A WordPress website consists of two main parts:
- Database – stores all of your website content including posts, comments, links and website settings (but not physical files like images uploaded).
- Files – where the code is stored to access the database and make everything work. Themes, plugins and user generated files (images uploaded) are all stored together in the wp-content folder.
Backing up just the database will mean you do not have a backup of images and files uploaded which are usually very important to a website. So for a reliable backup of your WordPress website you need to backup the database and files. Read More