WP-Toolkit Backuo Process

Romulo Oliveira

• March 26, 2025 12:46

Hello,

On our cPanel/WHM server are being generated backup processes by the wp-toolkit application, which generate folders .wp-toolkit_E, .wp-toolkit_v, .wp-toolkit_w, etc.  This server is a Contabo VPS.

And these folders contain backup backups and are taking up a lot of space in this.

Can you help us?

Thanks,

Romulo

 

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • March 26, 2025 14:06

  Hey there!  I'm not familiar with the directory structure you are describing.  By default, if someone creates a backup with WP Toolkit those get stored in /home/username/wordpress-backups, and they are named domain.com__date.tar.gz.

  Can you let me know the specific location in the cPanel account where you are seeing those files and what the contents are?

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  Romulo Oliveira

  • March 26, 2025 14:37

  Hello,

  These processes generate hidden folders, with copies of existing backups... see the folders below:

  [root@myserver public_html]# du -sh .wp-toolkit_*
  234G    .wp-toolkit_3
  57G     .wp-toolkit_D
  307G    .wp-toolkit_E
  52G     .wp-toolkit_H
  52G     .wp-toolkit_j
  67G     .wp-toolkit_p
  93G     .wp-toolkit_R
  26G     .wp-toolkit_v
  189G    .wp-toolkit_w
  
  

  and within each folder of this there is a structure similar to the structure of Wordpress that is in production... these hidden folders replicate data, including backups,

  Have a nice day.

  Romulo

   

   

   

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • March 26, 2025 14:46

  Thanks for the additional details.  By default, neither cPanel nor WP Toolkit creates a .wp-toolkit backup in the user's public_html, so I'm wondering if there is a manual backup happening somehow?  Do all of these backups have sequential dates, or do they happen at the same time of day? 

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