Title: Incomplete backup
Last modified: October 28, 2021

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# Incomplete backup

 *  Resolved [valedim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valedim/)
 * (@valedim)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incomplete-backup-6/)
 * Hello,
    I just installed and activated the plugin. I have 1457 images in my media
   library, but the plugin says there are (only) 15 backed up images. So I am worried
   to apply the watermark and later on being able to restore only 15 out of 1457
   images. Is there a way to make sure it makes a backup of all of them? I also 
   noticed there’s no wp-content/ew-backup folder.
 * Thank you in advance for your assistance.

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 *  Plugin Support [annaszalkiewicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annaszalkiewicz/)
 * (@annaszalkiewicz)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incomplete-backup-6/#post-15028878)
 * Hello,
 * Easy Watermark doesn’t back up any images that were not watermarked. That means,
   if you just installed and activated the plugin, you won’t have any images backed
   up or even the ew-backup directory. Each image is being backed up while it is
   watermarked, so if you watermark 5 images of 1000 you will have only 5 in the
   backup directory. The directory is created with the first backed-up image.
 * That is, of course, if you haven’t disabled the backup option.
 * It is strange though that it shows you 15 images backed up, even if you don’t
   have the ew-backup directory yet. Please tell me if you already tried to apply
   a watermark to any images?
 *  Thread Starter [valedim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valedim/)
 * (@valedim)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incomplete-backup-6/#post-15028897)
 * Thank you Anna.
    I did not apply a watermark yet since I wanted to check with
   you first, since I was worried to lose all the original images. Should I go ahead
   and apply it? (the backup option is on)
 *  Plugin Support [annaszalkiewicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annaszalkiewicz/)
 * (@annaszalkiewicz)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incomplete-backup-6/#post-15028987)
 * The backup option, while on, should save the originals of all your watermarked
   images. However, if you are really worried about losing so many originals, I 
   suggest using an extra backup plugin, like [UpdraftPlus](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/),
   to make sure you have an additional backup if anything goes wrong.
 * As for the Easy Watermark backup, note that only the original sizes of the images
   are being stored in the ew-backup directory, so after restoring your images you
   need to regenerate the thumbnails (using f.e. [Force Regenerate Thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/))
 *  Thread Starter [valedim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valedim/)
 * (@valedim)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incomplete-backup-6/#post-15029544)
 * Thanks for the tips. I will give it a try and will let you know.
 *  Thread Starter [valedim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valedim/)
 * (@valedim)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incomplete-backup-6/#post-15039304)
 * I did a full backup with UpdraftPlus and started applying the watermark.
    At 
   that point it started to count the backed up images from 0 and it created the
   ew-backup folder with all subfolders. Thank you.
 *  Plugin Support [annaszalkiewicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annaszalkiewicz/)
 * (@annaszalkiewicz)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incomplete-backup-6/#post-15041411)
 * Good to hear that, thanks!

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