serros on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] backup a site and...
Hi, I made a website mokup in a fake URL and now I want to "copy" this mokup to the real and productive site. How can I do that? Can I just do a copy of all files from one site to the other with FTP?...
View ArticleDavid Anderson on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] backup a site...
Hi Serros, The free version of UpdraftPlus supports backing up, and restoring on the same URL. If you want the capability to clone to a different URL, then there's an add-on:...
View ArticleJohn Funderburgh on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Cannot...
I need to upgrade updraft plus to take advantage of an ad-on I purchased, but I cannot delete the plugin. When I try on the plugin page I get an error "cannot delete php file'. If I manually delete the...
View ArticleDavid Anderson on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Cannot Upgrade"
Hi John, You're deleting the wrong folder - plugins live in wp-content/plugins; in UpdraftPlus's case, wp-content/plugins/updraftplus. Don't confuse it with wp-content/updraft - that's used for data,...
View ArticleJohn Funderburgh on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Cannot...
No, I am not deleting the wrong folder, I wrote the wrong path name in the post. Have a very technical background (not to say that I don't do dumb things sometimes) and I do know where the pluggins...
View Articlelisaportus on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] log.xxxxxxxx.txt...
Can I safely delete the dozens and dozens of files in my updraft directory which go by the name of (for example): log.053e73c132c5.txt ? They are taking up a great deal of disk space! Many thanks....
View ArticleDavid Anderson on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration]...
Hi Lisa, Yes, you can safely delete the log files. David
View ArticleDavid Anderson on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Cannot Upgrade"
Hi John, Most likely, the folder wp-content/plugins/updraftplus never actually gets deleted, and whatever tool you're using to delete it is reporting a false result if/when it says it has deleted it....
View ArticleJohn Funderburgh on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Cannot...
OK, there was a problem with permissions on the host. i have now finally deleted the old version and re-installed the plugin, but I cannot claim the addon I purchased (to have a separate drop-box...
View Articlelighthouseinternational on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration]...
Hi there, Thank you for this great plugin! It's working perfectly except unless I'm missing something I can't see that it's also backing up all our content. Our site is quite large, roughly 1GB+ but...
View ArticleDavid Anderson on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Cannot Upgrade"
Hi John, Please can you post this request at https://updraftplus.com/paid-support-requests/ ? The WordPress.Org forum rules don't allow support for commercial purchases in their forums. Sorry for not...
View ArticleDavid Anderson on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Backup file...
Hi, if your website is 1Gb, then there's no point choosing email as the backup method - no email server will transport a 1Gb attachment. Likely the archive you're receiving is just one of the entities...
View Articleygspasov on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Preserving...
I'm using the plugin UpdraftPlus. I've notice that the plugin creates temporary backups in a directory of your choice before uploading them to Dropbox, for example. What I want is to have permanent...
View ArticleDNutbourne on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Preserving...
You can find 'Delete Local Backup' under 'Advanced/Debugging Settings' in the UpdraftPLus settings tab. Uncheck this option, and the backups will be kept in your backup folder (default 'updraft')
View Articleygspasov on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Preserving...
Thank you, DNutbourne. This works exactly the way I want it. :)
View Articlelavenderblue on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] How to restore...
Hello. I think I have a similar issue; I got a fatal error message while trying to update some plugins on my site. Same cryptic message also appears when I try to login to the admin panel. So I think...
View ArticleWPyogi on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] How to restore my...
@lavenderblue - this thread is marked resolved so won't be a good place to get help - you can start your own here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus Read the sticky post at the top and...
View ArticleDamselWordpress on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Suddenly no...
I've used Up-draft for quite a while on a few sites, and recently it has stopped working. I followed the steps in the FAQs but nothing seems to work. The problem seems to coincide with WP 4.0, but I'm...
View Articlelavenderblue on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration] Manual restore...
Hello. I have daily backups scheduled for a site I'm working on - thank God! While updating plugins, I got a fatal error message. Absolutely no access to website. Same cryptic message also appears when...
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