Creating sites with CMS, it’s not like doing so on static sites where you can simply download all the files from your server to your local machine. It requires you to download both your files and your databases to your computer.
Your WordPress as well as other CMS site’s database, contains every post, every comment and every link you have on your site or blog. If your database gets erased or corrupted for some reason, things that most of the times may not be under your control, you stand to lose everything you have written.
The following links will guide you how to back up your WordPress Site and your WordPress Database. In addition, support is provided online at the WordPress Support Forum to help you through the process.
Why should you backup your site?
Making backups is essential because problems inevitably occur and you need to be in a position where you can take control over such situations. Spending a few minutes to make an easy convenient backup of your database – as explained on WordPress – will allow you to spend even more time being creative and productive with your website.