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BackupBuddy 4.0: Part 2 – New Backup Profiles and More

By: Kristen Wright

June 11th, 2013

BackupBuddy 4.0 just released with a TON of incredible new features. In part 1, we covered BackupBuddy’s new individual file view and restore capabilities. In this post, we’ll be showing off BackupBuddy’s new backup profiles and several more new features in 4.0. Creating a Backup Profile With BackupBuddy’s new backup profiles, you can: Customize each backup type [...]

By: Kristen Wright

June 11th, 2013

Our dev team has been hard at work on our summer launch of iThemes Exchange, but today we’re also really excited to announce a major BackupBuddy version update with some incredible new features. In fact, there are so many new features with this release, we’re breaking this announcement post up into two parts so we can [...]

By: Nathan Ingram

May 17th, 2013

As a freelance web developer since 1995, I’d like to share several reasons why having a sound backup strategy is critical for anyone who is serious about web site development with WordPress. WordPress Does Not Have a Built-in Backup It amazes me how many newcomers to the wonderful world of WordPress take this for granted. [...]

By: Nathan Ingram

May 15th, 2013

What are the elements of a good backup system that freelancers can rely on? As a freelance web developer since 1995, I offer these five musts of a good backup system. 1. A good backup is complete. Believe it or not, there are quite a few backup plugins for WordPress that only back up the [...]

By: Nathan Ingram

May 15th, 2013

The Importance of Mailbox Money One of the most important lessons a freelance web developer can learn is the importance of Mailbox Money. Mailbox money is recurring revenue from clients that arrives in your mailbox whether you are doing any active work for them or not. Mailbox money is key to survival in the lean [...]

By: Nathan Ingram

May 14th, 2013

Because WordPress requires PHP and a database to operate, many web developers build their sites on a remote web server. However, a remote web server can be slow to update and access. A much better option is to develop your WordPress site locally on your own computer, and then use BackupBuddy to publish the site [...]

By: Nathan Ingram

May 13th, 2013

BackupBuddy can do more than backup, restore and move your WordPress sites. It can also be used to speed your WordPress development process, too. Most developers begin with a default WordPress site, then add and customize a theme, install and activate plugins, then set up pages and a menu system. This process is repeated again and [...]

By: Kristen Wright

April 22nd, 2013

BackupBuddy 3.4 is officially in the wild today with more new features and enhancements. To make getting started with BackupBuddy even easier, you’ll now find a brand new Quick Setup wizard on BackupBuddy’s Getting Started page. (To locate it, just expand the BackupBuddy menu from within the WordPress dashboard and click the Getting Started page. [...]

By: Kristen Wright

April 1st, 2013

BackupBuddy 3.3 is officially in the wild with loads of new features to help make your WordPress backups and restores even easier. Here’s a recap of some of the new things you’ll see in this latest version of BackupBuddy: New BackupBuddy Features New “Cancel Backup” Button: A “Cancel Backup” button has been added to the Backup [...]

By: Cory Miller

March 14th, 2013

It’s really hard to imagine … but it’s been 3 years since we launched the first version of BackupBuddy, one of the most popular and essential plugins in WordPress. To celebrate, we’re upping the free remote storage we offer through BackupBuddy Stash from 512MB to 1GB. We’ve estimated that the typical full WP site backup [...]