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How to Restore a WordPress Backup with Sail CLI

In this article you will learn how to use the sail restore command to restore a local backup to your production WordPress site.

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Sail restore

Use the following command to restore a local backup to production:

sail restore <filename>

By default, this will restore all application files, your media uploads as well as the database to your production server. If you would like to skip restoring uploads, use the --skip-uploads flag. Similarly, if you would like to skip the database, use the --skip-db flag.

Note that after a successful backup restore, it is recommended to download all files from production to your local copy to make sure they're in sync.