Title: Database manual restore?
Last modified: May 16, 2020

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# Database manual restore?

 *  Resolved [wpfan1000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpfan1000/)
 * (@wpfan1000)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backed-up/)
 * So, I was reading your article at:
 * [https://www.wpbackitup.com/blog/manually-restore-wordpress-plugins-themes-media-files](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/](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 6 years, 4 months ago by [wpfan1000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpfan1000/).

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