How to Restore a WordPress Website

Suppose you have got yourself into a situation where you can’t access pages, functionality, or maybe the whole website, and you want to restore the website now:

Step 1: Click on the Settings >> UpdraftPlus Backups from the left side menu bar.

wordpress-backup-and-restoreUpdraftPlus Backups

Step 2: Go to the Existing backups section; there you’ll find the list of all the backups that you had made so far.

wordpress-backup-and-restoreExisting Backups

Select the backup among them (if you have more than one), on which you want to restore, and simply click on the restore button.

Step 3: You will go to the next page, where you’ll get to choose the components to restore and then click Next. It is recommended to select all the options:

wordpress-backup-and-restoreComponents To Restore

Click on the Restore button:

wordpress-backup-and-restoreRestore

Your restore will be in progress. The process will take a while according to the size of your website and the server configuration:

wordpress-backup-and-restoreRestoration Progress

You a while, and you’ll get to see the message of Restore Successful!

wordpress-backup-and-restoreRestore Successful

That’s it; you have now successfully restored your WordPress website.

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