Você precisa restaurar o WordPress a partir de um arquivo de backup?
Os backups ajudam a restaurar seu site caso algo dê errado. No entanto, restaurar o WordPress a partir de um arquivo de backup não é fácil para iniciantes.
Neste artigo, mostraremos a você como restaurar facilmente o WordPress a partir de um backup, passo a passo.
Noções básicas sobre backups e restauração do WordPress
Há diferentes maneiras de criar backups para seu site WordPress. A melhor maneira de criar um backup é usar um plug-in de backup do WordPress.
Como alternativa, você também pode criar um backup manual do seu banco de dados do WordPress e fazer o download dos arquivos do WordPress usando um cliente FTP.
A restauração do WordPress a partir de backups depende inteiramente de como você criou o backup. Por exemplo, os backups criados com o Duplicator podem ser restaurados usando o mesmo plug-in. Da mesma forma, os backups manuais precisam ser restaurados manualmente.
Muitos usuários do WordPress não fazem backup de seus sites inteiros. Em vez disso, fazem backup apenas do tema do WordPress, do diretório de uploads e do banco de dados do WordPress. Isso reduz o tamanho do backup, mas aumenta as etapas necessárias para restaurar o site.
Independentemente de como você cria seu backup, as etapas básicas são as mesmas.
Vamos dar uma olhada em como restaurar seu site WordPress a partir de um backup. Como estamos abordando diferentes métodos de restauração, pule para a seção que se aplica a você:
- Restoring WordPress Using Duplicator Pro
- Restoring WordPress From BackupBuddy Backup File
- Restoring WordPress Database From Backup Using phpMyAdmin
- Restoring WordPress Database Backup Using cPanel
- Manually Restoring WordPress Files Using FTP
- Troubleshooting WordPress Backup Restore Issues
- Things to Do After Restoring Your WordPress Site
Observação: este guia trata da restauração de um site WordPress a partir de um backup. Se estiver tentando mover seu site para um novo domínio, consulte nosso guia sobre como mover o WordPress para um novo domínio sem perder o SEO.
Se estiver tentando mudar de uma conta de hospedagem local para uma conta de hospedagem na Web ativa, siga este guia sobre como mover o WordPress de um servidor local para um site ativo.
Como restaurar o WordPress usando o Duplicator Pro
O Duplicator é um dos melhores plug-ins de backup do WordPress. Ele facilita muito a migração e o backup de seu site.
Primeiro, você precisa ter certeza de que possui um backup completo do seu site WordPress criado pelo Duplicator.
Você pode saber mais seguindo nosso guia sobre como fazer backup de um site WordPress.
Em seguida, você precisa fazer o download do arquivo de backup para o seu computador. Essa será uma cópia completa de seus arquivos do WordPress, que inclui temas, plug-ins, configurações e muito mais.
Se os seus backups estiverem armazenados em um local de armazenamento remoto, como Dropbox, Google Drive ou OneDrive, você poderá fazer o download dos arquivos de backup desses locais para o seu computador.
Em seguida, você precisa se conectar a um cliente FTP e excluir todos os arquivos do WordPress. Depois disso, você precisa instalar o WordPress novamente e fazer login no seu site.
Em seguida, você precisará instalar e ativar o plug-in Duplicator. Para obter mais detalhes, consulte nosso guia sobre como instalar um plug-in do WordPress.
Após a ativação, você pode ir para Duplicator Pro ” Importar no painel do WordPress. Em seguida, você pode carregar o arquivo simplesmente arrastando e soltando ou clicando no botão “Select File” (Selecionar arquivo).
O plug-in fará o upload do arquivo e mostrará os detalhes.
Você pode revisar os detalhes e clicar no botão “Continue” (Continuar).
Em seguida, você precisará definir um ponto de recuperação para restaurar rapidamente seu site para uma data anterior.
Depois de fazer isso, você pode clicar no botão “Set” (Definir).
Depois disso, você receberá uma URL de recuperação que poderá armazenar em local seguro para usar a qualquer momento no futuro.
A partir daí, você pode rolar para baixo e clicar no botão “Launch Installer” (Iniciar instalador).
