Below is a list of files and folders usually found within /wp-content/ and excluded from our Instant  backups.

.DS_Store
.AppleDouble
.LSOverride
Icon
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
.AppleDB
.AppleDesktop
Network Trash Folder
Temporary Items
.apdisk
Thumbs.db
ehthumbs.db
Desktop.ini
$RECYCLE.BIN/
*.cab
*.msi
*.msm
*.msp
*~
.svn
.cvs
.git
.listing
*.bak
*.swp
*.log
plugins/wp-file-cache/cache
cache
.cache
temp
tmp
*.tmp
imagecache*
uploads*
*_backup
gt-cache
ics-importer-cache
wp-config-sample.php
wp-content/cache/
wp-content/**/cache
wp-content/w3tc*
wp-content/w3-*
wp-content/uploads/snapshots
wp-content/**/cache
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/blogs.dir/*/*
pclzip-*
sitemap.xml.gz
sitemap.xml
log.txt
debug.log
gallery/*
wp-content/gallery/*
wp-content/album/*
*.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

 
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