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title: How do I create a backup in WP Squared?
description: "WP Squared allows you to backup your account and WordPress® site. ## Overview In the Backups tab, you can view, manage, and create backups for your WordPress site. You can also set up recurring backups for your websites. ### Create…"
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updated: "2026-09-03"
category: Web Hosting / WP Squared
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# How do I create a backup in WP Squared?

WP Squared allows you to backup your account and WordPress® site.

## Overview

In the Backups tab, you can view, manage, and create backups for your WordPress site. You can also set up recurring backups for your websites.

### Create a backup

To create a backup, click the *Create Backup Now* button. The *Create Backup* popup window will appear. Click *Backup Now* to start the backup. You will receive confirmation once the backup has completed.

### Scheduling a backup

To schedule a backup, you must configure your backup settings and frequency. To enable backups, perform the following steps:

1. Click the *Settings* (![settings_02607E.png](https://docs.wpsquared.com/images/settings_02607E.png)) icon.
2. In the *Backup Settings* popup, toggle Backup to *Enabled*.
3. Click the checkbox next to the days of the week that you would like to run a backup. You must select at least one day to enable scheduled backups.
4. In the *Number of backups to keep* text box, enter the number of backups you wish to keep. The minimum number of backups to keep is three (3).
5. Click *Save Settings*.

### Restore a backups

You can restore any saved backup. We recommend you perform a backup before you restore another saved backup. To restore a backup, perform the following steps:

1. Click *Restore* for the backup that you wish to restore.
2. In the *Restore Backup* popup, you must check the box next to ‘I am aware that I am going to restore a previous backup. I will lose the current version of the website and its components for the version I have chosen.’ before you can continue.
3. Click *Restore Now*. Your backup will be restored as the new version of your website. You will be notified when your restore is completed.

### What items are part of a backup?

WP Squared utilized the WP Toolkit backup system. Backups are created as a `tar.gz` file. Backup files are stored in the `/home/<USER>/wordpress-backups/` directory.

The following items part of a WP Squared backup:

- files
  - index.php
  - license.txt
  - readme.html
  - wp-activate.php
  - wp-admin
  - wp-blog-header.php
  - wp-comments-post.php
  - wp-config.php
  - wp-config-sample.php
  - wp-content
  - wp-cron.php
  - wp-includes
  - wp-links-opml.php
  - wp-load.php
  - wp-login.php
  - wp-mail.php
  - wp-settings.php
  - wp-signup.php
  - wp-trackback.php
  - xmlrpc.php
- meta.json
- sqldump.sql