.

In the "Naming template" field, you can change the position of the variables that form the name of the archive. In principle, the default option suits me perfectly. In this case, the name of the files with backups will look something like this:

Site-vash_sait.ru-20100503-155116.jpa

In the next section "Advanced", in my opinion, it is worth paying attention to the item "Compressor". Here from the drop-down list you can choose how the created archive will be compressed. You can select ZIP, TAR, non-compressed archives, but I recommend choosing the option "JPA JoomlaPack Archive".

This option (JPA) will work on any hosting, while the ZIP option will not always work stably. True, JPA unpacking is only possible on the server using a special PHP script (Akeeba Kickstart), but creating an archive and restoring from a backup using this type of compression will be fast and reliable. Keyword here it is "reliable".

To apply all the settings made, click on the "Save" or "Apply" button located at the top.

Backing Up Site Data in Akeeba Backup

Then, after holding all required settings Akeeba Backup, you can go directly to creating a backup of the site on Joomla. To do this, you will need to select in the admin panel from the top menu the items "Components" - "JoomlaPack" - "Make a backup copy (Backup Now)".

Depending on the version of the component you are using (Professional or Core), either the process of creating a backup copy will start immediately, or a page will open where you will have to click on the "Start" button to start the process.

Important! Don't close the page, which displays the progress of the archive creation.

The fact is that, as I already mentioned, this component uses Ajax technology, the procedures of which are performed not only on the server side, but also in your browser (on the client side).

By closing the page displaying the process of creating a Joomla backup, you will interrupt the execution of the script. But no one is stopping you from working with other windows in the browser, just don't close it.

When Akeeba Backup finishes working, you will see the following window:

To view and copy the created archive, you will need to click the "Manage backups" button or just go to the tab of the same name (although it can be called in English).

In the window that opens, you can put a checkmark in front of the copy of your site you need and click on the "Download" button at the top of the page to move it to your computer or on the "Delete" button, in case of an unnecessary or outdated copy from the server, so that it does not wasted space.

Archive recovery with Akeeba Kickstart

Now we turn to the most interesting part of our story. Question restore from archive for many it is the most incomprehensible, because there is no such button in the component's admin panel, and it is not clear what needs to be done.

Although, of course, you can download the instructions for working with Akeeba Backup, but it is completely in English and, therefore, will not be able to help everyone. Therefore, I will try to tell you more about the recovery process. In the same way, it will be possible to transfer Joomla to another hosting.

So, as I said above, in case of unforeseen situations, it would be best to copy the created backups to your computer. When you need to restore Joomla, first of all you will need to connect to your hosting via FTP using the Filezilla Ftp client (its description lives) and upload the archive to root folder.

If the root folder is not empty (this may be in the case of restoring the functionality of a site already on the hosting, because if you move to a new hosting it will be empty), then you will need to first delete all files from it. Those. at this stage, you should have only one archive at the site root with the backup you need (for example, with the name site-vash_sait.ru-20100503-155116.jpa).

Please note that copying a single file with an archive (albeit a heavy one) will be much faster than all files of the engine separately, which you would carry out, restoring in a standard way.

But one file with the archive will not be enough, because we will need to somehow unpack this JPA archive from Joomla on the hosting server. To do this, download the unpacker file from here (this is my version from JoomlaPack - kickstart.zip, or you can download a new one), unzip it and load kickstart.php into the root folder.

Those. now you should have only two files in the root: the archive and its unpacker KICKSTART.PHP (Akeeba Kickstart is now calling it names).

I also draw your attention to the fact that if you transfer Joomla to another hosting using Akeeba Backup, then you will first need to create a database on it... How to do this using cPanel is described using the installed. If you are restoring an existing site, the database will already be present.

Now you will need to enter in the address bar of your browser:

Https://site/kickstart.php

But just replace https: // site / with your url. The browser will open a window created by the kickstart.php unpacker script.

Click on the big green "START" button and keep this window open while the process of extracting Joomla files from the JPA archive is in progress:

After all files have been successfully extracted from the archive, you will see the following window:

Follow the HERE link in the line "Please click here to open JoomlaPack Installer restore script in a new window" ( top line) to open the Akeeba Backup Recovery Wizard in a new window. Do not close the KICKSTART.PHP script window yet.

As a result of clicking on the link, you will be taken to a one-to-one page. What is remarkable, all of your next steps on restoration will coincide with the actions performed during the installation of the engine. Those. at the first step, you select Russian and click on the "Next" button:

In the next window, see the compliance of your hosting with the requirements and click on the "Next" button. At the next step of the recovery wizard, read (which is unlikely, of course) the license and again click on the "Next" button.

