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Back up WordPress with UpdraftPlus on Swiss Backup (S3)

Update 04/30/2026

This guide explains how to save WordPress data to a backup space on Swiss Backup, the independent Swiss cloud backup solution.

 

Preamble

  • If the backups offered by Infomaniak do not meet or no longer meet your availability or security needs, or if your site is hosted elsewhere, your data can be backed up via an S3 Compatible connection on Infomaniak's servers; this ensures that you do not lose anything.

 

Install and configure the UpdraftPlus extension

Prerequisites

Next:

  1. Add the WordPress extension UpdraftPlus which offers backup of WordPress data to S3 Compatible location.
  2. Click on Settings then UpdraftPlus Backups:
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  3. Click on Settings then S3-Compatible (Generic):
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  4. Further down, fill in the fields according to the information specific to your device.
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  5. Here is the type of information you should have in your possession and that you need to specify in the different fields to create the connection:
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You can then schedule your backups at regular intervals.

 

Download the backup manually

Your backups made via UpdraftPlus - S3 can be retrieved via an S3 compatible client, Cyberduck for example.

 

Restore an UpdraftPlus backup

Refer to this official guide in English.


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