This plugin is outdated and seems that it doesn’t works anymore because Dropbox API v1 was closed.
The developer seems that abandoned the plugin, so… we have to start searching for an alternative.
Time to uninstall.
]]>Not working on my website. What can I do?
]]>The latest backup took 26 HOURS to complete, because it appears to just STOP at regular intervals for hours at a time. This last backup started at 22:29 on Wednesday and didn’t finish until 01:09 on FRIDAY.
Can someone please answer this and tell me why this is taking so long…???
Here is a summary of the backup:
========== Start: 31 May 2017 22:29pm ==========
22:29:14: Backup started on Wednesday May 31, 2017.
22:29:14: Your time limit is 300 seconds and your memory limit is -1
...
03:57:29: Starting SQL backup.
...
04:02:11: Processed 2099 files. Approximately 40% complete. View uploaded ?
06:07:48: There has been no backup activity for a long time. Attempting to resume the backup.
07:32:21: Processed 2099 files. Approximately 40% complete.
...
07:37:00: Processed 2303 files. View uploaded ?
12:16:52: There has been no backup activity for a long time. Attempting to resume the backup.
14:25:06: Processed 2303 files. Approximately 43% complete.
...
14:29:44: Processed 2513 files. View uploaded ?
16:00:53: There has been no backup activity for a long time. Attempting to resume the backup.
17:57:15: Processed 2513 files. Approximately 47% complete.
...
18:01:57: Processed 4398 files. View uploaded ?
21:52:09: There has been no backup activity for a long time. Attempting to resume the backup.
01:05:50: Processed 4398 files. Approximately 83% complete.
...
01:09:03: Processed 5811 files.
01:09:07: Backup complete.
01:09:07: A total of 5900 files were processed.
01:09:07: A total of 82MB of memory was used to complete this backup.
========== End: 2 June 2017 01:09am ==========
TOTAL BACKUP TIME: 26hrs 40minsThis plugin uses Dropbox API version 1 and it’s going to be closed on June 28th.
https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2016/06/api-v1-deprecated/
Do you have any plan to support API 2?
]]>I installed this plugin and set it to schedule a backup yesterday. The whole process has only just completed, and it took 13 and a half hours to complete, and the total files transferred in size was only 79MB.
WTAF?
I have a log file, but there appears no way to attach this.
BC
]]>The plugin has been working fine for years but I recently updated and files no longer seem to be overwriting/replacing when they have been updated.
Deleting a file in dropbox then running the backup process again does correctly upload the file back to dropbox. However if I subsequently make a change to that file then run the backup, it doesnt get replaced so the OLD version of that file is on dropbox (e.g. its not an up to date backup at all).
Any ideas? It is a bit frustrating.
Thanks
]]>hi
i keep getting this error message … how do i fix it?
Warning: curl_setopt_array(): Disabling safe uploads is no longer supported in /home/ddt_admin/askdebbyq.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/Dropbox/Dropbox/OAuth/Consumer/Curl.php on line 92
]]>Hi I don’t know why my website Backup is so heavy (1.44 Go !!!)
I used ,before your plugin, UpdraftPlus and my website was about 150 Mo
Can you help me please ?
Bests regards
Bibo
I have an old site which is still using my DropBox to back the site up to.
I no longer have access to the Dashboard for the site, is there any way to revoke access to this site (but not the others that I still have using your service)?
Thanks,
Caterina
Hey all– as some have noted, this plugin doesn’t work under PHP 7. Typically it complains that it’s having trouble uploading to Dropbox, and logs show a bad Dropbox API with an unexpected “overwrite” parameter.
Presumably the author will update this sooner or later; for the time being, here’s a quick source code tweak that made it work for me. All paths are relative to $YOUR_SITE_DIRECTORY/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox.
