{"id":2662,"date":"2021-12-09T10:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T10:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2662"},"modified":"2021-12-09T10:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T10:59:28","slug":"managed-wordpress-how-to-use-backups","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/managed-wordpress-how-to-use-backups\/","title":{"rendered":"Managed WordPress: How to use backups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you ever need to quickly restore your website content, then you can follow this guide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Managed WordPress server stores 30 days of backups, so you can be sure that you&#8217;ll always have a working version of your site to restore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, make sure that you are logged in to your control panel: <a href=\"https:\/\/login.names.co.uk\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/login.names.co.uk\/login<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are logged in, you will see your owned or managed domains listed in separate boxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you see the domain that you want to manage, click the blue link that says &#8216;Manage Hosting&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Account-Domain-Menu-1024x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2663\" width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Account-Domain-Menu-1024x414.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Account-Domain-Menu-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Account-Domain-Menu-768x311.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Account-Domain-Menu-50x20.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Account-Domain-Menu.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This will load into your Managed WordPress Dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your dashboard has loaded, you&#8217;ll see the overview page with some basic details about your hosting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Test-Env-3-1024x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2695\" width=\"1024\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Test-Env-3-1024x403.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Test-Env-3-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Test-Env-3-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Test-Env-3-50x20.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Test-Env-3-1536x605.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Test-Env-3.jpg 1645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will see an &#8216;Advanced settings&#8217; 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