diff --git a/tools/wp-content-db/backup.sh b/tools/wp-content-db/backup.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+. ./config
+
+time="$(date +%s)"
+[ -n "$1" ] && base_filename="$1-$time" || base_filename="backup-$time"
+
+echo "backing up to $base_filename"
+
+ssh "$remote_ssh" mkdir "/tmp/$base_filename"
+ssh "$remote_ssh" tar -cvzf "/tmp/$base_filename/$base_filename.tar" "$remote_wp_path/wp-content"
+wp db export "/tmp/$base_filename/$base_filename.sql" --ssh="$remote_ssh$remote_wp_path" --add-drop-table
+
+scp -r "$remote_ssh:/tmp/$base_filename" . && ssh "$remote_ssh" rm -r "/tmp/$base_filename"