Below is a list of files and folders usually found within /wp-content/ , or in the root directory of a website, and excluded, by default, from our Instant backups.
.vscode
## Eclipse
.metadata
.gradle
local.properties
.settings/
.loadpath
# Eclipse Core
.project
# External tool builders
.externalToolBuilders/
# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
*.launch
# PDT-specific
.buildpath
nbproject
# PhpStorm
.idea
## Mac OS X
.DS_Store
.AppleDouble
.LSOverride
Icon
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
.AppleDB
.AppleDesktop
Network Trash Folder
Temporary Items
.apdisk
## Windows OS
Thumbs.db
ehthumbs.db
Desktop.ini
$RECYCLE.BIN/
*.cab
*.msi
*.msm
*.msp
*~
.svn
.cvs
.git
.listing
*.bak
*.swp
*.log
.maintenance
.cache
temp
tmp
*.tmp
imagecache*
*_backup
gt-cache
ics-importer-cache
wp-config-sample.php
wp-content/cache/
wp-content/w3tc*
wp-content/w3-*
wp-content/uploads/snapshots
wp-content/w3tc-bak
wp-content/backup*
wp-content/temp*
wp-content/debug.log
wp-content/backups
wp-content/managewp
wp-content/upgrade/*
wp-content/uploads
wp-content/ai1wm-backups
wp-content/blogs.dir/*/*
pclzip-*
wp-content/et-cache
# Duplicator plugin
dup-installer/
wp-content/backups-dup-lite/
# Smush Pro (wp-smush-pro)
wp-content/smush-webp/
# WebP Express (webp-express)
wp-content/webp-express/
# Converter for Media - Optimize images | Convert WebP & AVIF (webp-converter-for-media)
wp-content/uploads-webpc/
# W3 Total Cache (w3-total-cache)
wp-content/w3-webp/
# Site Map
sitemap.xml.gz
sitemap.xml
# WordPress debugging files
log.txt
debug.log
# Gallaries in various places
gallery/*
wp-content/gallery/*
wp-content/album/*
images/*
pics/*
# known large file types
*.hqx
*.bin
*.exe
*.dll
*.deb
*.dmg
*.iso
*.img
*.msi
*.msp
*.msm
*.mid
*.midi
*.kar
*.mp3
*.ogg
*.m4a
*.ra
*.3gpp
*.3gp
*.mp4
*.mpeg
*.mpg
*.mov
*.webm
*.flv
*.m4v
*.mng
*.asx
*.asf
*.wmv
*.avi
*.zip
*.tar
*.tgz
*.gz
Additional folders might be excluded, per website basis, depending on website configuration(s) by our engineering team.