The next window will be more interesting, there you will need to specify the parameters of your database (either the old one, or newly created on your new hosting):

If you entered the parameters of your database correctly, then you will be congratulated on its successful restoration. Click on the "Next" button. In the next window, again click on this "Next" charm button and you will be taken to a page where you will be asked to enter the name of your project and come up with a password to enter the admin panel:

Delete this directory, then return to the KICKSTART.PHP script page (remember, I asked you not to close it) and follow the HERE link located at the bottom line (When you have finished restoring your site please click here to activate your .htaccess).

That's it, the epic of restoring your Joomla site data (files and database) from a backup created using the Akeeba Backup component is over. Hurray, comrades! You can go to your site and continue to work on filling and promoting it in search engines.

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site

Why do I need a site backup?

This issue is worth considering in advance.
There are many reasons that will make you, sooner or later, use backups:

Moving a site from Denwer to hosting. From one hosting to another.

Usually, Joomla sites are developed on local hosting. After that, the question is - "How to transfer a site to hosting?". In search of an answer to this question, a webmaster goes to Google for help and finds a lot of advice there.

To avoid wasting time looking for an answer, just install AkeebaBackup after you create your site. Make a backup and transfer your website to hosting.

Errors after updating components.

If you follow your site, then you are probably updating components, modules, plugins and the Joomla engine itself.

For experienced webmasters, it will not be news that after updating something, serious problems with the site may arise that are difficult to fix. This does not mean that updates cannot be made, on the contrary, they must be done without fail.

It is impossible to predict which component update will break the site. But, you can make sure that after a breakdown, you can restore the previous version of the site. In order to avoid such problems, before updating anything on the site, create a backup copy. If something goes wrong, you can always quickly restore your site to the previous version.

Do the same when you make any edits on the site.

It is better to spend 2 minutes creating a restore point than to spend time and nerves looking for an answer to the question - "The site has stopped working."

Didn't do anything with the site and it stopped working.

Yes, it happens. Although the code is not metal, which rusts over time, but sometimes, without changing anything, errors appear on the site. This may be due to an update software on server or versions PHP language, but this may not be the reason. So, try to do more often backups , To have old version site, which can be compared with the new one and find out what the error is.

There are many more different reasons that every webmaster will see over time. Let's not dwell on reflections and get down to practice.

Download and install AkeebaBackup

Download:

You may have noticed that we missed the "Schedule Data" button. This was not done out of carelessness. The point is that the schedule will not work without enabling the option "Enable the ability to create backups through the front pages of the website and remotely", which we enabled in the previous section.

Button "Schedule data" - here, you can configure the schedule for starting the site backup:

The first two parameters are not available for free version(we will not disassemble them).

Making backups via front pages:

The function of creating backups of the site through the front pages can be used by a variety of methods, which we see in the picture:

To use all methods, you can check out the manual on the official website - https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/akeeba-backup-documentation/automating-your-backup.html.

Most often, the backup schedule is not used. good hosting type beget, several times a day makes backups of the site and databases.

The only method that is most commonly used is the URL method.

To use it, just copy the link (see the picture above), paste it into the address bar of your browser and go:

Then wait a little. If everything went well, you will be given the following value - " 200 OK».

To check, go to "Manage backups" and see the remotely created copy.

In order to change the profile, the settings of which will be guided by the remote site copying, add to the remote copying URL: & profile = 3

It will turn out:

http: //demo..php? option = com_akeeba & view = backup & key = nachat-kopy-qwe-111 & profile = 3

The next button is "Exclude files and folders".

As already mentioned, here you can choose which files and / or folders to exclude when backing up your site:

As you can see in the picture, folders, files and subfolders are excluded by default, which will not affect the operation of the site and are used for temporary storage of information.

By clicking on the icons next to folders and files, you can manage the exclusion of folders, subfolders and files from the backup of your site.

Button - "Exclude Database Tables"

Here everything is the same as in the description for the "Exclude files and folders" button. There we could exclude files, folders and subfolders, here, we can exclude the site database tables:

We have dealt with all the settings of the Akeeba Backup component. It remains to learn how to restore a site from a backup.

To do this, I delete the components folder from the demo site, which will break it:

After that, our site will look like this. We need to fix this:

Restoring the site

We have a backup file - site-demo..jpa

Go to the site - https://www.akeebabackup.com/download/akeeba-kickstart/4-1-0.html and download Kickstart Core.

