Database manual restore?

So, I was reading your article at:

https://www.wpbackitup.com/blog/manually-restore-wordpress-plugins-themes-media-files

And you don’t seem to describe how to restore the database. I was wondering why that is? Can you explain?

So then I thought I would check if the plugin actually does backup the db by reading your description at https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-backitup/

(Maybe it does not backup the db and that is why you do not describe it in your manual restore article)

I found it interesting that there was no mention of the database being backed up in the first paragraphs. So I searched for “database” in the page and found:

Complete backup, includes database, plugins, themes, uploads, media files, everything

later down the page.

But ok so the plugin does backup the db but why not mention the restore of the db in your manual restore article?

And come to think of it, if as you say the plugin backs up “everything” why not have an article that describes how to restore everything. Why would you limit it to
Plugins, Themes, and Media Files since this is not a full restore?

To be more clear, I dont see the point of writing an article about how to do a partial restore since that does not lead to a functioning restored web site….

• This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by wpfan1000.