SiteGround Hosting: Backup Your Website With 1-Click

Allison Kessler
January 22, 2021

I'm about to make a crazy change to my website.

I want to experiment with changing my website’s theme and I’m scared all hell is going to break loose. Either it will work. Magically. Or everything will break and I’ll have to start over on a rebuild.

Then it hit me. I can create a 1-click backup of the site. This is super easy on the SiteGround GrowBig and GoGeek plans. (Sorry, this feature isn’t available on the StartUp plan.)

How To Manually Backup Your Website on SiteGround.

Here’s where you do it in Site Tools / Security / Backups:

If something goes wrong, you can click on the 3 dots vertical ellipsis and click Restore All Files & Databases.

Warning! It's a terrible idea to switch out your WordPress theme on a live website. Everything can and most likely will break. Changing a theme is a humungous change! In this case, the website I'm working on is a pet project and it's not live yet. I'm basically playing around and doing a quick full backup is a good bandaid solution just to see what's going to happen.

Alternatively, Create A Staging Website

A Staging Website should be utilized for a website that is live and you are going to be making some big changes or large updates/upgrades.

This is also super easy to do in SiteGround’s Site Tools. Simply go to WordPress / Staging and Create A New Staging Copy.

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Allison Kessler has been web designing professionally since 2002. She guides you through the website design process and helps you keep your website updated and secure. She lives in Calgary Canada with her adorable toddler and is usually found outside hiking and enjoying the Rocky Mountains.