{"id":23146,"date":"2011-12-23T19:50:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=23146"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:47:13","slug":"vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Restore a WordPress Database in One Click (Jetpack VaultPress Backup and Alternatives)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A broken update, a hacked site or a deleted page can wipe out years of work in seconds. A one-click WordPress database restore gets you back online without downloading files, opening phpMyAdmin or importing SQL by hand. VaultPress was one of the first services to offer it back in 2011, and today it lives on as Jetpack VaultPress Backup. This guide shows how one-click restores work now, with the main options and the steps to follow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/vaultpress-restore4.png\" alt=\"VaultPress one-click WordPress database restore\" width=\"414\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/vaultpress-restore4.png 414w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/vaultpress-restore4-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/vaultpress-restore4-50x24.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> With Jetpack VaultPress Backup, open cloud.jetpack.com, pick your site, find the restore point in the Activity Log or backup list, choose Restore to this point, untick anything you want to keep as it is, and click Restore now. Free alternatives such as UpdraftPlus also restore from inside wp-admin. Whatever you use, keep at least one backup copy away from your web server.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeb485f4bfff\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #1a202c;color:#1a202c\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #1a202c;color:#1a202c\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeb485f4bfff\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#What_a_one-click_WordPress_database_restore_does\" >What a one-click WordPress database restore does<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Option_1_Jetpack_VaultPress_Backup\" >Option 1: Jetpack VaultPress Backup<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#How_to_restore_with_VaultPress_Backup\" >How to restore with VaultPress Backup<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Option_2_free_plugin_restores\" >Option 2: free plugin restores<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Option_3_manual_restore\" >Option 3: manual restore<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Before_you_click_restore\" >Before you click restore<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Our_experience_with_VaultPress\" >Our experience with VaultPress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#What_changed_since_2011\" >What changed since 2011<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#FAQ\" >FAQ<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Can_I_restore_only_the_WordPress_database_and_not_the_files\" >Can I restore only the WordPress database and not the files?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Does_restoring_a_backup_delete_new_posts\" >Does restoring a backup delete new posts?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Is_VaultPress_still_available\" >Is VaultPress still available?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/12\/vaultpress-gets-one-click-wordpress-database-restore\/#Can_I_restore_a_WordPress_site_that_will_not_load_at_all\" >Can I restore a WordPress site that will not load at all?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_a_one-click_WordPress_database_restore_does\"><\/span>What a one-click WordPress database restore does<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your WordPress database holds posts, pages, comments, users and settings. Themes, plugins and uploads live in files. A one-click restore puts the database (and usually the files too) back to a saved point in time, so a bad change is undone in minutes. Without it you would download a backup, upload it to the server and import the database yourself.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_1_Jetpack_VaultPress_Backup\"><\/span>Option 1: Jetpack VaultPress Backup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/upgrade\/backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jetpack VaultPress Backup<\/a> is the current version of VaultPress, run by Automattic. It saves changes in real time to the Jetpack Cloud, separate from your host, and keeps an activity log of who changed what. It is a paid service; check the Jetpack site for current plans.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_restore_with_VaultPress_Backup\"><\/span>How to restore with VaultPress Backup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in at cloud.jetpack.com and select your site.<\/li>\n<li>Open the <strong>Activity Log<\/strong> and filter by date or activity to find the moment before things went wrong, or open the backup list.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Actions<\/strong>, then <strong>Restore to this point<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Untick any items you do not want restored, such as uploads.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Restore now<\/strong> and wait for the confirmation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The official <a href=\"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/support\/backup\/restoring-with-jetpack-backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jetpack restore guide<\/a> notes that a normal restore needs a working WordPress install and Jetpack connection. If the site is completely down, reinstall WordPress, reconnect Jetpack and restore again; adding your server credentials in Jetpack settings can help if a restore fails.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/restore-confirm.png\" alt=\"Confirming a WordPress database restore\" width=\"433\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/restore-confirm.png 433w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/restore-confirm-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/restore-confirm-50x24.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_2_free_plugin_restores\"><\/span>Option 2: free plugin restores<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/updraftplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UpdraftPlus<\/a><\/strong>: schedules backups to cloud storage such as Google Drive, Dropbox or Amazon S3 and restores them from Settings &gt; UpdraftPlus Backups with a Restore button. Choose which parts to restore (database, plugins, themes, uploads).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your host&#8217;s backups:<\/strong> many hosting control panels keep daily backups with a restore button for files and databases. Check how many days they keep and whether restores cost extra.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_3_manual_restore\"><\/span>Option 3: manual restore<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If no one-click option is available, you can still restore a database by hand with phpMyAdmin or the command line. Our step-by-step guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2009\/10\/backup-restore-wordpress-database\/\">back up and restore the WordPress database<\/a> walks through it, and you can set up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2009\/06\/daily-backup-wordpress-blog-mysql-database\/\">daily database backups<\/a> so there is always a recent copy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Before_you_click_restore\"><\/span>Before you click restore<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Take a fresh backup of the current state<\/strong>, even if it is broken. You may need something from it later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pick the right point.<\/strong> Restoring to last week undoes every post, comment and order since then.<\/li>\n<li><strong>On shops and membership sites<\/strong>, think about new orders or sign-ups that a restore would remove.<\/li>\n<li><strong>After restoring<\/strong>, clear your cache, log in and check a few pages, then update or remove whatever caused the problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Our_experience_with_VaultPress\"><\/span>Our experience with VaultPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We used VaultPress on QuickOnlineTips for years. When we first wrote this post in December 2011, VaultPress had just added one-click database restore; before that, you had to download the backup files and restore them yourself. Combined with server-level backups, it gave us peace of mind after our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/07\/qot-hacked\/\">site was hacked<\/a> in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/vaultpress-restore1.png\" alt=\"VaultPress database restore option\" width=\"333\" height=\"138\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/vaultpress-restore2.png\" alt=\"VaultPress database backup restore screen\" width=\"500\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_changed_since_2011\"><\/span>What changed since 2011<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>VaultPress was folded into Jetpack and is now sold as Jetpack VaultPress Backup, managed from cloud.jetpack.com rather than the old vaultpress.com dashboard. The original plans and prices we quoted in 2011 no longer apply, and the Flash demo video from that time no longer plays, so we have removed it. One-click restores, once a premium feature, are now common in backup plugins and hosting panels. For a fuller look at the service today, read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/03\/vaultpress-secure-wordpress-backup-review\/\">Jetpack VaultPress Backup review<\/a>, and compare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/05\/wordpress-backup-services\/\">WordPress backup services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQ\"><\/span>FAQ<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_I_restore_only_the_WordPress_database_and_not_the_files\"><\/span>Can I restore only the WordPress database and not the files?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Jetpack VaultPress Backup and UpdraftPlus both let you choose which parts to restore.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_restoring_a_backup_delete_new_posts\"><\/span>Does restoring a backup delete new posts?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Anything added after the restore point, including posts, comments and orders, is lost unless you exclude it or copy it out first.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_VaultPress_still_available\"><\/span>Is VaultPress still available?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, as Jetpack VaultPress Backup from Automattic. The standalone VaultPress name and dashboard have been replaced by Jetpack.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_I_restore_a_WordPress_site_that_will_not_load_at_all\"><\/span>Can I restore a WordPress site that will not load at all?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Often yes, but you may need to reinstall WordPress first so the backup tool can connect, or restore from your host&#8217;s control panel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A broken update, a hacked site or a deleted page can wipe out years of work in seconds. 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