Zip Archive
A compressed file format widely used to package, bundle, and transfer website backups, content, or hosting files efficiently across different servers.
A zip archive is a compressed file format that bundles multiple files and folders into a single package while reducing their total size, making it ideal for backing up, transferring, and storing website content. In web hosting, zip files are commonly used for downloading complete website backups, uploading themes and plugins, transferring sites between servers, and distributing software packages. The compression reduces file sizes significantly, speeding up uploads and downloads while consuming less bandwidth and storage space. Most hosting control panels include built-in tools for creating and extracting zip archives directly on the server, eliminating the need to download and re-upload large file collections. Zip format is universally supported across all operating systems and hosting platforms, ensuring compatibility regardless of your setup. When migrating websites, creating backups, or managing large numbers of files, using zip archives streamlines the process, reduces transfer times, and helps organise related files into manageable packages that are easy to store and share.
