# Backup of Live Site

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/backup-of-live-site/46718>\
**Category:** WordPress Questions\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [January 26, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/backup-of-live-site/46718 "2025-01-26T10:07:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mazz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/mazz/32/23637_2.png) [@mazz](https://community.localwp.com/u/mazz)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/backup-of-live-site/46718/1 "2025-01-26T10:07:32Z")

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Hi, I have a Wordpress website that are using Akeeba Backup. Since the hosting security is quite high and won’t allows me to install a new plugins for now, I would like to know if I can use the backup that were made from Akeeba Backup or ManageWP? These two was installed years ago. My purpose is to update all the plugins, themes and Wordpress core. Also the menu, posts, etc. Thanks

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**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/backup-of-live-site/46718/2 "2025-01-28T14:23:16Z")

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Hi, @mazz!

You could try importing from your Akeeba or ManageWP backups by dragging the files into Local.

If you find those backups won’t work by default in Local, you could try the manual import mentioned here but using the SQL and wp-content from your backups: [Import/Export a WordPress Site - Local](https://localwp.com/help-docs/getting-started/how-to-import-a-wordpress-site-into-local/)