Title: confusing workflow
Last modified: November 1, 2018

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# confusing workflow

 *  Resolved [alx359](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alx359/)
 * (@alx359)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confusing-workflow/)
 * I’m probably dense, but can’t help but feel confused of how restore should work.
 * – The export & backup tabs create a zip file stored in `wp-content\webtoffee_migrations\
   2018-11-01-03-35-57pm.zip`. Mine is about 1.5GB.
    – But I also see a `database.
   sql` remaining in `wp-content\uploads`. (Noticed the same `database.sql` is already
   in the zip.) – The Import tab is deludingly simple though. It indeed has just
   one button: `Import Migration Package` but it just opens the media manager, with
   all its built-in limitations. I can’t see the zip file I just made, though.
 * My questions:
    – How do I actually restore a site from a zip, especially if it’s
   over 1.5GB? – Why the remaining `database.sql` in `wp-content\uploads`? Has it
   any use or is just a redundancy? – **Why the need of the media uploader at all?!**
   Why not simply a ‘restore’ button in the ‘backup’ section, for each zip already
   found in the `wp-content\webtoffee_migrations\` folder (like “AIO WP Migration”
   does it)?
 * Otherwise, the plugin seems exactly what I’d need. Making localhost backups and
   migrations to a stage site online. (Especially if you’d consider supporting backup/
   restore of just the sql file.)
 * Thanks for the clarifications.

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 *  Plugin Author [WebToffee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webtoffee/)
 * (@webtoffee)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confusing-workflow/#post-10851473)
 * Hi [@alx359](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alx359/)
 * A) How do I actually restore a site from a zip, especially if it’s over 1.5GB?
 *  Below steps will help to tackle the upload limit of WP
 * 1. Copy some random zip file (below 2Mb) to media library with the same name 
   exported from WordPress Migration & Duplicator (eg: 2018-09-06-05-51-02AM.ZIP)
 * 2. Once it gets uploaded, replace the uploaded file with the original file via
   FTP (wp-content/uploads/YEAR/MONTH ) with ( exported from WordPress Migration&
   Duplicator )
 * 3. Go to the Import tab from the plugin and select the specific file to import
 * Note: _Even though the solution is for upload\_max\_filesize, sometimes it may
   also depend on max\_execution\_time set on the server._
 * B) Why the remaining database.sql in wp-content\uploads? Has it any use or is
   just a redundancy?
 *  The database.sql file is added to the concerned zip from the uploads location.
   
   It has no use after that, _will be removing it after compression in coming version_.
 * C) Why the need of the media uploader at all?! Why not simply a ‘restore’ button
   in the ‘backup’ section, for each zip already found in the wp-content\webtoffee_migrations\
   folder (like “AIO WP Migration” does it)?
 *  Thanks for your suggestion, we will be adding this option in coming versions.

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