Backups
Every site is backed up automatically, and you can take your own on-demand snapshots before a risky change. Everything lives at your site → Backups.
Automated backups
MagicWP creates and retains these for you — nothing to set up:
- Daily — a fresh backup every 24 hours.
- Monthly — kept for long-term retention.
You can Restore from any automated backup. They're managed for you, so they can't be renamed or deleted.
Snapshots (on-demand)
Take your own backup right before an update or migration. You can keep up to 5 snapshots at a time, and each is kept for about 24 hours before it's automatically removed.
Click Create Snapshot, optionally give it a Name, and pick what to capture:
- Full Backup — files and database (the default).
- Files Only
- Database Only
Creating takes a few minutes. Each snapshot has actions to Download, Restore, Rename, and Delete.
Restoring
Click Restore on any backup and choose a Restore Type — Full, Files Only, or Database Only. (A files-only or database-only snapshot can only be restored as that.) Confirm, and the restore runs in the background.
A restore usually takes 5–15 minutes, your site is briefly unavailable, and you get an email when it's done.
Restoring replaces your current site
A restore overwrites your current files and/or database with the backup's version and can't be undone. If you're not certain, take a fresh snapshot first so you can roll back.
Downloading a snapshot
Use the Download action on a snapshot, then Prepare download. MagicWP packages the backup and emails you a secure link to your account address. The link is valid for 48 hours, and only one download is prepared per site at a time.
Limits at a glance
| Manual snapshots | up to 5 per site |
| Snapshot lifetime | about 24 hours, then auto-removed |
| Download link | valid 48 hours |
| Automated backups | daily + monthly, managed for you |