Restore a site from backup

Restoring a site from a PowerSEC backup takes a few clicks from your Central dashboard.

Before you restore

1. Go to Dashboard → Sites → your site → Backups
2. Review the list of restore points with their timestamps
3. Note what changed since the restore point you want (plugin update? import? hack?)

Full site restore

1. Find the restore point you want and click Restore
2. Choose what to restore: ☑ Database ☑ Files ☑ Create pre-restore snapshot (recommended)
3. Click Start restore
4. Your site shows a maintenance page while the restore runs
5. You receive a confirmation when done

Database-only restore

To undo a bad import or database corruption without touching files: same flow, uncheck Files.

Single file restore

1. Open the restore point → click Browse files
2. Navigate to the file you need
3. Click Restore this file

After restore

1. Visit your site to confirm it loads
2. Check wp-admin is accessible
3. Test key functionality (checkout, login, forms)
4. The pre-restore snapshot is kept for 24 hours in case you need to undo

If restore fails

Common causes: disk space, file permissions, or DB credentials changed. Open a support ticket with the error message if needed.