For the security of your website data, regardless of whether your hosting provider offers automatic backups, Naibabiji recommends regularly backing up your website data and database. This article explains how to
manually back up website data and database using cPanel on SiteGround. Other
shared hosting services using cPanel can be operated in the same way.Why Back Up Your Website
You should know that website servers, like our computers, are not 100% guaranteed to never have problems. What if the server crashes one day and data is lost; or you tinker with the website, use a plugin, or get infected, and the website crashes. If you haven't backed up your website before, then there's no way to recover the data.
Regularly backing up website data is a good habit.How to Back Up Your Website?
Website backups are divided into two types: manual backup and automatic backup.Automatic backup is usually included based on your chosen plan when you purchase the server. For those without automatic backup features, you can also achieve automatic backup through plugins, or directly write scripts for automatic backup on Linux VPS.
Manual Backup Tutorial Using cPanel
This demonstration uses SiteGround shared hosting; the backup method is the same for other services using cPanel.
The backup tutorial for the new version of the SiteGround panel is at the end of the article.1. Log in to the SiteGround panel, then switch to cPanel
2. On cPanel, find File Manager and phpMyAdmin. We will use these two places to back up website data and the database later.
3. After clicking the File Manager button, the following image appears. Click to jump to Web Root.
4. After selecting all files with Select All, click the Compress button.
5. Choose the Zip format,
manually rename the backup name below to a complex one.。
Renaming the name is very important!!! 
6. Right-click on your compressed file and select Download.
Delete the backup file immediately after downloading.。
7. Then
return to the cPanel dashboard，
click the phpMyAdmin button, the following image appears, click on your website's database name.
8. Switch to the Export tab, then select Custom.
9. Below, choose Save as file, select zip as the compression format, then click the Execute button at the bottom of the page.
Backup Tutorial for the New Version of SiteGround Panel
1. After logging into the new version of SiteGround's management backend, click SITE TOOLS.
2. Click the File Manager button on the left, then enter your website's public_html folder.
3. Select all files and click the Compress button.
4. Simply
enter a complex name, and continue.
5. Right-click on the completed zip compressed file and select Download.
Delete it after downloading.。
6. Then switch to the MySql button, click ACCESS PHPMYADMIN under PHPMYADMIN to enter.
7. Click on the database used by your website.
8. Switch to the Export tab, then select Custom.
9. Below, choose Save as file, select zip as the compression format, then click the Execute button at the bottom of the page.
The above is the tutorial for backing up website data and databases on the cPanel dashboard and the new version of the SiteGround dashboard. It is recommended to back up website data periodically, and the database can be backed up daily using a plugin. However, performing a full manual backup periodically is also necessary to avoid issues with automatic backup data.
2. On cPanel, find File Manager and phpMyAdmin. We will use these two places to back up website data and the database later.
3. After clicking the File Manager button, the following image appears. Click to jump to Web Root.
4. After selecting all files with Select All, click the Compress button.
5. Choose the Zip format,manually rename the backup name below to a complex one.。 Renaming the name is very important!!! 
6. Right-click on your compressed file and select Download.Delete the backup file immediately after downloading.。 
7. Thenreturn to the cPanel dashboard，click the phpMyAdmin button, the following image appears, click on your website's database name.
8. Switch to the Export tab, then select Custom.
9. Below, choose Save as file, select zip as the compression format, then click the Execute button at the bottom of the page.
2. Click the File Manager button on the left, then enter your website's public_html folder.
3. Select all files and click the Compress button.
4. Simplyenter a complex name, and continue.
5. Right-click on the completed zip compressed file and select Download.Delete it after downloading.。 
6. Then switch to the MySql button, click ACCESS PHPMYADMIN under PHPMYADMIN to enter.
7. Click on the database used by your website.
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