View and Manage Backups
InstaWP automatically creates daily backups and allows on-demand backups, storing a separate shadow copy of the live site, updated in sync, in another region. Additionally, you can download files and database backups or restore your site from a backup in case of data loss or malfunction.
In this documentation, we will explore steps to:
View Backups
On Demand Backup
Manage Backup
Let’s get started 🚀
Go to the InstaWP Live page and locate the live site for which you want to view backups.
Select Backups to view backups.
Here, you can view your file systems and databases that are backed up on separate schedules as follows:
👉 Note: If a primary data center pool encounters an issue, it immediately fails over to the site's secondary data center pool, keeping the site operational and backup safe.
You can manually request backups of your live site's files and databases. This creates an on-demand backup, capturing the file system and database as they were at the time of the request.
👉 Note: By default, a live site can have one file system backup and one database backup. To generate a new backup, you must first delete the previous one.
Step 1: Select any backup system from the Backup Now button.
Step 2: A confirmation window will appear. Click Continue from the popup window.
It'll add a new backup (On demand) to list.
InstaWP allows you to manage your live-hosted site backup by the following:
Download Backup
Restore Backup
Delete Backup
You can download the backup file of your hosted live site in .sql format to your local computer.
You can restore your previous version of the backup of your live-hosted site.
A confirmation window will appear. Click Restore from the popup window.
You'll get delete option for your on-demand backups. Click on the Delete icon. A confirmation window will appear.
Click Delete from the window.
In this documentation, we will explore steps to:
View Backups
On Demand Backup
Manage Backup
Let’s get started 🚀
View Backups
Go to the InstaWP Live page and locate the live site for which you want to view backups.
Select Backups to view backups.
Here, you can view your file systems and databases that are backed up on separate schedules as follows:
| Backups | Description |
|---|---|
| File Backup | Daily at 00:00 UTC, regardless of file changes. |
| Daily | InstaWP retains and provides the last 7 days of daily backups. |
| Weekly | Backups beyond the last 7 days are reduced to 1 per week. Note: The current retention period for these backups is 30 days, but you may encounter backups lasting 60-90 days. |
| Database Backup | Hourly - Whenever the changes are detected. Note: In most cases, nearly every hour is now retained for up to 90 days. |
| On-demand Backup | You can manually request backups of your live site's files and databases. This creates an on-demand backup. |
👉 Note: If a primary data center pool encounters an issue, it immediately fails over to the site's secondary data center pool, keeping the site operational and backup safe.
On Demand Backup
You can manually request backups of your live site's files and databases. This creates an on-demand backup, capturing the file system and database as they were at the time of the request.
👉 Note: By default, a live site can have one file system backup and one database backup. To generate a new backup, you must first delete the previous one.
Step 1: Select any backup system from the Backup Now button.
Step 2: A confirmation window will appear. Click Continue from the popup window.
It'll add a new backup (On demand) to list.
Manage Backup
InstaWP allows you to manage your live-hosted site backup by the following:
Download Backup
Restore Backup
Delete Backup
Download Backup
You can download the backup file of your hosted live site in .sql format to your local computer.
Restore Backup
You can restore your previous version of the backup of your live-hosted site.
A confirmation window will appear. Click Restore from the popup window.
Delete Backup
You'll get delete option for your on-demand backups. Click on the Delete icon. A confirmation window will appear.
Click Delete from the window.
Updated on: 24/04/2025
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