Title: database files
Last modified: November 9, 2017

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# database files

 *  Resolved [bhagens1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhagens1/)
 * (@bhagens1)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-files-2/)
 * I have been doing manual backups of my site via ftp, but I just learned that 
   this backs up website files only and not database files. Is there any way to 
   include database files in my ftp backups or do I need to install a plugin that
   will cover everything? I really do not want to pay for a plugin if I can do it
   for free. I don’t have a problem running a manual backup every night.

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 *  Plugin Author [JetBackup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backupguard/)
 * (@backupguard)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-files-2/#post-9670091)
 * [@bhagens1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhagens1/), if you’re comfortable
   to perform manual backups each time, then there’s not problem with Free version.
   You can use BackupGuard Free to create full website backups (files + database).
 * Regards,
    Lisa Breen

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