Blue host is backing up my site completely.

Ron, I'm curious about this and want to add a guide to SymbioGuides on it, is Bluehost backing up your complete site files AND your WordPress database?  Also, is it automatic?  I have gotten notices from them occasionally that once your account reaches a certain number of files they don't do their automatic backups anymore so mine haven't been active for a while.  I was also under the impression that it doesn't include database back up.

justhost also offers free backup -- your entire site can be retrieved - 1 day old, 1 week old or 1 month old.  (unfortunately) I had a chance to test it out when I inadvertently deleted the wrong folder - they were quickly able to get me back up and running.  some types of restore you can do from the cpanel, other require their help.

Ron, I'm curious about this and want to add a guide to SymbioGuides on it, is Bluehost backing up your complete site files AND your WordPress database?  Also, is it automatic?  I have gotten notices from them occasionally that once your account reaches a certain number of files they don't do their automatic backups anymore so mine haven't been active for a while.  I was also under the impression that it doesn't include database back up.

Bluehost does a routine daily backup and I have called support and asked to have my site restored, early on, when I messed up my WP site. Unfortunately they didn't have the latest and they don't back up the database. They now have a feature you can purchase, which makes it easier to backup and restore.

But for free they also allow you to backup your whole website yourself, including database. I do that routinely, no, it is not automatic. Be advised I have less than 500 images and it takes 15-30 minutes to backup. I usually do it last thing at the end of the day and just let it run while I watch TV. In fact, think I will do one tonight.

You can do it in cpanel>File Management>Site Backup Pro. I choose the Full cpanel backup.

On the database backup front we use the WP-DBManager plugin on all Wordpress sites. This not only backs up the database on a schedule (we use a 3-day cycle) to a nominated folder, but can email you a copy so you have it locally.

All child theme modding and the little core WP hacking we do is done locally in Dreamweaver and uploaded, so we can recreate the site very quickly. Dropbox might be worth considering for images at $9.99/month for 100GB, in case Bluehost disappears completely.