How to Take a WooCommerce Backup (Database and Files)

A single minute of downtime on your WooCommerce site can cost hundreds of dollars. You could lose orders, customers, and product information in minutes from your store. 

That’s why it is critical to back up your site regularly. 

However, one-a-day backups don’t cut it for an online store. 

Because things are changing every minute on your WooCommerce, you need a backup that keeps up with those changes.

You need: real-time backups

Real-time backups protect every new customer and sale, and make sure that even when you restore your store, no precious data is lost. 


TL;DR: Safeguard your WooCommerce store with real-time backups. BlogVault backs up your store every 5 minutes, so all your data is instantly retrievable. Never lose an order, transaction, product, or customer ever again.

Understanding WooCommerce backups

WooCommerce sites are dynamic; therefore WooCommerce backup must also take place in real-time

Woocommerce backup site

Typical WordPress backups happen once a day. Can’t have that with WooCommerce stores. 

Consider this sequence of events: 

Backup taken at 10:00 am. Order placed at 10:03 am. Product added to shop at 12:30 pm. New user registers at 4:08 pm. Order placed at 6:13 pm. Server crashes at 7:45 pm. Restore 10:00 am backup. 

Everything after 10:00 am is lost. This is why you need real-time backups.

  • Backup taken at 10:00 am. Event backed up.
  • Order placed at 10:03 am. Event backed up.
  • Product added to shop at 12:30 pm. Event backed up.
  • New user registers at 4:08 pm. Event backed up.
  • Order placed at 6:13 pm. Event backed up.
  • Server crashes at 7:45 pm. 
  • Restore 10:00 am backup, and all the events that happened after

🔥 A website backup should always be a complete one that can help you restore your WordPress website in a crisis. 

Option 1. WooCommerce backup plugin [Recommended]

Backup plugins are the best way to backup your WooCommerce site.

Automatic, real-time backups and one-click restores save a lot of time and effort. Plus, they offer peace of mind about your online store.

Blogvault's dashboard

Setting up BlogVault on your WooCommerce store takes minutes. 

Create a BlogVault account, and add your WooCommerce site. That’s it. The store will start to sync, and your site is backed up.

🔥 For WooCommerce sites, get real-time backups. With real-time backups, your site’s data as it changes. That means, as things on your site—users, transactions, and orders—they are all backed up.

Why BlogVault backups are the best

BlogVault real-time backups are the real thing. Here’s why:

  • Automated backups: Set and forget it, till you need to restore. 
  • Real-time backups: Changes are saved as they happen on your site. 
  • Large database-friendly: Hundreds of users, thousands of products, and (hopefully) millions in revenue. BlogVault handles both large backups and restores seamlessly.
  • Encrypted storage: Encrypted cloud storage with full redundancy. Other cloud services like Drive or Dropbox quickly become expensive.
  • Offsite backups: