How badly would your sanity be affected if you lost your WordPress website or blog overnight?

Unfortunately, server and database crashes, site hacking, and other security “issues” are something you’ve go to deal with. If you not making regular backups you risk losing all your hard work.

Luckily, it’s easy to set up an automated system for WordPress. The tricky part is knowing which plugins and services you can trust to do the job. After all a backup that isn’t made correctly – or can’t be restored when you need – it is just as bad as doing nothing at all.

Here’s a complete guide to backing up WordPress.