Title: Reading WordPress backups
Last modified: December 7, 2021

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# Reading WordPress backups

 *  [pasqualerose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasqualerose/)
 * (@pasqualerose)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reading-wordpress-backups/)
 * When I do my blogging, I write directly on the website. I don’t have a copy of
   what I written in my own files. I do get my website backed up daily, so what 
   I write is backed up, but I would also like to have copies of my written work
   on my computer. When I download a backup to my website, the data containing the
   written content of the site is unreadable.
 * Is there anyway to convert the written content of the backup files to something
   that’s readable?
 * Thanks,
 * Pat M.
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [pasqualerose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasqualerose/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Freading-wordpress-backups%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reading-wordpress-backups/#post-15143008)
 * If you don’t want to use the Export Tool (which exports to XML), I suggest you
   to take a look at this:
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter/)
 *  Thread Starter [pasqualerose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasqualerose/)
 * (@pasqualerose)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reading-wordpress-backups/#post-15145647)
 * Thanks. What is the export tool?
 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reading-wordpress-backups/#post-15158784)
 * It is a feature that comes with WordPress that lets you export/import content.
 *  Thread Starter [pasqualerose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasqualerose/)
 * (@pasqualerose)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reading-wordpress-backups/#post-15174715)
 * Thanks! It does seem that a plug-in like the Aspose.Words – Import and Export
   is the way to go.
 * Pat

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 * Last reply from: [pasqualerose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pasqualerose/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reading-wordpress-backups/#post-15174715)
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