Hey friend,

Great question. It sounds like you’ve already found the right scripts. Wordpress isn’t too bad to script for when it comes to backing up. I’ve made a few scripts like this in the past:

https://github.com/jamesrascal/wordpress-backup

That said, it seems like you might want a well packaged end-to-end solution. Have you considered backup plugins? Some of these work quite well:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup/

In the past I’ve used a backup plugin to send backups to Dropbox. I imagine different plugins will support different end points, Spaces or any other S3 compatible object storage surely among them.

As for whether or not Spaces is a good backup spot, my answer might be surprising. Yes for keeping a copy local, but you should also keep a copy somewhere else. Never put all of your eggs in one basket, as they say. Keep a copy on Dropbox, Google Drive, S3, Wasabi, Backblaze, wherever you want. Always assume that your provider of choice could disappear tomorrow. I’m quite confident that isn’t happening with us, but it doesn’t change best practices.

Jarland