Em seguida, você precisará implantar o pacote. O plug-in fornecerá uma visão geral dos detalhes da instalação. Ele permitirá que você escolha uma instalação completa de um único site ou a restauração de um único site.
Você pode selecionar a opção “Restore single site” (Restaurar site único) e rolar para baixo para clicar no botão “Next” (Avançar).
Uma nova janela será exibida com a confirmação da instalação.
Você pode clicar no botão “OK” para continuar.
O instalador extrairá seus arquivos de backup. Quando terminar, você verá os resultados da instalação.
Você pode simplesmente clicar no botão “Admin Login” para finalizar a instalação do seu backup.
Vá em frente e faça login no painel do WordPress.
Isso é tudo. Você restaurou com êxito seu site WordPress a partir de um backup do Duplicator.
Como restaurar o WordPress a partir do arquivo de backup do BackupBuddy
O BackupBuddy é um popular plug-in de backup premium para WordPress. Se você usou o BackupBuddy para criar backups, esta seção é para você.
O BackupBuddy oferece uma maneira muito conveniente de restaurar o WordPress a partir de um backup. Você precisa fazer login no site do WordPress e ir para a página BackupBuddy ” Restore/Migrate (Restaurar/Migrar ).
Você precisará fazer download de uma cópia do arquivo importbuddy.php. Durante o processo, será solicitado que você forneça uma senha para o ImportBuddy. Essa senha será usada quando você restaurar seu site.
Em seguida, você precisa fazer o download de uma cópia do seu backup, caso ainda não o tenha feito. Você pode fazer o download no BackupBuddy ” Backups ou no destino que você usou para armazenar seus backups.
Depois de ter o arquivo zip de backup e o importbuddy.php armazenados no computador, conecte-se ao site usando o FTP.
Se você tiver um backup completo do seu site, exclua todos os arquivos e pastas do seu servidor.
No entanto, se você tiver um backup parcial, precisará primeiro fazer o download dos arquivos dos quais não foi feito o backup. Quando tiver certeza de que fez o backup de tudo, exclua todos os arquivos e pastas do diretório raiz do seu site.
Em seguida, você precisa carregar os arquivos de backup do BackupBuddy e importbuddy.php na pasta raiz do seu site.
Depois que os dois arquivos forem carregados no servidor, acesse importbuddy.php em seu navegador da Web. Ele está no diretório raiz de seu site, portanto, seu URL será algo como:
http://www.example.com/importbuddy.php
O ImportBuddy agora solicitará a senha que você criou quando fez o download do ImportBuddy.
Na próxima tela, o ImportBuddy exibirá o arquivo de backup que você carregou. Caso não tenha feito o upload do arquivo de backup usando FTP, você poderá clicar na guia upload para fazer o upload do arquivo de backup agora.
Se você tiver seus backups armazenados no serviço de armazenamento Stash do iTheme, poderá se conectar a ele clicando na guia stash agora. Depois de selecionar seu banco de dados, clique em “Next Step” (Próxima etapa) para continuar.
O ImportBuddy descompactará o arquivo de backup e mostrará uma mensagem de sucesso quando tiver extraído os arquivos. Clique no botão da próxima etapa para continuar.
Na próxima tela, o ImportBuddy solicitará que você forneça o URL do site e as informações do banco de dados.
Se você estiver restaurando um site WordPress hackeado ou tentando remover malware, não deverá usar o banco de dados antigo.
Você pode remover tabelas do banco de dados antigo usando o phpMyAdmin ou criar um novo banco de dados usando o cPanel. Quando terminar de criar um novo banco de dados ou de esvaziar o antigo, forneça os detalhes do banco de dados.
Por outro lado, se você tiver certeza de que seu site não foi invadido, poderá usar os mesmos detalhes antigos do banco de dados.
Clique no botão next (próximo) para continuar, e o ImportBuddy testará as configurações do banco de dados e importará seus dados. Quando isso for feito, clique na próxima etapa para continuar.
Agora, o ImportBuddy atualizará os URLs, caminhos etc. de seu site. Depois disso, você será solicitado a testar seu site. Se tudo estiver funcionando bem, então você restaurou seu site com êxito.
Na página do ImportBuddy, clique no botão “Clean up and remove temporary files” (Limpar e remover arquivos temporários). Isso excluirá os dados temporários no banco de dados e os arquivos criados durante a restauração.
