Backing up Wordpress before an update, what's the easiest way to do this?

Question

I'm about to update my Wordpress blog to the latest version. It was recommended that I backup my posts and database first. It seems like a plugin would be the easiest way for me to do this. What's the best plugin available for this? Searching Wordpress' site I found the BackUpWordPress plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/

Alternatively, if a plugin isn't recommended, how should I do this instead?

Answer 1

The codex covers this topic VERY thoroughly. Personally, I use WP-DB-Backup, it's the most popular backup plugin that I know of, and it's really easy to use.