# Backup a WordPress website, database (MySQL) and the file system

Backup your WordPress blogs and applications using SnapShooter's simple backups process.

Backup one server, database, or application for free forever.

### Server Based WordPress Backups

For customers who already have a server and want their **Site** data to stay within their own network, only meta sent back to SnapShooter.

1. SnapShooter Connects Via SSH to your server  
2. Once Connected this server connects directly to your **Site** and begins the backup process  
3. Data from **Site** begins streaming to your server  
4. Your Server compresses the data and uploads it to your storage  
5. Confirmation of uploaded chunk is received, repeat steps 3,4,5 until backup completed  
6. During the backup metadata is periodically sent back to SnapShooter for real-time monitoring  
7. Once the backup is completed SnapShooter confirms the file size with the storage

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