Como restaurar o banco de dados do WordPress a partir de um backup usando o phpMyAdmin
Ao restaurar um backup criado manualmente, você pode se deparar com duas opções possíveis. Você pode criar um novo banco de dados e importar o backup para ele ou pode esvaziar o banco de dados existente e importar o backup.
Se você estiver limpando um site WordPress hackeado, é muito importante alterar o nome de usuário e a senha do MySQL antes de criar um novo banco de dados ou importá-lo para um banco de dados existente.
Para criar um novo banco de dados, faça login no painel do cPanel da sua conta de hospedagem do WordPress e clique no ícone “MySQL Databases” (Bancos de dados MySQL).
Em seguida, será solicitado que você forneça um nome para o seu banco de dados.
Feito isso, clique no botão “Create Database” (Criar banco de dados).
Depois de criar o novo banco de dados, você precisa de um usuário do MySQL associado a esse novo banco de dados.
Basta rolar para baixo até a seção de usuários do MySQL e adicionar um novo usuário.
Em seguida, você precisa adicionar esse usuário ao banco de dados MySQL.
Role para baixo até a seção “Add user to database” (Adicionar usuário ao banco de dados), selecione o usuário e o banco de dados nos menus suspensos e clique no botão “Add” (Adicionar).
Agora seu novo banco de dados está pronto. Você pode usá-lo para restaurar o backup do banco de dados do WordPress.
Acesse novamente o painel do cPanel e clique na opção phpMyAdmin.
Em seguida, você precisa clicar no nome do novo banco de dados.
Depois disso, clique no botão “Import” (Importar).
Basta clicar no botão “choose file” (escolher arquivo) para selecionar o arquivo de backup do banco de dados do WordPress e, em seguida, clicar no botão “go” (ir) na parte inferior da página para continuar.
O phpMyAdmin fará o upload do backup e o importará para o banco de dados. Você verá uma mensagem de sucesso após a conclusão.
Isso é tudo. Você importou com êxito o banco de dados do WordPress.
Agora, a próxima etapa é instalar o WordPress usando seu novo banco de dados. Se você já instalou o WordPress, basta adicionar as configurações do novo banco de dados ao arquivo wp-config.php e pronto.
Como restaurar o backup do banco de dados do WordPress usando o cPanel
Se você criou manualmente um backup do banco de dados do WordPress usando o cPanel em sua hospedagem compartilhada, também poderá restaurar esse banco de dados usando o cPanel.
Faça login na sua conta cPanel e, na seção Arquivos, clique em “Backup”.
Na página de backups, role para baixo até “Restore a MySQL database backup”.
Em seguida, clique no botão “Choose File” (Escolher arquivo) e selecione o arquivo de backup em seu disco rígido. Depois disso, basta clicar no botão “Upload”.
Restauração manual de arquivos do WordPress usando FTP
Se você estiver restaurando o WordPress para limpar um site invadido, primeiro precisará excluir todos os arquivos e diretórios existentes do WordPress.
Faça isso somente se o backup estiver atualizado e se você tiver tudo personalizado, alterado ou carregado em seu site.
Se você tiver todos os uploads e personalizações, poderá excluir com segurança tudo em seu site usando o cPanel (muito mais rápido) ou o FTP.
Para excluir todos os arquivos do seu site, é necessário fazer login no cPanel do painel de controle de sua hospedagem. Em seguida, na seção Arquivos, clique no ícone “Gerenciador de arquivos”.
Escolha o Webroot como seu diretório e prossiga. A interface do gerenciador de arquivos será aberta em uma nova guia do navegador. Você precisará selecionar todos os arquivos do WordPress e excluí-los. Essa maneira é muito mais rápida.
Você também pode excluir arquivos usando FTP, mas é mais lento. Basta conectar-se ao seu site usando um cliente FTP e selecionar todos os arquivos no diretório raiz do WordPress para excluí-los.
Em seguida, é necessário fazer o download de uma nova cópia do WordPress do site WordPress.org e extraí-la para o disco rígido.
Inicie seu cliente FTP e faça o upload de todos os arquivos do WordPress para seu servidor.
