Backing up :WordPress Sites

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If you have a WordPress site that you have put in a fair amount of work- here is a great way to back it up in 5 minutes.

Go to Manage- Export

Export the Xml file which has all posts, tags,categories,comments of your site.
Go to www.wordpress.com
Create a new blog www.yoursite.wordpress.com

Import the XML file created […]

If you have a WordPress site that you have put in a fair amount of work- here is a great way to back it up in 5 minutes.

Go to Manage- Export
Export the Xml file which has all posts, tags,categories,comments of your site.
Go to www.wordpress.com
Create a new blog www.yoursite.wordpress.com
Import the XML file created in Step 2
Ole ! Your Backup site is ready – for free – and in five minutes .
Caveat – www.wordpress.com offers better themes and the latest WordPress version so the backup might end up looking better than the real site
Copy some widgets manually – like Feedblitz readership etc