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Backup your WordPress website
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backup_wordpress.sh
#!/bin/bash
# get current date
now = `date +"%Y-%m-%d"`
# copying WordPress files inside public_html folder
cd ~/public_html
tar -zcf "~/wordpress_$_now.tar.gz" wordpress_folder
# Database backup with mysqldump
# replace the <dbuser> and <dbpassword> with your database user credentials defined for WordPress site, without < and >
mysqldump -u <dbuser> –p <dbpassword> -h localhost database_name > "db_$_now.sql"
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