Title: WordPress Website Backups
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WordPress Website Backups

 *  [tdwyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdwyer/)
 * (@tdwyer)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-website-backups/)
 * If I use a client such as Filezilla ans a create a local copy of my entire server,
   will this ensure all files necessary for the site have been backed up?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-website-backups/#post-5287245)
 * Review these resources to do it properly:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup)
 *  Thread Starter [tdwyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdwyer/)
 * (@tdwyer)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-website-backups/#post-5287252)
 * I copied all of the WordPress files from my server to a local drive. Is the database
   a separate set of files?
 *  [lopwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lopwal/)
 * (@lopwal)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-website-backups/#post-5287253)
 * Yes, so you should read [this.](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)

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 * Last reply from: [lopwal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lopwal/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-website-backups/#post-5287253)
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