Depois de carregar os arquivos do WordPress, você pode carregar um arquivo wp-config.php do seu backup (somente se tiver certeza de que ele está limpo e não comprometido).
Como alternativa, você pode renomear o arquivo wp-config-sample.php em seus arquivos do WordPress recém-carregados para o arquivo wp-config.php. Depois disso, você precisará editar o arquivo wp-config.php e inserir as informações do banco de dados.
Não se esqueça de salvar o arquivo e carregá-lo novamente em seu site.
Em seguida, você precisa carregar outros arquivos do seu backup. Recomendamos que você carregue suas imagens somente no diretório /wp-content/uploads/.
Depois de fazer o upload, visite seu site para verificar se tudo está funcionando bem.
Em seguida, você precisa fazer login na área de administração do WordPress e começar a instalar os plug-ins que tinha em seu site.
Agora, você pode prosseguir com a instalação do tema. Se você tiver personalizado o tema do WordPress ou estiver usando um tema filho, poderá restaurá-lo a partir de um backup. No entanto, certifique-se de que esses arquivos estejam limpos.
Por fim, vá para Settings ” Permalinks e ajuste as configurações de permalinks de acordo com seu site e, em seguida, atualize os permalinks.
Solução de problemas de restauração de backup do WordPress
Há alguns problemas comuns que você pode encontrar ao restaurar seu site WordPress.
Temos guias separados para cada um deles:
- Erro ao estabelecer uma conexão com o banco de dados
- Tela branca da morte
- Erro interno do servidor
- Problema de redirecionamento ou atualização da página de login
- Posts únicos que retornam erro 404
O que fazer após restaurar seu site WordPress
Depois de restaurar o site com sucesso, recomendamos enfaticamente que você melhore a segurança do site.
Se ainda não tiver feito isso, certifique-se de fazer um backup regular do WordPress com um desses plug-ins de backup do WordPress.
Para proteger seu site, recomendamos que você altere imediatamente sua senha do WordPress. Se estiver executando um site com vários usuários, peça a todos os usuários que atualizem suas senhas imediatamente.
Você também pode instalar um firewall de site. No WPBeginner, usamos o Cloudflare para proteger nosso site. Para obter mais detalhes, consulte nosso guia sobre por que mudamos do Sucuri para o Cloudflare.
Esperamos que este artigo tenha ajudado você a aprender como restaurar o WordPress a partir de um backup. Talvez você também queira ver nosso guia passo a passo definitivo de segurança do WordPress para iniciantes e como obter um domínio de e-mail gratuito.
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Bajrang says
Let’s suppose, I am restoring 2 days ago file backup, then is it mandatory to restore database backup of the same date also in order to sync both??
WPBeginner Support says
It would depend on what file you’re restoring from and for what reason as some backup plugins include database information.
Administrador
Daniela says
Hello. If I install a backup, will I lose all the changes I made and plugins I installed after the backup? Thanks!
WPBeginner Support says
It depends on the backup tool used but normally, yes you would lose any changes not backed up.
Administrador
Neha says
Hey. Can i restore my site backup if i have only sql file?
WPBeginner Support says
You will be missing some things but you will have the ability to restore a good amount of your content.
Administrador
KylieM says
We’ve only just realised that a page was permanently deleted (not in trash) that we need to recover. We completely updated our website a few months back and believe the page was deleted then. We did do a full back up before changes. Only want to recover the one page and not do a full restore which would replace all of our new content.
How would we do this?
WPBeginner Support says
It would depend on what you used to create the backup but the simplest method may be to create a local installation for your site, restore your site on to your local install, then export the page you want on your live site so you can import it.
Administrador
Siraj says
Very useful tips. Restoring wordpress site through Cpanel is illustrated well. Thanks for sharing.
WPBeginner Support says
You’re welcome, glad you like our guide
Administrador
bhanuka says
I was referring to uploading via FTP method. But my old files did not load. Only a blank page came. With some nail biting hours I realised that the wp-config.php file includes following important settings to be set with old site values.
1. database prefix. I had a custom prefix. If you dont change, WP upgrade will recreate all tables with ‘wp’ prefix while your old data are in old prefix tables.
