Title: Root backup
Last modified: February 20, 2019

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# Root backup

 *  Resolved [webcart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webcart/)
 * (@webcart)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-backup/)
 * Hi
    I use the free Updraft plus plugin and today I needed to upload Htaccess 
   file in the root directory. When I searched for it in the updraft 5 files, I 
   could not find it. Could it be that Updraftplus not making a backup of the root
   directory? Please advice.

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 *  [Harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bornforphp/)
 * (@bornforphp)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-backup/#post-11227600)
 * Hi,
 * To include more files you’ll have to either use More files add-on or upgrade 
   to Premium version.
 * Free version doesn’t include option to include more files.
 * Thanks,
    Harshad
 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-backup/#post-11227671)
 * Hi,
 * UpdraftPlus free version only backups the files within the “wp-content” folder.
   You can only backup the WPcore files using the UpdraftPlus Premium version.
 * Regards,
    Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [webcart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webcart/)
 * (@webcart)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-backup/#post-11230033)
 * Thank you for your reply.
    This is a big surprise to me. I think you should let
   others know about it when they pick UPDraft Plus free version beacuse when you
   need to restore, it is a little too late to find out that some files are not 
   backuped… 🙁
 *  [Harshad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bornforphp/)
 * (@bornforphp)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/root-backup/#post-11245923)
 * Hi,
 * Sorry for the delay!
 * In Free version, There’s a message inside WordPress > UpdraftPlus > Settings.“
   The above directories are everything, except for WordPress core itself which 
   you can download afresh from WordPress.org”.
 * Regards,
    Harshad

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