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How to automatically back up WordPress before updates
Automatically back up WordPress before updates
Section titled Automatically back up WordPress before updatesFollow these steps to activate the Premium feature of UpdraftPlus, enabling automatic backups of your WordPress site before updates to plugins, themes, or the core system.
1. Install and activate UpdraftPlus Premium
Section titled 1. Install and activate UpdraftPlus PremiumIf you haven’t already, purchase UpdraftPlus Premium and follow the simple installation instructions.
2. Open the UpdraftPlus plugin
Section titled 2. Open the UpdraftPlus pluginGo to the WordPress ‘Settings’ menu and open ‘UpdraftPlus Backups’.
3. Navigate to expert settings
Section titled 3. Navigate to expert settingsGo to the ‘Settings’ tab within UpdraftPlus. Scroll down to the bottom of the page menu and open ‘Expert settings’
4. Turn on automatic backups before updates
Section titled 4. Turn on automatic backups before updatesTick the box which says ‘Backup (where relevant) plugins, themes and the WordPress database with UpdraftPlus before updating’.
