Which files and folders are not backed up by Jetbackup?

While JetBackup generally performs backups for any files or folders, there are exceptions of files and folders that are excluded as there are specific limitations across various filesystems and storage destinations that can cause unintended issues with your backups. This list is not exhaustive and is meant to help avoid errors regarding your backups.

*.gz
*.jpa
*.log
*.bkup
*.sql
*.tar
*.tar.gz
*.zip
backup-*.tar.gz
site-*.tar.gz
cpmove-*.tar.gz
access-logs/*
*/backupbuddy_backups/*
*/cache/smarty/*
.cagefs
.cagefs*
*/com_akeeba/backup/*
*/core.[0-9]*
*/error_log
logs/*
tmp/*
public_html/cache/*
softaculous_backups/*
*/wp-content/cache/*
*/wp-content/uploads/wpcf7_captcha/*
*/wp-content/widget-cache/*
*.wpress
*/wptsc-cachedir/*
*/.wysiwygPro_*

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