The downloaded archive is a set of files for restoring a backup copy of your site.

Download the archive to your hosting (in the root folder of the site) and unpack it. We also upload the backup file there (to the root):

To start the recovery process, you need to refer to the file kickstart.php.

We write in the address bar of the browser YOUR_SITE / kickstart.php:

Thus, we are taken to the site recovery page.

All we need on the first page is to select the file from which the site will be restored, in our case - site-demo..jpa.

(You can also import the backup file from the URL by clicking on the " IMPORT FROM URL»):

Select it, go down and click "Start". The extraction process starts:

After extracting, we will have a button "Run the installer", click it:

The installer starts. The first step is a pre-installation check, on the page, you can see information about the state and readiness of the system for recovery. It's not worth getting into this, click on the "Next" button (located in the upper right corner):

If you once installed joomla, then the following settings, you do not need to describe, because they are the same as when installing the CMS Joomla itself:

Enter the data that you previously entered when installing joomla and click "Next":

The database has been restored. The last step is to configure the site data (everything is the same as when installing Joomla):

Don't forget to indicate New password to access the admin panel. Click "Next".

Moving on to the last step of the installation, it remains to delete the "installation" directory.

To do this, simply click on the "Delete installation directory" button:

That's all. Go to the main page of the site and see the result:

As you can see, the site is up and running again. This concludes the review.

If you have any questions or suggestions, write in the comments.

You will not find this plugin in the wordpress.org/plugins archive (Russian version ru.wordpress.org/plugins/). However, its popularity is so great that all WordPress enthusiasts, as well as Joomla, know it and many use it to quickly back up their sites. This plugin is called Akeeba Backup by Akeeba Ltd for SMS WordPress, its correct name is "Akeeba Backup WordPress".

Cost and where to download the plugin

The backup plugin free, but there is a pro version, which will not be in this article. You need to download the plugin on the official website only. No registration required to download. Do not forget, be sure, to pick up the translation package into your language. Here is the localizations page ( https://cdn.akeebabackup.com/language/backupwp/index.html).

Install the plugin

The presence of direct installations from the WordPress archive in the site toolbar, Do not cancel alternative ways installing plugins. I wrote about them, I will remind you here.

To install Akeeba Backup, go to Plugins >>> Add New;
Download link at the top of the page;
Next, select the plugin file from your computer and click "Install";
The console menu displays new inset"Akeeba Backup";
We watch it and see everything in English.

Someone speaks English as their native language, but I love my native language, so I translate the plugin into Russian. Above is the link where to download the translation archive.

Translation of Akeeba Backup into Russian: instruction

Download the translation archive from the official website. This is a ZIP file on the Akeeba website.
Unpack the language archive locally and FTP the directories to and from your site folder.
Refresh the Akeeba page on the website and enjoy the translation.

Plugin settings

On the Akeeba Backup tab, at the top we see a big blue "Setup Wizard" button. We make our life easier and trust the plugin to conduct the benchmarking process itself.

In the "Installation Wizard", the system will itself check the parameters of your site for compliance with the Akeeba requirement. If everything is OK, you will see such a record.

Without putting it on the back burner, we immediately make a backup copy of the site, activate the process by pressing the appropriate button;
We skip the next page of explanations to this copy. You have only one profile;
The backup process will be reflected on the screen (do not close the window until the end of copying;
Successful copying will be advised;

The backup is ready. Go to the backup log and see that the new site backup created by the Akeeba WordPress plugin is ready and waiting for restoration (if needed).

Where Akeeba Backup WordPress Stores Copies

By default, Akeeba WordPress stores copies in the directory. I do not recommend changing it, but it can be done, like all others. manual settings backup, on the "Configuration" tab from any page of the plugin.

How to restore a site

If you have not lost access to the administrative panel and you need to restore the site:

Go to the Akeeba WordPress tab;
Next to the Backup log;
In the list of copies, select the copy you need to restore;
Next, the button, "Restore";
Here you can manually delete (the "Delete" button) unnecessary (obsolete) copies.

Note: The default setting is "Enable quota countdown" on the Settings or Configuration tab. This setting forces the system to automatically delete old backups on new copies. You can change this setting.

Control Panel (Home) Akeeba Backup WordPress

At the end. All convenient plugin management is located in the "Akeeba Backup" tab of the console or "Home" from any other plugin page.

Pay attention to the function (button) "Site transfer wizard", block "Main operations". You read that correctly, with this plugin you can quickly transfer a site to another WordPress site installed on a different domain. All you need is a domain and access to it.