diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6be808d..691138a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /wordpress.conf
 /backup
+/data/app
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9e4fea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+# backup directory
+backupDir=./backup
+mkdir -p ${backupDir}
+mkdir -p ${backupDir}/db
+mkdir -p ${backupDir}/conf
+mkdir -p ${backupDir}/app
+
+# current date
+currentDate=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
+
+
+# backup mysql
+dbFile="${backupDir}/db/${currentDate}.sql"
+docker-compose exec wordpress-database sh -c 'exec mysqldump --lock-tables --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -uroot -p"${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}" ${MYSQL_DATABASE}' > ${dbFile}
+sed -i "/^mysqldump: \\[Warning\\]/d" ${dbFile}
+tar -cj ${dbFile} -f "${dbFile}.tbz2"
+rm ${dbFile}
+
+# backup config files (sudo do prevent permissions)
+sudo tar -cj wordpress.conf -f "${backupDir}/conf/${currentDate}.tbz2"
+
+# backup config files
+sudo tar -cj data/app -f "${backupDir}/app/${currentDate}.tbz2"
+
+# delete all files older 30 days
+#find ${backupDir} -iname "*.tbz2" -type f -mtime +10 -exec rm {} \; > /dev/null