How to export (dump) your WordPress database

You will need to know:

  • your Pendeo sFTP username and password – check the Pendeo control panel
  • your Database Admin URL – check the Pendeo control panel
  • your database username and password – this can be found in your site’s wp-config.php file – use sFTP to access your site, download the wp-config.php and open it in an editor – the following lines contain the information you need:

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘Username‘);

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘Password‘);

How to do the export

  1. Login to your Pendeo Database Admin using your database username and password.
  2. After logging in, click on Dump.
  3. At the Dump screen select ‘save’ as the output type, double check that all other options match the screenshot below and then click Export.
  4. Copy the downloaded .sql file somewhere for safe keeping

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