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I'm using WP Migrate to sync changes to the live and dev sites of the websites I'm responsible for at work. One of the things I need to implement, especially after an update affected an affiliated research entity's site that I don't manage in a negative way, is backups. (I know, I know. Stupid of me not to have that done already.) I am looking at Duplicator and UpdraftPlus, and I noticed that they offer migration as well. Should I move to using these like I am WP Migrate or should I keep using WP Migrate? Also, has anyone tried these with Box.com? I've asked them, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask here as well.
Thanks,
Adam
Syncing your dev/test db changes to LIVE means your overwriting potential form entries, purchases, etc.
What are you actually needing to do? You should never push data up from staging to production.
If you use Updraft on both sites, you can set the backup location on the staging site to where the prod backups are going, and restore the prod site into staging. You don’t need to do this often.
Content changes should be made on the production site.
Data should only flow downstream. Tools are just tools, the underlying methodology is the issue. Code flows upstream, data downstream.