Title: backup sql db information schema
Last modified: October 6, 2016

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# backup sql db information schema

 *  [muchmuch11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muchmuch11/)
 * (@muchmuch11)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-sql-db-information-schema/)
 * I’m about to back up my wordpress, usually when backing it up, I never back up
   its information schema on phpmyadmin. Am I need to back up information schema
   as well?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-sql-db-information-schema/#post-8257026)
 * The information_schema is for use by MySQL. The only database you should need
   to back up is the one being used specifically for your site. There is reference
   material and a walk-through guide for phpMyAdmin method here – [https://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](https://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)
 *  Thread Starter [muchmuch11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muchmuch11/)
 * (@muchmuch11)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-sql-db-information-schema/#post-8257042)
 * I’ve read that page many times and several other pages about WP back up, but 
   none of them specifically telling me NOT TO back up information schema, so I 
   just want to make sure.
 * Ok then, I’ll only back up WordPress SQL. Thanks for your help!

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