In short
- Every Quick Restore backup includes the full WordPress database.
- It is saved together with media, plugins and themes in one .wpqr file, so a restore is complete.
- Included on every plan, including the free version.
What is in your WordPress database
The database is where WordPress keeps almost everything you type: posts, pages, comments, users and settings. Plugins add their own tables too. For a WooCommerce store that includes products, orders and customers; for a form plugin, the submissions; for an SEO plugin, its settings.
Lose the database and the site loses its content, even if every file is still in place.
Why a database-only backup is not enough
A database backup brings back your content, but not the media library, your plugins or your theme. Restore a database on its own and you often get a site with all its posts but broken images and missing features. That is why Quick Restore saves the database as part of one archive with everything else. One file in, one complete site out.
How to back up your WordPress database
Install Quick Restore
Add the free plugin from WordPress.org.
Create a backup
One click saves the database with media, plugins and themes in one .wpqr file.
Keep a copy
Leave it on the server and download a copy to keep somewhere else.
Want this to happen on its own? Scheduled backups in Pro Plus run the same full backup daily, weekly or monthly.
How to restore your WordPress database
Restoring is the same as restoring a full backup: choose the backup, let Quick Restore validate it, and confirm. Nothing is overwritten until you confirm. If you restore on a different domain, stored URLs in the database are rewritten safely as part of the restore.
Before any restore: make a fresh backup of the current site first, so you can always go back.
Plans
Database backup is included on Free, Pro, Pro Plus and Max. The differences are restore size (Free restores up to 512 MB, Pro and above any size), automation (Pro Plus adds scheduling) and the number of sites (Max covers five). See Quick Restore pricing.
When a database backup matters most
- Before updating WordPress, WooCommerce or a large plugin that changes database tables.
- Before bulk edits: importing products, running a search-and-replace, deleting old content.
- Before moving the site to a new host or domain.
- On a schedule for any site that takes orders, bookings or form submissions every day.
Signs you need to restore the database
Missing posts or products, settings that reset themselves, a “database connection” error after a failed update, or spam content injected into pages all point to database problems. Restoring the most recent good backup brings the whole site, database included, back to that point. For busy stores, remember that orders placed after the backup was made are not in it, so export recent orders first if you can.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Every backup includes the full database, on every plan.
Yes. WooCommerce stores orders and customers in the database, which is part of every backup.
Quick Restore backups are full-site backups: the database is saved in the same file as media, plugins and themes, so a restore brings everything back together.
On your own server. You can also download it and keep a copy elsewhere.