In file Dropbox/Dropbox/OAuth/Consumer/Curl.php: comment out the line:
$options[CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD] = false;
(this option is no longer valid in PHP 7)
In file Dropbox/Dropbox/OAuth/Consumer/ConsumerAbstract.php: replace the test if (isset($value[0]) && $value[0] === '@') with if ($value instanceof CURLFile)
In file Dropbox/Dropbox/API.php: replace 'file' => '@' . str_replace('\\', '/', $file) . ';filename=' . $filename with 'file' => new CURLFile(str_replace('\\', '/', $file), "application/octet-stream", $filename)
This replaces the long-deprecated, now-disabled support for uploading files with “@/file/to/upload” with the replacement “CURLFile” class. Also a note to the author (and optional patch for the reader): check the return value for curl_setopt_array, as this was failing unnoticed, leading to confusing behaviour downstream.
Hello,
Repeated attempts to back up, with identical unsuccessful results. Most recent versions of PHP, WP, and WB2DB. I tried unlinking and re-linking to Dropbox.
Difficulties seem to have started December 1, possibly before. Any help appreciated, but please dumb it down as I am not a code master. Many thanks.
Barbara
Latest log:
[Large code/text excerpt removed by moderator per forum rules. Please use Pastebin or a Gist for all large code/text excerpts.]
Code block here: https://pastebin.com/tTXLyTmP
]]>hi
i try to install wpb2d and get an error:
Error message: WordPress Backup to Dropbox failed to initialize due to these database errors.
Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes.
any solution?
thanks
]]>Hello,
I have this message : “A fatal error occured: The backup is having trouble uploading files to Dropbox”.
Since it never starts the backup. I tried to remove the plugin, and do it agin. But it is stucked in this position….
Thanks for yours ideas to come …
Hi there,
i′ve just figured out that my wp2db isn′t working anymore. I tried to reauthenticate it, but that doens′t help.
When i try to start a backup i am receiving Dropbox: unexpected parameter ‘overwrite’ and the headline says: A fatal error occured: The backup is having trouble uploading files to Dropbox, it has failed 10 times and is aborting the backup.
What can i do?
]]>A fatal error occured: Invalid address: wpb2d@https://jabulela.co.uk
I keep getting this error when running a backup, then it goes into a loop as it is trying to backup.
Is there any solution to this?
Hi there,
I got a simple question; I’m running the plugin with the .zip extension and backing up in .zip format works like a charm!
However it seems to put all the files in one folder instead of neatly putting the files in subfolders. I might be overlooking something so if you can be of any help, please ??
]]>I ran the PHP Compatibility Checker from WP Engine to see if my plugins would work before upgrading to PHP 7 and the Dropbox Backup & Restore plugin failed with 45 errors. Any word on when the plugin will be ready to go with PHP 7?
]]>Hi,
I can’t access the settings from my dashboard into WPB2D plugin … it says I have no permissions to access it.
]]>This plugin causes a php core dump every time it runs! It’s about 85Mb and it overwrites the previous one in the cgi-bin folder.
]]>I inherited a site from a person who wasn’t technical and didn’t know much about the site himself. I understand from reading about your plugin that no DropBox login info is stored in the plugin, but is there anything at all that can help me discover anything at all about the DropBox. We have no clue who created it, the username or name. Anything would be a lead.
At this point we can’t recover a backup and cannot clear out the DropBox to make room for new backups.
Thanks.
]]>Hi there,
I have an old site which is now being looked after by another company, however they are still using my DropBox to back the site up to.
I no longer have access to the Dashboard for the site, is there any way to revoke access to this site (but not the others that I still have using your service)?
Thanks,
Jason
I am trying out WPB2D in a small test site.
