Title: [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Additional Database Backup
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Additional Database Backup

 *  [thecorfiot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thecorfiot/)
 * (@thecorfiot)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-additional-database-backup/)
 * Thank you for a simple to use backup facility that works – even on a Heartinternet
   site. (With your suggested mod).
 * I hope I am not showing my ignorance but my site hosts an SMF forum which has
   its own database. Of course, this is ignored during the backup process.
 * It would be nice if this could be included in the same backup. How does BackUpWordpress
   ignore this database which is hosted on the same server?
 * I am sure that there must be many people in the same position as me.
 * TIA.
 * Bob
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * (@willmot)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-additional-database-backup/#post-3015101)
 * Hi Bob,
 * BackUpWordPress doesn’t actively ignore your other databases, it only knows about
   the WordPress database that is entered in your wp-config.php file.
 * You could get this to work by having SMF use the same database as your WordPress
   Site, that way it’s tables would get backed up too.
 * Feel free to create a feature request ticket on github.com/humanmade/backupwordpress/
   issues/

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-additional-database-backup/#post-3015101)
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