diff --git a/WordPressBackup.sh b/WordPressBackup.sh
index 168f31e..7661865 100755
--- a/WordPressBackup.sh
+++ b/WordPressBackup.sh
@@ -62,8 +62,22 @@ for backupprofile in $profile ; do
 			db_name=$(grep DB_NAME "${wp_config}" | cut -f4 -d"'")
 			db_user=$(grep DB_USER "${wp_config}" | cut -f4 -d"'")
 			db_pass=$(grep DB_PASSWORD "${wp_config}" | cut -f4 -d"'")
+			db_host=$(grep DB_HOST "${wp_config}" | cut -f4 -d"'")
 			table_prefix=$(grep table_prefix "${wp_config}" | cut -f2 -d"'")
 
+			# Which files & sub-directories to backup of the root directory
+			if [ "${file_list}" = "" ]; then
+				file_list_bckp=${wp_root}
+			else
+				files=(${file_list})
+				file_list_absolute=""
+				for i in "${!files[@]}"
+				do
+				        file_list_absolute="${file_list_absolute} ${wp_root}/${files[i]}";
+				done
+				file_list_bckp=${file_list_absolute}
+			fi
+
 			# Creates a Backup Directory if one does not exist.
 			mkdir -p ${backup_location}/${user}/${wp_domain}/
 
@@ -71,23 +85,44 @@ for backupprofile in $profile ; do
 			cd ${backup_location}/${user}/${wp_domain}
 
 			# MySQL Takes a Dump and compress the Home Directory
-			mysqldump -u ${db_user} -p${db_pass} ${db_name} | gzip > ./${backupname}-DB.sql.gz &&
-			tar zcPf ./${backupname}-FILES.tar.gz ${wp_root}
-
-			# Compresses the MySQL Dump and the Home Directory
-			tar zcPf ./${wp_domain}-${backupname}.tar.gz ./${backupname}-FILES.tar.gz ./${backupname}-DB.sql.gz
-			chmod 600 ./${wp_domain}-${backupname}.tar.gz
-
-			# Generates the Backup Size
-			FILENAME=${backup_location}/${user}/${wp_domain}/${wp_domain}-${backupname}.tar.gz
-			FILESIZE=$(du -h "$FILENAME")
-			if [ "${quiet}" = "0" ]; then
-				echo "$FILESIZE"
-			fi
-
-			#Removes the SQL dump and Home DIR to conserve space
-			rm -rf ./${backupname}-FILES.tar.gz ./${backupname}-DB.sql.gz
+			if [ "${compressed_tar_file}" != false ]; then
+				mysqldump -u ${db_user} --host ${db_host}  -p${db_pass} ${db_name} | gzip > ./${backupname}-DB.sql.gz &&
+				tar zcPf ./${backupname}-FILES.tar.gz ${file_list_bckp}
+				
+				# Compresses the MySQL Dump and the Home Directory
+				tar zcPf ./${wp_domain}-${backupname}.tar.gz ./${backupname}-FILES.tar.gz ./${backupname}-DB.sql.gz
+				chmod 600 ./${wp_domain}-${backupname}.tar.gz
+
+				# Generates the Backup Size
+				#FILENAME=${backup_location}/${user}/${wp_domain}/${wp_domain}-${backupname}.tar.gz
+				FILENAME=${wp_domain}-${backupname}.tar.gz
+				FILESIZE=$(du -h "$FILENAME")
+				if [ "${quiet}" = "0" ]; then
+					echo "$FILESIZE"
+				fi
+
+				#Removes the SQL dump and Home DIR to conserve space
+				rm -rf ./${backupname}-FILES.tar.gz ./${backupname}-DB.sql.gz
+
+			else
+				mysqldump -u ${db_user} --host ${db_host}  -p${db_pass} ${db_name} | gzip > ./${backupname}-DB.sql.gz &&
+				tar -cPf ./${backupname}-FILES.tar ${file_list_bckp}
+
+				# Generates the Backup files Size
+				if [ "${quiet}" = "0" ]; then
+					#FILENAME=${backup_location}/${user}/${wp_domain}/${backupname}-DB.sql.gz
+					FILENAME=${backupname}-DB.sql.gz
+					FILESIZE=$(du -h "$FILENAME")
+					echo "$FILESIZE"
+
+					#FILENAME=${backup_location}/${user}/${wp_domain}/${backupname}-FILES.tar
+					FILENAME=${backupname}-FILES.tar
+					FILESIZE=$(du -h "$FILENAME")
+					echo "$FILESIZE"
+				fi
 
+			fi
+			
 			#Deletes any Backup older than X days
 			find ${backup_location}/${user}/${wp_domain}/ -type f -mtime +${keepdays} -exec rm {} \;
 		fi
diff --git a/backup.profile.example b/backup.profile.example
index 69c609d..1d51f8a 100644
--- a/backup.profile.example
+++ b/backup.profile.example
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ wp_domain=example.com
 # Directory that WordPress is installed at
 wp_root=/home/admin/example.com/public_html
 
+# Optional: backup only these files & directories to be included
+# Example (all WP): wp-* favicon.ico index*
+# Example (only user content): wp-content wp-config*
+file_list="wp-* favicon.ico index*"
+
+# Optional: if your files & directories to be backed up are too bigger in size, you can set this to false
+# and then that backup will not be compressed and the the daily backup were composed by 2 files (SQL.GZ for DB and TAR for files&dirs)
+compressed_tar_file=false
+
 # Backup location
 backup_location=/backups