WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and My SQL. This platform provides a plugin architecture and a template system. It is the powerful blogging and website content management system (CMS). You could use WordPress to establish your blog or website. Then your WordPress can be viewed as a website.
Dropbox is a powerful file hosting service operated by American company Dropbox, Inc., that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Thus, many users choose Dropbox to save their critical information due to its reliable functions.
Image that, a ton of effort and a great deal of thought goes into building a website. You would never want to lose the content. Websites is generally safe with the powerful backend support (WordPress). However, it’s always wise to play safe. Data loss could sometimes happen that you simply lose all of the WordPress content.
Under these conditions, you may backup WordPress website first:
Generally speaking, you may find many WordPress website backup plugins, like BackupBuddy, BackWPup, BackuUpWordPress, etc. These plugins has some cons, either bugs on these plugins or the high price is unaffordable for users, or WordPress backup to Dropbox just not working.
Is there any free software could help you? Definitely, there is a free software named AOMEI Database Backupper, which allows you to backup your WordPress websites and databases to cloud drives including Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive. More features provided in the near future.
First of all, you have to go https://ebackupper.com/ and sign up an AOMEI Database Backupper account to backup website and database freely. Then log in your AOMEI Database Backupper account to free Backup WordPress to Dropbox/OneDrive/Google Drive. You can refer to this tutorial:
1. Click the Management on the tool bar. Choose Sources.
2. Select Web Source -> Add Website Source.
3. You will prompted by a Connect FTP/SFTP window. Input your WordPress website authorization information and click Connect to add your WordPress website.
Click Management on the tool bar. Choose Clouds.
Press Add Cloud Drive button.
Choose Dropbox to save your WordPress website backup, and click Next.
Enter Display Name and click Add Dropox Account.
The Dropbox will be added successfully now.
After adding your WordPress website and your personal Dropbox cloud drive, you could realize WordPress backup to Dropbox now:
1. Click Website Backup on the tool bar.
2. Click Add the Web Files you want to backup.
3. Tick files you would like to backup, and hit OK.
4. Press Select Cloud Drive button to choose Dropbox.
5. Select Dropbox and hit OK.
Hit Start Backup Now to do WordPress backup to Dropbox.
After a few clicks, you will get your WrodPress backup to Dropbox with all the files and data. In addition, AOMEI Database Backupper as a powerful web-based online data backup program, it has the ability to recover all the websites and databases based on the backup time point you created, automatic schedule backup, backup multiple websites or databases in one task, manage sources and destination clouds, etc.
One simple click to backup websites as well as databases online data and save them to your private cloud drives. AOMEI Database Backupper currently supports Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive and more
One-click restore target website or database from backups saved on cloud. One-click rescue failed website/database from data loss and reduce financial loss as much as possible for you.
Specially restore websites or databases to other locations instead of original one; migrate websites/databases to a new platform to achieve better performance.
Joanna Berry
Markus Kasteiner
David Wilkinson