2. Authentication Unique Keys and Salts settings must match the old values
Then it worked
WPBeginner Support says
Thank you for clarifying, glad you were able to find the root of your issue and resolve it.
Administrador
Pawan Sharma says
I was hosting my website through hostinger free hosting. Now i moved to another service provider. I took backup from hostinger and uploaded the same in new provider c panel under public_html. But my website not displayed. I’m getting below Error and Warning.
Warning: require(/home/test/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-autosaves-controller.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/test/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 232
Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required ‘/home/test/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-autosaves-controller.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/share/php’) in /home/test/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 232
And don’t find any wp-settings.php file under the root folder piblic_html.
Please help to solve this problem.
Thanks all
WPBeginner Support says
For that, you would want to take a look at: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-wordpress-failed-to-open-stream-error/
if you are missing the file then you could try manually adding the WordPress files:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-manually-update-wordpress-using-ftp/
Administrador
glenda says
I’m not a beginner, but am desperately trying to find out how to get past the first screen if I can’t remember my importbuddy.php password. The last WP Core update broke one of my sites and the most recent backup had a fatal error so I had to go back to an old, old backup. iThemes support used to be good, but now it sucks.
Found your explanation for using BackupBuddy and it’s a good one.
ted says
Thank you for the article.
I have a “different” problem:
I have only the httpdocs directory and the
wordpress_d database directory (located at var/lim/mysql)
How can I restore the site with these 2 directories?
Thank you!!
Kawsar Siddik says
Backupbuddy is the best WordPress restore/migration tool while working on client’s website. It saves time. Thanks for sharing this tutorial.
Clever Peterson says
Hello, I backed up my WordPress site with Drop box for WordPress but I’m still confused of where to upload the back up files I have downloaded. Would you please help me?
Eddy says
I successfully restored my WordPress using phpmyadmin. However when I try to install WordPress using the new database info it says the db already exists, use another name. What do I do?
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Eddy,
Make sure that you are using a different name for your new database.
Administrador
Mudass Iftikhar says
your article always helped me
Roxanne says
I delete my wordpress site, but I made a back-up before I deleted it. Now I want to re-open the website. Is there a way to just upload the back-up and get everything back to the same way it was?
WPBeginner Support says
Hey Roxannne,
Depends on how you made the backup. You will still have to setup database unpack WordPress files and upload them.
Administrador
Nicolau Nicoleta Mihaela says
I have the same question, backup created with cPanel. Thank you I advance for an answer
Vikas says
Hi I am trying to restore my wordpress site from bck but after I click upload on restore MySQL database option….dead white screen comes up and nothing happens! Any suggestions? Thanks
Vikas says
I have not taken any backup of my site. And my site is displaying “Access Denied”. And my hosting provider states that my files in that website have been attacked by malware. Is there any method to recover all the data from the hosting ?
WPBeginner Support says
Hey Vikas,
You can download your data using FTP and your database using phpMyAdmin.
Administrador
Vikas says
After downloading the data, should i delete everything and should i put it again ? If so will the problem get solved ?
joseph says
I am new to blogging. I want to say thanks for your simplified tutorials, it is helpful. I already bookmarked your site so I can always come back. Once again i say thank you.
nicolas blake says
can you please tell me how i can access a backup i made with backwpup and I chose “folder” .I once was a programmer now I’m just a duffer
Nate says
I just got a cpanel full backup from a client. They are now using Godaddy WordPress managed hosting. How in the heck do I restore the site and database to Godaddy from the TAR.zip file?
Thanks guys!
Hari Kumar says
My blog is live and can login to admin dashboard. but none of my post is available, and I cannot update my previous post. Plus new post added are not found… while opening.. it says —- a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Any Solution??
Jamie says
Thanks for the information. Just a question: I have a SQL database backup for my blog saved as a .SQL file. What information does this contain? Does it have the theme customised layout? Blog articles? Pictures?
Many thanks
Soibibo says
My site just crashed. I can’t access my wp admin dashboard. What do you suggest I do?
WPBeginner Support says
Please see our beginners guide on troubleshooting WordPress errors.
Administrador
Mr. Karmaker says
My website has been hacked. I have made earlier backup zip file in cPanel FileManager. Zip file size is more than 99MB and it can not upload.
