Hi! There are doubled and even tripled time settings, for example 3 buttons for everyday backup: Once Daily, Once a Day, Once Daily. The same goes for every week backup: Once Weekly, Once Weekly, Once Every 7 Days.

Is there any sheer difference between multiple settings?

Also selected Once a Day option on another website – it doesn’t work at all. At the same time it works on the main website.

Is “Database Backup for WordPress” Plugin still Supported?

This plugin is listed in the official www.ads-software.com documentation
https://www.ads-software.com/documentation/article/backing-up-your-database/

Let us know or if you offer a premium version.

Thank You

I’ve recently discovered WP Database Backup and it is excellent! I would like to create an archive of DBs on my localhost and live site so that I can load the DB of one into the other. I have managed to set up ftp to be able include both DBs in one folder. Using file manager on either site I can see that they are there, but the WP DB backup will only see the one that was created on it’s own site (localhost or live, but not both). This means I can only ‘restore’ a DB that was created on that platform. Is it possible to get the WP DB backup plugin to update its index page to include the DB uploaded in the folder from the other platform, does anyone know?

Hi champs
Does wp db backup automatically delete db files taken during scheduled backup process?
And where do the files get stored on my server?
Cooper

Hi champ
I have installed your plugin. Thanks.
I set for scheduled backup.
But it doenst send the email to me.
Am i missing something?
Cooper

Hi all
I have scheduled the app to run db backups.
But how can i be sure the files are deleted from my server after being emailed to me?
Cheers
Cooper

Hello, awesome plugin!

But it has a weird issue that you might like to be aware of.

Browsers come in all shapes sizes and forms, and the one I use is called Slimjet, (which is a Chrome – clone.) Version Version 30.0.1.0 (based on Chromium 88.0.4324.150) (Official Build) (32-bit) — for your refence.

I’m also using Flywheel as my local development environment.

Now, using the Slimjet Browser to simply download the backup file, then this message below gets spat out, (that was also hard to copy I might mention: hence it’s been wrapped inside a code tag.

Slimjet Browser, (says)

Can't download this file!
HTTP/1.1 500\server:nginx/1.16.0\date:Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:39:25 GMT\content-type:text/html; charset=UTF-8\x-powered-by:PHP/7.4.1\expires:Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT\cache-control:no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0\\

I’ve honestly no idea why the message references the 11th Jan 1984 as it does.

Here’s the rub, locally: the Plugin works fine in FireFox, and even downloads the backup file no worries, but neither Browsers would email me the backup file from my local environment, and I’ve set the PHP mailer file size to 2G.

Due-diligences then got me installing the Plugin on my (live-site), whereby Slimjet continued to refuse the file download, with that weird message stated above, and as before: FireFox did it all without a hitch.

FireFox also emailed me my (live-sites) database, but the [Chrome Clone] once again refused to play ball with the emailing function.

It’s probably a Chrome issue we’re dealing with here, but it might also be something to be like to be aware of at your end.

Conclusion: as long as you’re using FireFox, then there isn’t an issue.

No response is required, and many thanks for all your fine work.

Jessica.

This is great plugin.
However, there is no possibility to adapt the execution to users’need from any other plugin.
My main concern is related to backup file delivered by mail.
In my mind, sending in clear text the users table is not very secure, even if the passowrds are enciphered in this table. And so, I propose to add a filter to the list of core tables to be backuped.
Another filter could be at the end of the production of te backup file, before sending it, allowing to perform some encryption.
Thanks.

When clicked “backup”, nothing happens.

Tried version 2.3.3 and the latest version 2.4

WP 5.7
PHP 7.4.16

Note: it used work on 2.3.3 for long time. But today stopped working. Then updated to 2.4, same problem, no joy.

Also tried on WP 5.6.2 with same problem.

What could have caused this issue, suddenly?

• This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by t-p.

This plugin is causing an undefined index PHP error on every single page, also causing “PHP Errors in Ajax Response” over and over again in the console if you enable Query Monitor. After Googling the error message, I discovered that this has been around for a few years.

Undefined index: wp_db_temp_dir at wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup/wp-db-backup.php:112

Here’s Line 112, which is inside of the wpdbBackup class.

$requested_temp_dir = sanitize_text_field($_GET['wp_db_temp_dir']);

Someone even made a pull request to fix this issue, but it has been sitting open, in purgatory, for years.

Based on the staleness of this plugin, I would not recommend it to anyone.

• This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Hannah. Reason: add link to pr

Attention:
Not fully tested. Please test if it works on your system. Responsibility belongs to you.
I would be very happy if you let me know.

Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /home/umut58tr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup/wp-db-backup.php on line 221
/home/umut58tr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup/wp-db-backup.php
create_function() -> function()

/* line 221 */ add_action(‘admin_footer’, create_function(”, ‘ob_end_flush();’));
/* line 1197 */ $all_tables = array_map(create_function(‘$a’, ‘return $a[0];’), $all_tables);
/* line 1430 */ $all_tables = array_map(create_function(‘$a’, ‘return $a[0];’), $all_tables);

New code
/* line 221 */ add_action(‘admin_footer’, function(){ return ob_end_flush(); });
/* line 1197 */ $all_tables = array_map( function($a){ return $a[0]; }, $all_tables);
/* line 1430 */ $all_tables = array_map( function($a){ return $a[0]; }, $all_tables);

I am running WordPress 5.6 with the latest version of WP-DB-Backup (version 2.3.3). When I take a backup it goes through all the motions of backing up and sends out the email. The backup (progress indicator) is operating and is taking a few minutes so I know it is reading the database. However, when I open up the email that was sent at the conclusion of the backup there is an attachment, but it does not contain the database data. The name of the database in the attachment is “noname” with no data.

I also tried using version 2.3.1 with the same results.

Has anyone run into this problem before? Any help will be appreciated.

John Pizzolato

Now the strtolower(get_class( $phpmailer )) return phpmailer/phpmailer/phpmailer and not only phpmailer so you need to change
strtolower(get_class( $phpmailer )) to substr(strtolower(get_class( $phpmailer )),-9)

Hello,

I just noticed this error log in the wp-admin file folder. [23-Sep-2020 22:07:45 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /. . . /wp-db-backup/wp-db-backup.php on line 221

I ran the backup today and it seemed to work fine. (I downloaded a file and it’s not empty.) However, this error message was generated.

It looks like using the email options to email backups to a specific email address doesn’t work anymore since WordPress > 5.0. The backup process completes and you get the message that it has been emailed, but no email arrives.

Hello,

Received this error message. Bluehost found it when helping me restore a backup. There is another error message that is not related to WP Backup.

Notice: Undefined index: wp_db_temp_dir in /home2/kathleh9/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup/wp-db-backup.php on line 112

Please check the error and let me know what server settings are needed to update on Bluehost end to resolve the error.

Thank you James Carson

I have been using WP-DB-Backup for years with no issue on many sites. In the past few weeks something changed in WP as now the email arrives but no attachment.

I have this plugin installed at many hosting services

I cannot select all the tables I need to backup, its a 20 site multisite and there’s hundreds of tables, shift clicking takes a lifetime, ctrl shift clicking selects some in between bit not consistently.

Hello,

Step 3 of the Installation Instructions of your plugin states: “The plugin will attempt to create a directory /wp-content/backup-*/ inside your WordPress directory”.

I installed and activated the plugin, but the /backup-* directory has not been created under /wp-content.

Step 4 states: “You may need to make /wp-content writable”

I’m in my File Manager, but when I click on the /wp-content directory the Permissions link is grayed out (unclickable).

How can I make the /wp-content directory writable if I’m not able to access the Permissions window? Is there some workaround?

Thanks,
Alex

Hi there

I see there is now a Deprecated: Function warning when using PHP 7.2 and setting up a backup schedule.

create_function() is deprecated in wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup/wp-db-backup.php on line 1197

$all_tables = array_map(create_function('$a', 'return $a[0];'), $all_tables);

Any help on how this function should be coded would be appreciated by many.

Kind Regards
Brad

is this plugin gdpr ready?

thanks
stefan

Not much to add to the topic title really.

Can I use this to migrate to a different host, and how would I do that please? Inexperienced user.

I am getting following errors in the WordPress log:

PHP Notice: Undefined index: wp_db_temp_dir in /home/…/wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup/wp-db-backup.php on line 112

The code should check if the array key exists.

There is no change log for 2.3.3 either here or in the “readme” file!

What was changed in 2.3.3?

This plugin has been updated a few times while its changelog remains at 2.3.0. Can the changelog be updated as well, please?

Just saw there is an update again. Hasn’t been one in quite some time. Does this mean the original author is doing updates again? Rather paranoid these days about plugins getting sudden updates. Often these days hackers buy them to spam people or take over their sites..

So Wordfence alerted and listed as critical that the Plugin “WordPress Database Backup” has been removed from www.ads-software.com.

I have not experienced this before. Should I delete this plug-in and look for a new one? Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thank you wordpress forums

Please provide a update which compatible with PHP 7.0

Please check below issues:-
FILE: /wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup/wp-db-backup.php
—————————————————————————————————
FOUND 0 ERRORS AND 5 WARNINGS AFFECTING 5 LINES
—————————————————————————————————
73 | WARNING | Use of deprecated PHP4 style class constructor is not supported since PHP 7.
400 | WARNING | INI directive ‘safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4
858 | WARNING | INI directive ‘safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4
924 | WARNING | INI directive ‘safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4
1239 | WARNING | INI directive ‘safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4
—————————————————————————————————

According to the plug-in’s administration page, “these core WordPress tables will always be backed up” (follows: a list of table names).

According to https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Database_Description, the table wp_termmeta is part of the “standard installation of WordPress”.

If I compare the list of tables that are part of a standard WordPress installation with the list of tables WP DB Backup will always include in a back-up, they are identical except for wp_termmeta, which is exclude from the ‘always back-up’ list.

Is there a reason for this? If so, it might be useful to mention this somewhere (code comments, documentation). If not, the table should be added to the $possible_names array.

I am getting this Error: (2104) Unable to export your database
what should I do to fix it?