Restoring a site from a PowerSEC backup takes a few clicks from your Central dashboard.
Before you restore
- Open Dashboard → Sites → your site → Backups
- Review the list of restore points and their dates
- Note what changed since the restore point you want (a plugin update, an import, a compromise?)
Restore
- Find the restore point and choose what to restore: Full restore, Database only or Files only. Only the types the backup contains are offered
- Click Restore
- Check the summary and click Confirm restore
While the restore runs, the site shows WordPress's standard maintenance message. Before changing anything, PowerSEC checks the backup files against their SHA-256 checksums and makes an automatic safety checkpoint of the current site, so a failed restore can roll back.
Restoring a differential
A differential restore point needs its full backup. PowerSEC uses both automatically: the full backup's files, then the changes and the database from the day you picked.
After restore
- Visit your site to confirm it loads
- Check that wp-admin is accessible
- Test key features (checkout, login, forms)
The safety checkpoint is kept as an ordinary backup on your server, so you can restore it if you need to undo.
If restore fails
Common causes are low disk space, file permissions, or changed database credentials. If a check fails before the restore starts, the site is left unchanged. Open a support ticket with the error message if you need help.