Title: Selective backups
Last modified: March 23, 2023

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# Selective backups

 *  [randybh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randybh/)
 * (@randybh)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-backups-2/)
 * I have a very large site (lot of graphics and photos) and doing a complete backup
   and restore can take hours. 
   If I update a plugin and it crashes my site, can
   I revert back by simply copying the old plugin back into place and restoring 
   the DB from right before I upgraded that plugin? (can manually save the DB and
   the plugin’s folder right before I try the upgrade)Is there a plugin that can
   do this form me? Or one that allows me to choose which folders to restore and
   which to leave as is?I can do this manually, Assuming this method will actually
   work. I don’t want to waste my time testing it if this is a bad idea. I understand
   some failed plugin updates might require a full website restore, I’d still have
   that as an option if needed.

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-backups-2/#post-16589498)
 * Check out this one: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rollback/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rollback/)
 *  Thread Starter [randybh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randybh/)
 * (@randybh)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-backups-2/#post-16589545)
 * I’ll check it out. Thank you. 
   I’ve gotten to the point where I only install 
   new plugins in the morning out of fear of losing my days worth of work if I have
   to restore! 🙂

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 * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/)
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 * Last reply from: [randybh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randybh/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-backups-2/#post-16589545)
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