Title: The basics
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# The basics

 *  Resolved [OneLineStudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onelinestudio/)
 * (@onelinestudio)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-basics-3/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’m new to this and not very familiar with the terminology. I’ve done a backup
   using this software to dropbox and have 2 zip files one for plug ins and one 
   for themes. Do I need to clone the site in order to have a back up of the data
   i.e images and text and the way my site looks/layout backed up..?
 * Many thanks
    Helen onelinestudio.co.uk
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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-basics-3/#post-5400618)
 * Hi Helen,
 * A full backup should include not only those 2 zips, but another one for uploads,
   and another .gz file for the database. (And sometimes another zip, “others”, 
   as well).
 * Having all of those constitutes a full backup.
 * My guess would be, though, that you’ve really got all those in your Dropbox, 
   and the missing ones just hadn’t synced to the Dropbox app on your PC yet – ?
 * The ‘report’ feature in UpdraftPlus is also useful, to send you an email at the
   end of a backup, to tell you if the backup completed successfully or not.
 * You can test the backups by creating a clone of the site using them (though site
   cloning isn’t in the free version of UpdraftPlus – restoring on the same site
   is, but not cloning to a new copy of the site); or, at least, open the zip files
   on your PC to make sure they are not corrupt. (For the .gz database file, you’ll
   need a copy of 7zip – [http://www.7-zip.org](http://www.7-zip.org)).
 * Best wishes,
    David

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-basics-3/#post-5400618)
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