We are excited to announce that downloadable backups are now available!

Previously, to download a backup, you had to reach out to our support team, do it manually, or use a third-party plugin. While we love chatting with you, speeding up your workflow is our top priority. We know many of you will be utilizing this new feature.

You can now with one click create a downloadable archive file .zip containing your entire WordPress site. The archive file contains your website’s files as well as the SQL file containing the contents of your database.

Downloadable Backups

  • You can create a downloadable backup once per week.
  • The downloadable backup will be available for you to download for 24 hours.

Downloadable backups are now available in the MyKinsta dashboard under WordPress Sites > sitename > Backups.

Select Download on the menu that also includes the the daily, hourly, manual, system-generated, and external backup options. (Staged sites don’t include hourly or external backups.)

Screenshot showing the dialog for creating a downloadable backup in MyKinsta.
Beginning a downloadable backup in MyKinsta.

As always, keep the feedback coming! Check out our knowledge base article for more information on how downloadable backups work.