Title: Restoring Manually
Last modified: September 2, 2025

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# Restoring Manually

 *  [JohnStaples](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnstaples/)
 * (@johnstaples)
 * [9 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-manually/)
 * Is the backup set of files a complete set of files for my website without any
   required WPvivid specific/dependent code?
 * In other words, if I took the set of files from a WPvivid backup, unzipped them
   and copied them to my server using FTP then imported the mysql from MPvivid backup
   using phpadmin, would that achieve the same result as using WPvivid to do the
   restore?
   This is an important question because a site that has been hacked and
   badly damaged may not be accessible and the only solution may be to delete everything
   on the server then copy the backups to the clean server.So far I am loving everything
   I see about this backup solution! I hope it also has this option for doing a 
   manual restore as I’ve described! Thank you!
    -  This topic was modified 9 months, 1 week ago by [JohnStaples](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnstaples/).
    -  This topic was modified 9 months, 1 week ago by [JohnStaples](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnstaples/).

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 *  Plugin Support [nicholas2019](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicholas2019/)
 * (@nicholas2019)
 * [9 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-manually/#post-18623842)
 * Hello,
 * In your case, please set up a fresh WordPress installation on a clean server,
   then upload the backup files and restore them using WPvivid.
 * Kind regards.
 *  Thread Starter [JohnStaples](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnstaples/)
 * (@johnstaples)
 * [9 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-manually/#post-18624616)
 * Thank you! That sounds like a great solution that will suffice most of the time.
 * BUT, for security and legal reasons some of my customers require our stored backups
   to be plugin-independent. In the unlikely event that WPvivid became unavailable
   or unusable for some reason, it would not be acceptable for saved backups to 
   be unusable.
 * When I examine the files created by WPvivid, they appear to be the same as what
   I would get if I simply downloaded a full set of files using FTP along with an
   export of mysql using phpadmin. But it seems you are saying this is not the case
   and this set of files is NOT usable to restore a website without using WPvivid
   for the restore. Is that correct?
 * Regardless, I love WPvivid and plan to use it for most of my sites! But it sure
   would be nice if I could use it on all my sites! 🙂
 * Thank you for creating and supporting such an essential WordPress plugin!
 *  Plugin Support [nicholas2019](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicholas2019/)
 * (@nicholas2019)
 * [9 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-manually/#post-18625147)
 * Hello,
 * You can manually restore WordPress files by unzipping the WPvivid backup package.
   However, importing the database with phpMyAdmin may cause unexpected issues, 
   since WPvivid automatically handles tasks like URL replacement during the database
   restoration process. For best results, we recommend restoring WPvivid backups
   through the WPvivid plugin.
 * Kind regards.

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