When deleting a user, WordPress displays a warning that unless you attribute the user’s posts to a new user, it’s posts will be deleted and you cannot undo those deletions. That means the only way to restore the posts and media is to restore a backup of the WordPress instance or database which you hopefully … Read more
If you are looking for plugin-like solution I know great one for backing up straight to dropbox to keep your data safe WordPress Backup to Dropbox It looks like it should fit your version, even if it doesn’t backing up manually isin’t hard at all. If you want to back up manually theres is basically … Read more
To backup only posts,pages and related media files for 3 week. You need to do the following:- Backup Database of website for post/page text. Backup wp-content\uploads folder for media. Then you can delete all files and restore old files.Once all old files uploaded then you can upload wp-content\uploads folder of current site. PS: check uploads … Read more
Just add an USE statement to tell the server on which database you want the operation to be performed. USE mydbname
you can use this SELECT * FROM databasename.wp_posts in mysql to view all your post; Then export it and then on the new database you can import the post.
You should be able to back up your site through your hosting control panel. This is a better option than adding bloat to your WP install to duplicate functionality you already have elsewhere.
wordpress is designed around a database. You need the database to have the site load at all. It wouldn’t be possible to do what you’re asking. What you could do though is go to the internet archive www.archive.org and see if they have a visual representation of your site backed up there and you could … Read more
You can install the All-in-One WP Migration to make a backup of the new test site. Then install the plugin in your old site as well and upload the backup there. Then update the permalinks and change Site URL in Setting > General if needed. Here’s the URL for the Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/
You can take the backup of your post or pages by using the tools => export option present in wordpress. On the export page you can see multiple filters like date, users and status through which you can take the backup of your posts or pages.
One sure-fire, yet simple, method is to scramble the AUTH_KEY constant in the wp-config.php file on the backup server. In wp-config.php, change your AUTH_KEY line to append rand(). Example: define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘YOUR-SUPER-SECURE-GENERATED-KEY’ . rand()); On every page, the logged-in key is altered. This prevents users from staying logged in. Note: rand() is very insecure. But we’re … Read more