Akeeba Backup
is a WordPress plugin
to help you to easily backup
restore and transfer
your web sites.
In this video
we will be installing
Akeeba Backup
into our WordPress web site.
To begin with let's download a copy
of Akeeba Backup to our computer.
Go to downloads
and scroll down to Akeeba Backup for WordPress
If you have subscribed for the pro version
make sure that you are logged in first
to enable the download.
Once the download is completed
go to your WordPress web site
and log in.
Go to Plugins and select Add New
Click on the Upload Plugin.
Browse your computer to where you
stored the download and once selected
click on Install Now.
Once the plugin has been installed
click to activate it.
You can now see Akeeba Backup for Wordpress
in our list of of installed plugins
and on the left hand menu
you will see a new link directly to Akeeba Backup.
Depending on your screen size
you might find it easier to collapse the left hand menu.
If we open the plugin
a configuration wizard will start.
Akeeba Backup is now testing
your site and calculating the
best settings for your individual web site and server
It is important that you remain
on this screen until the wizard has completed.
Once the wizard has completed
you are ready to complete your first backup.
Let's go ahead and do that right now.
You can see a warning message here
that we are using the default directory
for backups. This is perfectly
normal and unless you change the directory
in the Configuration this message will appear.
As we can see Akeeba Backup
will store some information
each time we make a backup.
By default
it creates a description for the backup
stating the time and date that it weas taken.
You can also password protect the backup
and I highly recommend that you do this.
You can also optionally
include an additional comment
perhaps stating that you are doing this backup
before installing another plugin
For now I am going to leave this
blank and just click Backup Now.
The backup process has now started
Do not browse to any other page
until the backup has completed.
Once the backup is completed successfully
you should click on Manage Backups.
Here we can see
the backups has taken place
with a description
its status was OK
the size of the backup
and a link to the actual backup file itself.
Depending on your configuration
there may be multiple files.
A backup kept on your web site
is as useful as a
set of spare keys stored inside your house.
So it is important
that you download the backup
from your web site to your own computer.
You can do this simply by clicking
this button and then download.
Once you have downloaded the backup
you can if you want delete the backup
file from your website,
perhaps you are short of space on your hosting account.
Select the backup here and
then click delete files.
You will see there is another option called delete.
This will delete the complete record
that a backup took place.
I prefer to keep that record
We can see now that the record
is still here but the backup
file itself has gone.
We have now created our first backup
with Akeeba Backup
If you are using the Professional version
there is one additional step.
Right at the top we have a message
about entering our Download ID.
This is required for
updates to the program
so let's go ahead and complete that.
Return the akeebabackup.com web site
and make sure that you are logged in.
Select My Subscriptions from the menu.
If you now scroll down
you will see your Download ID
simply select and copy it.
Return to your web site and
paste it in.
Click on Apply Download ID.
We can see that the message has now disappeared
and we have completed the
installation of Akeeba Backup Professional.