Backups Are Not Optional
Think about losing everything on your site in a single moment: years of posts, thousands of product photos, hundreds of customer records. A hack, a faulty plugin update, a deleted folder or a failed server can each do it. If you back up your WordPress website in Kenya properly, getting it back takes minutes rather than months.
You Need Both Kinds of Backup
- Plugin backups inside WordPress: you manage these yourself. They cover hacks, theme or plugin mistakes and content deleted by accident.
- Server backups from your host: SiteBoma takes regular snapshots of the server and keeps them for 7 days. These cover hardware failure.
Free Backup Plugins Worth Installing
UpdraftPlus (the Favourite)
The free version can send backups to email, Dropbox or Google Drive. You can schedule them to run every day and restore with a single click. It is the most widely used backup plugin, in Kenya and everywhere else.
Duplicator (Free)
Packs your whole site into one bundle, which is handy for moving a site or building a staging copy.
BackWPup (Free)
Lets you choose from several backup destinations, and can back up your database on its own.
Setting Up UpdraftPlus in Five Minutes
- Add UpdraftPlus from the WordPress plugin directory
- Open Settings → UpdraftPlus Backups
- Choose a schedule; we recommend daily
- Link Google Drive as your off-site storage
- Press Backup Now to create your first copy
A Second Layer from SiteBoma
Every SiteBoma hosting plan includes regular backups on the server side, kept for 7 days, as an extra safety net. Pair them with UpdraftPlus and your Kenyan site is well covered.