{"id":3613,"date":"2018-02-26T15:16:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2025-05-30T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:15:08","slug":"wordpress-automatic-backups-interface","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wordpress-automatic-backups-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find the WordPress Automatic Backups Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-enthusiast\/\"><p class=\"\"style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e!important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Enthusiast<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional-plus\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional Plus<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/podcast-websites\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Podcast Websites<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can now schedule backups for your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WP hosting <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress sites. This automatic backup will repeat within the time frame given, creating a backlog of backups for you to pull from in case you want to roll back your site to a previous version. The first step to setting up your automatic WordPress backups is to visit the <\/span><b>WordPress Backups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> interface. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Find WordPress Automatic Backups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow these instructions to find the WordPress Backups interface, where you can schedule your backups. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using the Legacy interface:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Backups<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the drop-down, click <strong>WordPress Backups<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using the Updated interface:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>WordPress<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the toolbar, click <strong>Backup Settings<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the WordPress Backups interface, you will see the following categories:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Status:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This category defines how the backups should work on this site. In the \u201cStatus\u201d column,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">three options that can be selected: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><b>Active with Default Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Site will backup based on default settings<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Active with Custom Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Site will backup based on custom settings<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Inactive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Site will not backup automatically<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you choose the \u201cActive with Custom Settings\u201d option, you can specify a backup schedule.<\/span> Use the \"Schedule\" column drop-down to select a day of the week to repeat weekly or every day. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backups to Keep:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose the \u201cActive with Custom Settings\u201d option, you can specify the number of backups to keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the \u201cBackups to keep\u201d column, use the drop-down to select the max number of backups.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once this limit is reached, the oldest backup will be deleted to make room for the new backup. The maximum backups that can be kept are 5. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Backups<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cCurrent backups\u201d column lists the number of backups that are currently stored for each site and the amount of space they take up. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about setting up WordPress automatic backups, see our articles: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/automatic-backups-for-individual-wordpress-sites\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Set Up Individual Site Backup Settings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/automatic-wordpress-default-backup-settings\">How to Change Default Settings for Automatic WordPress Backups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can now schedule backups for your WP hosting WordPress sites. 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