How it works...
The files of the WordPress installation are located on the server with three main folders and several files in the root directory. The folders are called wp-content, wp-admin, and wp-includes. The wp-content folder contains themes, plugins, uploads, and content specific to your site. So, if you want to only back up the content of the site, you can only back up these folders. The other two folders contain WordPress core files for the admin section and other backend and frontend functionality.
In this recipe, we looked at the process of taking manual backups with FTP client software. FTP is the standard protocol used to transfer files between a client and a server. We can execute FTP commands through the command line or use ...
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