Website recovery guides

Choose your recovery task: restore a full site, recover one page, find a missing file or rebuild after a security incident. Start with backups when you have them, then inspect usable archive captures.

Restore pages and entire websites

• How to Restore Web Pages & Sites (Step-by-Step Guide)

  Recover deleted web pages using hosting backups, the Wayback Machine and archive.ph. Practical steps, limits and troubleshooting.

• How to Use the Wayback Machine to Restore Websites

  Beginner guide to the Wayback Machine: search, navigate snapshots, and restore deleted pages. Updated for the 2025 interface.

• How to Download a Website from the Wayback Machine

  Step-by-step guide to bulk-download an entire website using the Wayback Machine CDX API and Wayback Machine Downloader. Free + open source.

• Restore Web Pages on Any Browser (2025 Recovery Guide)

  Works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, mobile browsers. Step-by-step methods to restore deleted pages from any device. Includes video walkthrough.

• Restore Websites with Wayback Machine + Alternatives 2025

  Step-by-step Wayback Machine restoration, common errors (404, 429), and the top 5 alternatives for restoring websites in 2025. Includes archive.ph.

Find other copies and fix archive errors

• Google Cache Is Gone: Website Recovery Alternatives

  Google retired its cache operator. Recover lost content with hosting backups, the Wayback Machine, other archives and saved local copies.

• How to Use archive.ph to Restore Deleted Content

  archive.ph (archive.today) lets you recover pages even after they are deleted. Here is how to find snapshots, save pages, and restore content.

• Top 5 Wayback Machine Alternatives in 2025 (Compared)

  Wayback Machine down? Compare archive.ph, archive.today, Cached View, PageTream, and 2 more. Pros, cons, and best use case for each.

• Wayback Machine Error 429: What It Means + How to Fix It

  Getting "Wayback Machine error 429"? Learn what rate-limiting means, why it happens, and 4 proven fixes to retrieve snapshots without getting blocked.

CMS recovery and website security

• WordPress Recovery: Restore Pages + Fix Hacked Sites

  Step-by-step WordPress recovery for deleted pages, hacked sites, and corrupted databases. Plugin-based + manual methods. Updated for 2025.

• Wix & Squarespace Recovery: Restore Deleted Pages

  Lost a Wix or Squarespace page? Here is how to recover deleted content using built-in tools, backups, and the Wayback Machine.

• Website Got Hacked? 10 Recovery Steps to Restore & Secure

  Hacked website emergency response: 10 steps to clean malware, restore content, and harden security. Includes WordPress + general CMS playbook.

• Top Security Plugins to Protect Your Website in 2025

  Compare Wordfence, Sucuri, iThemes Security, and 4 more top security plugins. Pricing, features, and which is best for your site size.

Developer APIs and file recovery

• Wayback Machine API: A Developer's Tutorial (2025)

  Master the Wayback Machine CDX API, Availability API, and Save Page Now API. Includes Python + curl code examples for SEO and recovery use cases.

• How to Recover a PDF from a Dead Website (2025)

  Find and recover PDFs from dead websites using the Wayback Machine CDX API. Includes Office docs, images, and other file types.