Backup and Restore

Safeguard your website’s content with FlyWP’s easy-to-use site backup feature. This guide will step you through the backup process. FlyWP supports eight backup storage providers: Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, Cloudflare R2, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, pCloud, and Custom (S3 Compatible) storage.

Note

Backups are available on all paid plans (Starter, Professional, and Agency). The Free plan does not include backups.

Accessing Backup Providers Settings

• Head to Team Settings.
• Click on the “Backup Providers” page.

Setting up Your Backup Provider

Here’s how to make sure your backups are sent to the right place:

1. Inside the “Backup Providers” page, input the necessary credentials for your preferred backup provider.
   • Tip: Specific instructions for integrating with each backup provider can be found on their respective documentation pages.

Configuring Individual Site Backup

Make your backup suit your needs by configuring these settings:

1. Choose the website you want to backup on FlyWP.
2. In the site sidebar under Backups & Recovery, select “Backups”.
3. Press the “Backup Settings” button.

Follow the on-screen instructions:

• Backup Provider: Select from the list of providers configured for your team.
• Bucket Details: Specify the name of your storage bucket or folder.
• Provider Info: Depending on your choice, specify any additional settings (such as Region).
• Backup Retention: Choose how many days each backup is kept (default is 30 days).
• Backup Files:
  • Turn the Backup Files switch off if you only want database backups.
  • When it is on, choose Standard Backup (wp-content only) or Full Backup (the entire public directory).
  • If there are certain files or paths you’d rather not backup, list them in the “Paths to Exclude” box, one per line (e.g., *.log, *.zip). Paths are relative to wp-content for a Standard Backup and to the public directory for a Full Backup.
• Backup Frequency:
  • Pick “Daily” or “Hourly” backup frequencies.
  • For daily backups, select the Backup Time (UTC) that suits you best (default is 12:00 AM UTC).
• Notification Subscribers: Select team members who should receive email alerts if a backup fails.
• Save Backup Options: FlyWP checks that it can reach your storage before saving. If the check fails, you can turn on Save anyway to save the settings regardless, but backups may fail.

Backup Storage and Organization

Wondering how your backups are kept tidy? Here’s the structure:

• Database backups: BUCKET_NAME/DOMAIN_NAME/DATE-database.sql.gz
• File backups: BUCKET_NAME/DOMAIN_NAME/DATE-files.tar.gz

Every site you backup will have its own neat folder, with each backup file clearly date-labeled.