How to backup WordPress site to Google Drive in different ways? Backup WordPress to Google Drive automatically or manually are introduced in the following part. Check the full guide below.
Content Overview:
WordPress (WP) is a popular open-source content management system used for building websites and blogs, so there are a variety of content, like text, images, audio, and video. Typically, FTP can be used to manage WordPress site content, download and upload, and other operations. Regular backups are essential for WordPress sites to prevent data loss.
Google Drive is one of the most famous cloud drives worldwide, which allows you to store any files in Google Drive, and then access files anytime from any devices as long as there is an Internet connection.
Perhaps, you might need to backup WordPress site to Google Drive, what should you do? Check the following part.
Backing up a WordPress site to Google Drive makes you get benefits from the following:
How to let WordPress backup to Google Drive? You can use MultCloud, and plugins like UpdraftPlus, and WPvivid to backup your WordPress site directly to Google Drive. Check the following detailed steps for that operation.
So, here three solutions will be described in this part for your reference, just check them one by one.
To directly backup WordPress site to Google Drive in a few clicks, the powerful web-based multi-cloud storage manager - MultCloud can do you a big favor.
To make it easy for you to take a backup for your WordPress site to Google Drive directly, check the following instructions.
1. Please apply for a MultCloud account, and log in to MultCloud Dashboard.
2. Click Add Cloud > FTP, and input the credentials of your WordPress site to add. Then add Google Drive in the same process.
3. Hit Cloud Backup from the left side, select the FTP of your WordPress site as the source, and Google Drive as the target.
4. Tick Schedule, set up Daily, Weekly, or Monthly to configure.
5. Press the Backup Now button to backup WordPress to Google Drive automatically.
Tips:
As a matter of fact, there are no built-in tools for WordPress backup to Google Drive, you have to use third-party plugins, like WPvivid, and others to make it.
1. Please go to the WordPress dashboard, then click Plugins > Add New, then search for WPvivid, install and activate it.
2. Click Wpvivid Backup > Backup & Restore.
3. Then go to Remote Storage, choose Google Drive, click Authenticate with Google Drive, grant access to Wpvivid, the log in to your WordPress site.
4. Enter your Google Drive information, and click Add Now.
5. Hit Save Changes.
6. Click Backup & Restore, and hit Backup Now to backup WordPress site to Google Drive manually.
Limitation: It's complicated for ordinary users so it's not the ideal solution for you.
UpdraftPlus is another plugin for you to directly backup WordPress to Google Drive. Check the detailed steps about it.
1. Please log in to your WordPress website admin console, click Plugins > Add New, search for UpdraftPlus, install it, and then activate.
2. Click Settings under UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore after activating.
3. Then tap Settings again, set up schedules for files backup, and database backup.
4. Choose Google Drive in the section of Choose your remote storage.
5. Configure Google Drive settings, and other options you need, and click Save Changes.
6. Then click Sign in with Google, then grant access to UpdraftPlus, and hit Complete setup.
7. Check all the settings in Settings, then click Backup Now under Backup / Restore.
Limitation: It's time-consuming and complex to configure all the settings, so it's not the recommended way.
Until now, you can backup WordPress site to Google Drive automatically or manually as you like. Three solutions are listed below for your reference. Besides, you can backup FTP files to Synology NAS, upload files from FTP to Box, FTP and Outlook integration, and so on.