Last modified March 31, 2025

Schedule

Learn how to set up and manage schedules for your backup jobs to ensure automated and timely backups

Under this section, you have the option to create schedules for automated backups in JetBackup. Schedules tells JetBackup the time and frequency a backup should be generated.

Default Schedules

JetBackup for WordPress comes with three default backup schedules—Daily, Weekly, and Monthly—making it easy for you to set up and manage your backups effortlessly.

Please note that while you can modify the default schedules, they cannot be removed.

Create New Schedule

The schedules define when and how often a backup job runs, along with the number of backups retained for each schedule (backup retention).

Schedule Name

Specify a name for the schedule.

Schedule Type

  • Hourly
  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • After Backup Job Done

Intervals

Hourly - Choose between every hour or every 12 hours

Daily - Option to choose multiple weekdays the schedule backups will execute

Weekly - Choose a day during the week when the schedule will execute

Monthly - Choose the 1st, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of the month for the backup job to run

After Backup Job Done - Choose when the schedule when the specified backup job finishes its run