Title: Import from BackUpWordPress Plugin’s backup files
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Import from BackUpWordPress Plugin’s backup files

 *  Resolved [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-from-backupwordpress-plugins-backup-files/)
 * I have installed the plugin _BackUpWordPress_ and wanted to test it. The backup
   works properly and I can export the file named something like _fara2caQ5_. But
   how can I import the backup again if I need it one time?
    Thanks for support

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-from-backupwordpress-plugins-backup-files/#post-770042)
 * One way to do it would be to install a local copy of WordPress and restore the
   backup there.
 * [Installing WordPress Locally](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Installing_WordPress_Locally)
 *  Thread Starter [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-from-backupwordpress-plugins-backup-files/#post-770053)
 * But what type of file is this backup-file? I’ve tried to put _.zip_ or _.rar_
   endings, but the file couldn’t be opened.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-from-backupwordpress-plugins-backup-files/#post-770073)
 * What’s it look like in a text editor?
 * [Text editors](http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Text_editor)
 *  Thread Starter [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-from-backupwordpress-plugins-backup-files/#post-770091)
 * css, php, and a lot of _not portrayable_ signs
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-from-backupwordpress-plugins-backup-files/#post-770129)
 * Okay so installed Plugin, did backup and the backup got put into a gz zip file.
   The gz file contained a wordpress.sql file that you could test via a [phpMyAdmin](http://codex.wordpress.org/phpMyAdmin)
   import.
 * Might want to look for 7-zip program to uncompress that file.
 *  Thread Starter [fabian.schmid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fabianschmid/)
 * (@fabianschmid)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-from-backupwordpress-plugins-backup-files/#post-770355)
 * Thanks for help!

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 * [export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/export/)
 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)

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