Title: Uploaded backup not reflected?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Uploaded backup not reflected?

 *  [runner5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/runner5/)
 * (@runner5)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/)
 * Hi guys – i’ve uploaded my plugin and theme backup files but its not reflecting
   on my website.
    runner5.com
 * the files/folders are all uploaded, installed,activated – but the website isn’t
   showing any – instead, just a simple page.
    Please help – thanks!

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 *  [WPProHelp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpprohelp/)
 * (@wpprohelp)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015778)
 * Are you restoring your website completely? If so did you restore the MySQL database
   as well?
 *  Thread Starter [runner5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/runner5/)
 * (@runner5)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015783)
 * i didnt touch the MySQL database, but isnt it supposed to automatically re-create
   one?
 *  [WPProHelp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpprohelp/)
 * (@wpprohelp)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015786)
 * Nope. WordPress stores:
 * 1. Images in upload directory
    2. Plugins and themes files in wp-content directory
   3. All content (text of blog posts, pages and even WordPRess settings) in the
   MySQL database.
 * So in this case you also have to migrate the MySQL database.
 *  Thread Starter [runner5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/runner5/)
 * (@runner5)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015787)
 * but i’ve deleted all files+folders in File Manager (literally everything but 
   cgibin + stats), and deleted all SQL database for a fresh new start….
    (my wordpress
   was actually hacked, so i wanted a ‘fresh’ start)
 *  [WPProHelp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpprohelp/)
 * (@wpprohelp)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015789)
 * If you also deleted the database then you deleted all the content. Do you have
   a backup of all the files and the databases?
 * If yes I would recommend you to restore them and get your website checked by 
   an anti malware service such as Sucuri ([http://www.sucuri.net](http://www.sucuri.net)).
 * And then clean it.
 *  Thread Starter [runner5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/runner5/)
 * (@runner5)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015792)
 * i have just a backup of the files, not the database (dropped them – damn it!)
   
   just files not sufficient?
 *  [WPProHelp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpprohelp/)
 * (@wpprohelp)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015793)
 * Unfortunately files will only contain plugins, themes and images. Contact the
   hosting provider in case they have a backup of your MySQL database.
 *  Thread Starter [runner5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/runner5/)
 * (@runner5)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015797)
 * i backedup the plugin and theme… so even with a fresh wordpress install, and 
   then successfully uploading those two backed up .zip documents, and activating
   them won’t work?
 *  [WPProHelp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpprohelp/)
 * (@wpprohelp)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015798)
 * Nope. The actual blog post and pages content (the text, image locations etc) 
   are stored in the MySQL database.
 *  Thread Starter [runner5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/runner5/)
 * (@runner5)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015804)
 * ok – will check with them – thanks alot 🙂

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-backup-not-reflected/#post-3015804)
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