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After about two weeks of having continual database failures. My hosting company have moved my server. It now appears that everyting is running good. I haven’t noticed any problems since the move. Hopefully things stay that way.

When running WordPress or any other site that requires MySQl. It become very frustrating when the database keeps crashing or having errors. With the constant worry of loosing everything sine your last backup.

Here are two handy plugins you can use to back up your WordPress Database. You WordPress site is nothing with out the database behind it. But you can only use these plugins when your MySQL sever is running properly.

• WP-DB-Backup

  WP-DB-Backup allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database. Plugin Homepage.

• WP-DBManager

  Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database. Plugin Homepage.

Hopefully you don’t run into any problems and not have a database backup. But if you use either one of these plugins you will have backups of you WordPress install. And can back up and running with out major problems.