Creating and managing backups of the site is one of the most important maintenance tasks. Due to the open source nature and use of third-party plugins, WordPress sites can become vulnerable to attacks. The site can be hacked by adding new files, corrupting existing files, or removing all files. In such a case, file backups are essential for quickly restoring the site and making it functional.

There are several files and folders in a WordPress site for core files, custom added content such as plugins/themes, and the files uploaded to the site. Among these folders, the files and folders inside wp-content are the most important things we need to back up as this folder contains all the site-specific data. We can also back up core files inside the root folder, wp-admin, and wp-includes folders, even though we can install WordPress again and get it...