---
title: "Use UpdraftPlus to Send WordPress Backups to Your Email"
description: "As we continue our series on the UpdraftPlus plugin for WordPress, we will now show you how to backup your WordPress site over email. WordPress backups over email can be a good alternative to FTP or..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/plugins/email-backup/
date: 2018-09-06
modified: 2024-03-11
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["WordPress Plugins"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Use UpdraftPlus to Send WordPress Backups to Your Email

As we continue our series on the [UpdraftPlus](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/plugins/updraftplus-backup-plugin/) plugin for WordPress, we will now show you how to **backup your WordPress site over email**. WordPress backups over email can be a good alternative to [FTP](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/ftp/getting-started-guide/) or Google Drive, especially if you are downloading the emails to your computer via [POP](/support/email/checking-email-account/#popvsimap).

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## Backup WordPress via Email

1. [Log into your WordPress Dashboard](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/logging-into-wordpress-dashboard/).
2. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_updraftplus-settings.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_updraftplus-settings.png)   Click **Settings** then **UpdraftPlus** in the navigation menu.  
3. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_updraftplus-settings-tab.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_updraftplus-settings-tab.png)   Click the **Settings** tab on the *UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore* page.  
4. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_email-option.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_email-option.png)   Scroll down to the “*Choose your remote storage*” section and click **Email**.  
5. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_include-in-files-backup.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_include-in-files-backup.png)   New options will then appear, choose what you want to *include* or *exclude* in the backup.  
6. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_save-changes.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_save-changes.png)   Scroll down and click the **Save Changes** button.   [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_settings-saved.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_settings-saved.png)   You will then see a message stating “*Your settings have been saved.*“  
7. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_backup-now-with-ftp.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_backup-now-with-ftp.png)   Click the **Backup/Restore** tab, then the **Backup Now** button.  
8. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_email-backup-now.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_email-backup-now.png)   A box will pop up with options, choose if you want to include files or the database in the backup. Ensure the “**Send this backup to remote storage**” option is checked then click the **Backup Now** button.   [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_backing-up-site.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_backing-up-site.png)   The UpdraftPlus plugin will then begin backing up your WordPress site over email.   [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_backup-succeeded.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wordpress_updraftplus_email-backup_backup-succeeded.png)   When the backup is finished you will see a message stating “*The backup apparently succeeded and is now complete*” in the *Last log message* section.  

Congratulations, now you know how to backup your WordPress site over email!

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