How to restore my site ?
Any suggestion please.
dana says
Hi, We recently moved some but not of our blog content from a standalone site to the company website. The posts that we didn’t think we wanted are now in FTP — I’d like to import them to a new wordpress site. Trying to locate specific content within FTP Is a huge pain. Is there any way to export that content into a new wordpress site so I can access it? Thank you.
Prudhvi Raj says
Good.
I’ve backed up Home Directory and restoring it, and also uploaded the whole website. it’s like 20 minutes it is saying “restoring files…” . How long does it takes? File is of 1.45GB . Thanks .
Mufaddal says
Hi there, I want to change my hosting plan from hostgator(HG) to Digitalocean(DO). I have done the setup of DO successfully, how can I get my backup uploaded?
I have taken a backup of WP site(the file was around 32mb) I m not sure its the whole backup, now my HG plan has expired(not deleted, I can renew it to get my site back) but now what should I do to upload the data, on adminMyPhp it is showing some error while uploading data. I want my site back as it was, on DO server, I dont want to renew my HG plan again, Please guide me, Thank you in advance.
Keesjan says
hi,
do you know how to restore a backup when the admin interface is broken?
Then its not possible to use the interface.
Is in that case only the phpadmin method the way to go. Or are there any cloud service out there that help me ‘push’ teh bakcyp back to my site, without loggin in mt wp admin?
WPBeginner Support says
You will have to do it manually. You can also hire professionals to do that for you. They will also take the phpMyAdmin approach.
Administrador
Mahriya says
Thanks, what if I had backed up my whole WordPress site(tags, posts media etc…) but only wanted to restore the Media only. Is there any way to do this? I appreciate the help!
WPBeginner Support says
It depends on what method you used to create a backup. Most WordPress backup plugins store all your WordPress files in a zip file. You can extract that file to your computer and then upload the wp-content/uploads folder.
Administrador
Belinda says
Hello,
Total beginner here.
Started building my first WordPress site for a client on my local drive. Used the theme Avada.
Long story short, I needed a new hard drive in my Mac.
– Backed up my failing hard drive with time machine.
– Starting fresh on my computer with a new hard drive.
– Reinstalled WordPress and MAMP.
– Moved the website files from time machine applications/MAMP/htdocs to the same place on my computer.
Reading above I need to do something with the database. But I am completely lost on this.
Please help as soon as possible!
Thank you in advance.
WPBeginner Support says
Go to Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/ copy the contents and paste them in your new drive MAMP install on the same location.
Administrador
tonythanh says
The problem when we restore wordpress is all image will not display. I have already got this trouble and it made me 3 days for resolve. Here is the way I solve for my site
1. Install fresh copy of wordpress with new database
2. Drop all database in phpmyadmin
3. Import database that you back up lastime
4. Your site will not work and It need reinstall. Don’t worry.
5. Login Cpanel, find the wp-config.php file, open, change the prefix wp_ with your new prefix of your last database.
6. Import your images correct to the folder in uploads.
7. Done, your site will work well with full images.
I hope you will get no trouble like me.
Graceson says
Can you please assist me to restore backedup files using “BACKUPWORDPRESS” in my local drive?
Thanks in advance.
Tushar says
Is the method of using FTP to restore your website valid/useful if the main error in FTP is “552-Quota exceeded” . I contacted the host, he says that some malicious plugin has caused this sort of error to occur and complete restoration of the site will be required. I planning to begin from a clean slate by uploading new wordpress and redesigning the entire site: But will this work with above mentioned error?
Angel says
Thanks a lot for the article! You saved my life helping me to restore a site, easy and simple!
All the best, Angel
Paul says
Hi, just a (probably) silly question: can I Re-install now from the wordpress dashboard without losing any settings etc on my site?
WPBeginner Support says
You can go to Dashboard -> Updated and click on reinstall now button. That will download a fresh copy of WordPress and replace your old files. It will not change your WordPress settings as those are stored separated in database.
Administrador
Ben Dixon says
Hi guys, very informative read, thanks for that!
I have a backup of my SQL database which was created with a plugin and emailed to me. Unfortunately I’ve lost all other files, I’ve contacted my host and they have no backup.
