Re: Testing problems
Hi Ed, I have reset that licence for you now, so you can reclaim it elsewhere. If you're wanting to run through a lot of licences, then your best deal is the developer package, which is unlimited -...
View ArticleFeature Request: Dont back up thumbnails
One of my client sites has about 6 GB of files in the /uploads/ folder. She has four years of uploads, and her site generates 6 different custom thumbnail sizes every time she uploads (ugh). I just...
View ArticleRe: Feature Request: Dont back up thumbnails
Hi Andrew, This isn't currently possible. What you could do is go into the expert settings, and reduce the default 'split' setting down from 800Mb to something smaller; e.g. 200Mb; this will make zip...
View ArticleRe: Feature Request: Dont back up thumbnails
Hi David, Actually, I think I figured out how to do it. I added these entries to the exclusion list for the Uploads folders/files. Seemed to do the trick. :)...
View ArticleOld directory removal failed
Hi there, I get the following error, not a major issue but annoying: Old directory removal failed for some reason. You may want to do this manually. How can I fix this? Please let me know what...
View ArticleGerman Language
Hi there, I have WPML with English and German. Even though I switch the Wordpress language to English, the UpDraft Dashboard is in German. The emails are also sent out in German. Any thoughts, muchly...
View ArticleRe: German Language
Hi Philippe, When a plugin has translations, it just says to WordPress, "here are some translations, if you want to use them". It does not get involved in the decision about which translation to use....
View ArticleRe: Old directory removal failed
Hi Philippe, To remove your old directories manually, go into wp-content and wp-content/updraft, and in both look for entities ending in "-old". To prevent reoccurrence, make sure the file permissions...
View ArticleBacking up wp-config.php if it is above public_html folder
Hi, One of my security measures on WordPress is to move the wp-config.php file up one folder level on the server, above the public html folder. How can I get UpdraftPlus to back it up? Entering the...
View ArticleForbidden
Update Plugin Downloading update from http://updraftplus.com/?udm_action=download&slug=updraftplus&muid=1&token=... Download failed. Forbidden Return to Plugins page Of course, I wanted to...
View ArticleUploads Not Restoring
I have tried numerous times to restore the "Uploads" but keep getting the same error:Uploads Unpacking backup... (backup_2014-06-29-1855_Abstracted_Pixels_3ce98e9cca1b-uploads.zip, 303.1 Mb) Moving old...
View ArticleRe: Forbidden
Hi Brian, The "forbidden" code wasn't returned from our end... I located your download of the plugin in our logs, and it was normal (200 code - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes):...
View ArticleRe: Backing up wp-config.php if it is above public_html folder
Hi Andrew, You could enter the path to the directory, and then add the list of other entities in that directory as things to exclude from the backup. i.e. back up...
View ArticleRe: Uploads Not Restoring
Hi Cliff, It sounds like you have a site that used to run a very old WordPress version and has an uploads path hard-coded in the configuration. (More recent WP versions removed this setting). On the...
View ArticleRe: Store backup in another folder of same server
Hi both, I've just realised that in fact you can already do this in the current UpdraftPlus.... You can do it in the WebDAV add-on. Instead of entering a WebDAV URL, just enter a server directory path....
View ArticleRe: Uploads Not Restoring
Thanks David, the restore is working without errors now after removing the hard-coded link you suggested. However, the site will not start on the localhost. Normally I start the local site with this...
View ArticleRe: Uploads Not Restoring
Hi Cliff, I'm lacking in the specifics I'd need to answer the "UPDATE" question. Are you saying that your wp-config.php has some hard-coded over-rides in it? For the other part, I need to see the...
View ArticleRe: Uploads Not Restoring
I am sure that I am not stating the issue right. Basically, the wp-config.php file had the database password and name the same as the domain site. When it was cloned it remained exactly with those...
View ArticleRe: Uploads Not Restoring
Hi Cliff, I think I understand. 0146.371 () wp-config.php from backup: restoring (as per user's request) The option that you ticked for this links to this article, with a link that says something about...
View ArticleRe: Backing up wp-config.php if it is above public_html folder
Which "exclude" field should I use? There are exclusion fields for Uploads, WordPress Core, and within wp-content... but all of those would be below the /html/ directory... (And I do customize...
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