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List of excluded files by default


These files will be excluded by default whenever we take a backup. These are logs or backups created by other plugins. We feel it's efficient to backup without them. 
However, you can choose to include them if you wish to.

  • wp-content/managewp/backups
  • wp-content/iwp_backups
  • wp-content/infinitewp
  • wp-content/mwp_backups
  • wp-content/backupwordpress
  • wp-content/contents/cache
  • wp-content/content/cache
  • wp-content/cache
  • wp-content/logs
  • wp-content/old-cache
  • wp-content/w3tc
  • wp-content/cmscommander/backups
  • wp-content/gt-cache
  • wp-content/wfcache
  • wp-content/widget_cache
  • wp-content/bps-backup
  • wp-content/old-cache
  • wp-content/updraft
  • wp-content/nfwlog
  • wp-content/upgrade
  • wp-content/wflogs
  • wp-content/tmp
  • wp-content/backups
  • wp-content/updraftplus
  • wp-content/wishlist-backup
  • wp-content/wptouch-data/infinity-cache/
  • wp-content/mysql.sql
  • wp-content/DE_clTimeTaken.php
  • wp-content/DE_cl.php
  • wp-content/DE_clMemoryPeak.php
  • wp-content/DE_clMemoryUsage.php
  • wp-content/DE_clCalledTime.php
  • wp-content/DE_cl_func_mem.php
  • wp-content/DE_cl_func.php
  • wp-content/DE_cl_server_call_log_wptc.php
  • wp-content/DE_cl_dev_log_auto_update.php
  • wp-content/DE_cl_dev_log_auto_update.txt
  • wp-content/debug.log
  • wp-content/Dropbox_Backup
  • wp-content/backup-db
  • wp-content/updraft
  • wp-content/uploads/wp-clone
  • wp-content/uploads/db-backup
  • wp-content/uploads/ithemes-security/backups
  • wp-content/uploads/mainwp/backup
  • wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups
  • wp-content/uploads/vcf
  • wp-content/uploads/pb_backupbuddy
  • wp-content/uploads/sucuri
  • wp-content/uploads/aiowps_backups
  • wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms
  • wp-content/uploads/mainwp
  • wp-content/uploads/snapshots
  • wp-content/uploads/wp-clone
  • wp-content/uploads/wp_system
  • wp-content/uploads/wpcf7_captcha
  • wp-content/uploads/wc-logs
  • wp-content/uploads/siteorigin-widgets
  • wp-content/uploads/wp-hummingbird-cache
  • wp-content/uploads/wp-security-audit-log
  • wp-content/uploads/freshizer
  • wp-content/uploads/report-cache
  • wp-admin/error_log
  • wp-admin/php_errorlog
  • error_log
  • error.log
  • debug.log
  • WS_FTP.LOG
  • security.log
  • wp-tcapsule-bridge.zip
  • dbcache
  • pgcache
  • objectcache

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