A recent post covered using cPanel to back up your WordPress site. In addition to that process, it is a good idea to occasionally backup any files or images you have used on your blog. The easiest way to do this is to use an FTP program like FileZilla to download those files to your local computer.
If you are using HostGator to host your website and have WordPress installed in your public_html directory, then the folder you want to download will be at /public_html/wp-content/uploads/. IF you are using another hosting setup, then you will need to use your FTP program to explore your WordPress installation and find the wp-content/uploads/ directory. Once you find that, simply navigate drag and drop the entire folder to a backup directory on your local computer. That’s it, you are done.
If you have edited any of the code in your theme files, then you should also download copies of those to your computer. If I have edited any of these files for you, then I have copies of the edited files saved for you. If you have done any editing of these files yourself, using the WordPress administration tools, the changed files will be in your …/wp-content/themes/(name of theme) directory.
Hope this helps prompt you to keep regular backups of these files in addition to your core WordPress installation. As always, if you have any questions, please email or post a comment and I will answer right away.