I’ve installed WordPress and will install the appropriate theme. I can’t recall all the plugins I used.
I’ve obviously lost all my images, but what else have I lost? Is a restore of my site feasible in your opinion?
Many thanks for any help at all.
WPBeginner Support says
Yes a restore of your site is feasible.
Since you do not have backup of your files, so you will be unable to restore images. Some plugins may also misbehave.
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Ben Dixon says
Thanks for that, I’ll give it go. Maybe I can look at the database to help me remember what plugins were there before.
Cheers guys!
Ali Sajjad says
Hi, i have done everything and my site is running fine. but i have problem with images all over the site. i don’t know why, because there is no error display during restore process.
Zamby says
Somewhat complicated question. A few days ago, I updated the wordpress version my site was using. This then made the site fail, and I couldn’t even log in to wordpress due to a fatal error. I then replaced the site with my most recent backup from Feb. 2nd, and things were fixed. However, there is a lot of data from Feb. 2nd that I would like to access if possible.
This data must have been saved somewhere, but I’m wondering where? Or is it all completely lost and innaccessible in the Cpanel after a backup?
WPBeginner Staff says
It actually depends on how you restored your backup. If you created a new database to restore your backup into and did not delete any files from your webserver then you can get access to your posts by opening the old database using phpmyadmin. You can also find the files you uploaded on your webserver by connecting to your site using an FTP client. These file uploads will be stored in /wp-content/uploads/ folder.
On the other hand, if your restoration process involved deleting old database by emptying it, and if you deleted old files from server as wel, then you cannot access those files on your own.
Another possibility to recover that data is by requesting your web host and ask them if they have a backup for your site on the specific date when you deleted all old data. If they have the backup, then they can send it to you.
WPBeginner Staff says
Simply click on Appearance » Themes and click on the activate button on the theme that you had previously installed. In case you can’t figure out which theme you had previously installed, then you will need to activate them one by one and preview your website until you get the right theme.
Urgent help needed @ WPBEGINNER SUPPORT says
Good day Wpbeginner,
This is my terrible situation. I made a mistake and i lost my site. and then i requested my Host gator India to give back file for which i paid. They send me in TAR.Zip file. I don’t know how to go about it. They told me to long CP panel and upload and extract. But it didn’t work. Then one rep who helped me and my site came alive. However, if i click any one of the posts it was throwing 403 error. She couldn’t solve it. and another rep said i need to contact my developer…what is this? Develper,!!!(lol)
and then i moved another host. I tried uploading my back up file. but no use and nothing working. So i had 3 months back up files which i downloaded from WordPress XML. Now it is working except images and the current template is different than the previous.
I have the back up file from Hostgator and if you could help me how to go with it…i really appreciate.
Best regards,
Ramesh.ramaiah
WPBeginner Support says
You can extract the backup file on your own computer using a program that is able to extract .tar and .zip archives like 7zip. After that you can browse the files and upload them to your web server using an FTP client.
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Timothy says
I was wondering how to recover a WordPress theme, it wasn’t deleted I just hit active on a new on by accident
Gary says
Hello, I just stumbled upon this post and was wondering if you could help. I switched hosting plans within godaddy and went from managed wordpress to cpanel. I used a plugin to backup the site before switching, which saved all files including the .sql file. Restoring the site via the plugin did not work so I am trying it the hard way. I have completely removed the site including all files. Then I created a new database and gave it the same name as database_name in the .sql file. Afterwards I uploaded the .sql file from the backup into this database. Then I reinstalled wordpress via cpanel and chose the new database I created. Then I uploaded the rest of the files(themes, plugins, uploads) via ftp. But for some reason this did not do anything. When I logged into wordpress nothing looks different. None of the pages I created or anything was there. The plugins were there and the theme I uploaded was there. However, I can’t access the images from the media button even though they are in the uploads folder. I can’t figure out where I went wrong. The database names match up, I can’t think of anything else. The only thing I can possibly think of is the hostname in my .sql backup file is not localhost. Could that be the issue? I can’t figure out what I am missing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
DFPhoenix says
If your database was correctly restored, you won’t even need to install wordpress again. Asking you to install means, your database isn’t correctly restored. Just my guess.
