David Anderson on "Checking if updraftplus works properly"

Hi,

You can do any or all of these:

1) Inspect the backups manually - they are standard zip and SQL files (use 7-zip from 7-zip.org to open the SQL file).

2) Use the "Migrator" add-on from https://updraftplus.com/shop/migrator/ to gain you the ability to deploy the backup on a different site from the one it was created on (i.e. clone the site at a new location - not a straight restore).

3) Restore it at a new location without the Migrator, and that should be enough to view the home page. (But other pages won't work, because the links will be pointing to the wrong places)

David