Title: Backups –
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Backups –

 *  [mschuchnan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mschuchnan/)
 * (@mschuchnan)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups/)
 * I’m now getting the following messages when trying to backup. I haven’t changed
   anything on my server, but did go in and set directories to 755. I didn’t have
   a /tmp/ under wp-content, but created one because I saw some posts about this,
   never had one before and use to work. Any ideas? THanks!
 * WARNING: Your backup directory is NOT writable! We cannot create the backup files.
   
   You can try to correct this problem by using your FTP client to delete and then
   re-create the backup directory: /tmp/

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups/#post-7230954)
 * What backup plugin are you using?
 *  Thread Starter [mschuchnan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mschuchnan/)
 * (@mschuchnan)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups/#post-7230958)
 * Plugin Name: WordPress Database Backup
    Plugin URI: [https://github.com/matzko/wp-db-backup](https://github.com/matzko/wp-db-backup)
   Description: On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to [Tools → Backup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups/edit.php?page=wp-db-backup)
   to get started. Author: Austin Matzko Author URI: [http://austinmatzko.com/](http://austinmatzko.com/)
   Version: 2.3.1
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups/#post-7230961)
 * Ok, I recommend asking at [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-db-backup#postform](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-db-backup#postform)
   so the plugin’s developers and support community can help you with this.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backups/#post-7230961)
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