Dill says
Hi… I was wondering how to restore my wordpress site if all I have is a complete download of everything that was there. I downloaded everything (everything!) from my host using FTP and didn’t do any fancy backups of databases. Can I just upload that entire backup as is and get the site back? I’m also switching hosts (but not domain names), so I do know I’ll have to edit a file or two also.
WPBeginner Support says
If you only copied everything from FTP then you probably only have your WordPress files and not the database. Without the database backup you can not restore your site. If you have access to your host, then please create your database backup.
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Kyle says
Hi,
Thanks for all your tutorials, I find myself here often. I had a question, is there any way to retrieve the subscribers from a backed up .sql file? The plugin used to collect subscriptions was Subscriber 2.
Bruno says
Your site is great. Can you write a guide how to restore a backup created with BackWPup? That would be great.
WPBeginner Support says
Sure we will try to do that. Meanwhile, here is how to restore your backup created with BackWPUp plugin. Download your backup file and extract it. Inside it your will find a .sql file along with other files. .SQL file is your database backup and you can import it using phpMyAdmin. Upload rest of the files using FTP.
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tuyen ran says
how to show my password on file database backup from backupbuddy? It is encryption!. thanks you!
Raji says
This post is extremely helpful as it has helped me (a newbie) to restore my site….or almost. When i try to login, it takes me to a page that says i should install wordpress again…. the famous 5minutes install. please help.
WPBeginner Support says
It seems WordPress is unable to connect to the database. Or it connected to the database which is currently empty. You have restored your WordPress files but you probably didn’t restore your WordPress database backup successfully.
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Md Jafrul Islam says
Thank you very very much. By this info post detail. I can make my site again restore. Thanks Man. Just awesome update more amazing info.
Chris says
When doing a backup, which backup do I need most frequently? I am offered three choices on the cPanel (full cPanel backup, home directory, database). Would you say it is more important to backup the database file, as long as I have a fairly recent backup of the home directory?
Thanks for your time!
WPBeginner Support says
Depends on how often your site gets updates like comments, posts, media uploads, we would say that you should always set a high priority for database backups
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Bas says
Thanks for the great guide(s). I had to move 2 sites from 1 server to a new server, and using your manuals it went like clockwork.
Making the backup via BackWPup was quick and restoring it manually the same.
I was up and running again in 15 minutes.
BTW. The version of BackWPup I use (3.0.13) only showed the Dropbox feature after creating, saving and running the backup job.
I had to change something, when the sites where moved, and there it was.
Naik says
Hi,
I recently shifted my blog from one hosting to another in Godaddy. I have the backup of my blog in .sql format. I am trying to import using MySQL, it shows an error “Script timeout passed, if you want to finish import, please resubmit same file and import will resume.” Please help
WPBeginner Support says
Did you try resubmitting the same file again to resume import?
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Brenda says
I have been able to follow the instructions above for restoring my wordpress database using cpanel by dropping the tables in the current database and replacing them with the backedup database.
However I can’t work out how to do it if I create a new database – the article says to go into mysql within cpanel and set up a new database, password etc but how do I link the new database to the files that I have reinstalled?
Thank you
WPBeginner Support says
Brenda, connect to your website using an FTP client like filezilla, download wp-config.php file from your website’s root directory create a backup of it by simply making a copy of it. Open it in a text editor like notepad. and enter your database name, database user name, database password, and host (usually localhost). Save the file and upload it back to your website.
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Brenda says
Thanks. I have done that but when I try to access the site I get “Error establishing a database connection”
I did what you said and replaced the original wp-config file with the new version.
What else do I need to do to be able to use the new version of the database, rather than the original one?
Brenda says
Sorry, some more information that might clarify what is happening. When I try, as suggested in your article, to access the wp-admin url I get an error message that starts with the following:
We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the NAME database.
Brenda says
Sorry, some more information that might clarify what is happening. When I try, as suggested in your article, to access the wp-admin url I get an error message that starts with the following:
We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the NAME database.
At the bottom it says: On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_webgyzec_replacewp1. Could that be the problem?
That is indeed the case. So what do I need to change please to get this to work?
Brenda says
OK I can stop sending messages now. Silly error on my part but now everything is working.
Thank you SO much for such a helpful article.