How do I restore a site using Timeline Backups?
You can easily restore lost data using the Timeline Backups tool, which you can order from within your 20i account. Timeline Backups takes a backup of all your websites and databases every day automatically, and stores them for 30 days.
You can restore from any available snapshot at any time.
Site Files
- Head to the package you want to retrieve data for.
- Select Timeline Backups.
- You should see two types of backup: Web and Database. To restore the site files, select Restore next to Web.
- Select a date from the calendar view, and then select a snapshot time from Select Snapshot, as well as the Target Package you want to overwrite.
- Leaving the path field empty will replace the current files with those of the restore.

Databases
- Head to the package you want to retrieve data for.
- Select Timeline Backups.
- You should see two types of backup: Web and Database. To restore the site files, select Restore next to Database.
- Select a date from the calendar view, and then select a snapshot time from Select Snapshot, as well as the Target Package & the database you want to overwrite.
- Leaving the path field empty will replace the current files with those of the restore.
Restoring a Deleted Hosting Package
- Head to Manage Hosting and recreate the hosting package that was deleted.
- Select Timeline Backups.
- You should see that the Web & Database has (deleted) next to them. These are the backups from when the hosting package was deleted. To restore this, select Restore.
- Select a Snapshot, the target package and the site files & database you want to restore into.
- Once restored, the configuration file of the website will need to be updated with the new database details and credentials. For WordPress, this will be the wp-config.php.