In settings, I exclude everything apart from
wp-contents/backup
wp-contents/upload
I then do a manual backup and the following files get copied to Dropbox
1. The database backup, as expected
N:\Dropbox\Apps\wpb2d\pat-test\wp-content\backups\
andyjan18517uk21564_wordpress_6-backup.sql
2. My uplooaded images, as expected
N:\Dropbox\Apps\wpb2d\pat-test\wp-content\uploads\
cropped-logo-site-icon.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-150×150.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-180×180.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-192×192.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-270×270.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-32×32.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-512×180.jpg
logo-coming-soon.jpg
logo-coming-soon-1.jpg
logo-site-icon.jpg
logo-site-icon-150×150.jpg
logo-site-icon-512×180.jpg
3. The Backup log, which is good to have
N:\Dropbox\Apps\wpb2d\pat-test\wordpress\wp-content\backups\
wpb2d-backup-log.txt
4. But why is the uploads directory backed up a second time???
N:\Dropbox\Apps\wpb2d\pat-test\wordpress\wp-content\uploads\
cropped-logo-site-icon.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-150×150.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-180×180.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-192×192.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-270×270.jpg
cropped-logo-site-icon-32×32.jpg
logo-coming-soon.jpg
logo-coming-soon-1.jpg
logo-site-icon.jpg
logo-site-icon-150×150.jpg
logo-site-icon-512×180.jpg
Any ideas?
Andy
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/
]]>Everytime i try to make
a backup it ends with this error:
================
02:04:53: A fatal error occured: Call requires one of the following
methods: POST, OPTIONS. Got GET.
2:04:53: Uploaded 0MB of 463.3MB================
And it never uploads anything and looking into the logs, it seems to be a PHP programming issue and it shows this warnings:
================
2016/06/25 18:37:34 [error] 11374#11374: *53643 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Warning: curl_setopt_array(): Disabling safe uploads is no longer supported in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/Dropbox/Dropbox/OAuth/Consumer/Curl.php on line 92"
================
And looking for it i have found it seens to be a PHP 7 issue, ‘cos it changes the way it works with cURL and lines like:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD, true);
no longer can be set to false.
In PHP documentation and other sites (https://leanpub.com/php7/read#leanpub-auto-curl) says:
======
Curl
Removed support for disabling the CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD option. All curl file uploads must use the curl_file / CURLFile APIs.======
So, it seems the plugin doesn’t support PHP 7 yet.
Would you support it soon?
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]]>Greeting to plugin author:
I got an error message after I installed the plugin in a managed multi-site and attempted to proceeded setting for the plugin, the error message shown as follow:
—————
Error
There was a fatal error loading WordPress Backup to Dropbox. Please fix the problems listed and reload the page.
If the problem persists please re-install WordPress Backup to Dropbox.
Error message: WordPress Backup to Dropbox failed to initialize due to these database errors.
Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes
Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes
Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes
—————
Please guide me to solution, thanks.
Regards,
Ben
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/
]]>Hello,
It’s happening the error described below after I activate the plugin and click Settings.
Therefore, because of this error I can not even get to allow connection to my dropbox.
Could anyone help me, please?
Thank you.
“Error
There was a fatal error loading WordPress Backup to Dropbox. Please fix the problems listed and reload the page.
If the problem persists please re-install WordPress Backup to Dropbox.
Error message: WordPress Backup to Dropbox failed to initialize due to these database errors.
Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes
Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes
Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes”
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/
]]>I am on godaddy managed hosting server and when I click to install the premium plugins I get this error.
There was an error downloading your premium extension because internal server error
Can you help me get the premium plugins installed and also how do I do a run now backup
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/
]]>The latest update from 4.4.1. to 4.5 doesnt have changelog. Could you tell us what has changed? Thankyou
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]]>Hello, I am doing some work for a client and they have your plugin installed on their site. I would like to restore their latest backup to my localhost server. Is there a published process to this?
Thanks,
Graeme
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]]>Excellent plugin but the authorize button needs looking at. Every time I add a new site to my dropbox, I get the same error. I eventually get it linked but when I click the button and I’m directed to Dropbox it always says “The request link is invalid” the first time I attempt to authorize. Usually I’m logged in so if I keep clicking the button it links the account.
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/
]]>Hi guys!
I′m trying to do a back up, it seems that it is going well until the process reachs a .kmz file, once it gets this point, it looks like it generates a loop…. not completing the backup
Long time ago, I tried to uplaod that .kmz file to the web, but I didn’t success…also, I can’t find such .kmz file any longer, so I think that it never was there.
Any suggestion?
THANKS!
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/
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