Title: Backup size not consistent
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Backup size not consistent

 *  Resolved [c12281](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c12281/)
 * (@c12281)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-size-not-consistent/)
 * The backup size noted in the description says “Backup my 121MB database and files
   weekly on Friday at 11pm” however once I run a backup the size in the backups
   completed section is only showing 87MB. I am concerned that all of the files/
   database are not being backed up. Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Paul de Wouters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauldewouters/)
 * (@pauldewouters)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-size-not-consistent/#post-4125970)
 * This is expected as the resulting zip file is smaller in size because it compresses
   the files.

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