Title: Use duplicator without installer.php
Last modified: September 19, 2016

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# Use duplicator without installer.php

 *  Resolved [mafreino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mafreino/)
 * (@mafreino)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-duplicator-without-installer-php/)
 * Hi,
    I need to restore a website and I don’t know why but in this case I don’t
   find the “installer.php” file. I got the .zip but maybe I missed the installer
   button and now I just have the .zip and the website doesn’t exist anymore. Is
   it possible to restore the website without the installer? How can I do it? Something
   like uploading the zip via FTP and… the database thought PHPmyAdmin? Would it
   work? Any other idea?
 * Thank you very much in advance 🙂

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-duplicator-without-installer-php/#post-8202725)
 * Hey Mafreino,
 * Inside of the archive.zip file is a backup copy of the installer file. Its named
   installer-backup.php
 * Hope that helps~
 *  Thread Starter [mafreino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mafreino/)
 * (@mafreino)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-duplicator-without-installer-php/#post-8209134)
 * It’s a very good new. Thank you very much!
 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-duplicator-without-installer-php/#post-8211396)
 * No Problem! Happy Duplicating 🙂
 *  [ciclick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciclick/)
 * (@ciclick)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-duplicator-without-installer-php/#post-8556532)
 * Hi! in my case i don’t find the installer file inside the zip. when i try to 
   create the package there is an error “built interrumpt” but the backups files
   are correct generated in wp-snapshots/tmp. I can find three files: archive.zip,
   database.sql and scan.json. I unzip archive file but inside i only see the complete
   wordpress and database.sql but there is not installer.php. Could you help me 
   how i can restore my site without this file?
 * thank you in advance
 *  [Bee-Sting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bee-sting/)
 * (@bee-sting)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-duplicator-without-installer-php/#post-8785674)
 * Sorry, but treat me like an idiot because when it comes to this, that’s just 
   what I am.
 * I called Bluehost to help with the install side of things. I had the zip of my
   site and installer.php and the guy at Bluehost said, “I got this.” He did NOT
   use the installer. When I go to upload media, apparently they’re loading on the
   old site.
 * Here’s my five million dollar question. Is it too late to use the Install-backup.
   php file that would straighten all this out? Or, should I just trashcan all my
   work by deleting everything except the cig-bin … and start from the beginning?
 * I’ve done a bunch of customizing that I’d rather not lose, but in perspective,
   that seems less important than does a site that works.
 * Thanks in advance!!!
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [Bee-Sting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bee-sting/).
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 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-duplicator-without-installer-php/#post-8785674)
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