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Schedule, run and restore backups from the panel

The Backups page lists every connected WordPress site with its last backup, storage, schedule and how many backups to keep. You can back up one site, all sites, or a selection, then download or restore any backup.

Before you start

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Set storage, schedule and how many to keep

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For each site in Backups:

  1. Pick a Storage Method: None, Dropbox, OneDrive, Amazon S3 or Google Drive.
  2. Pick a Backup Schedule: Never, Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
  3. Enter how many backups to keep (1 to 200).

Each change saves as soon as you make it. To apply the same storage, schedule or limit to many sites, select them first; you see “This will set same Backup Storage for all selected domains.” (or the same for schedule or limit) before it applies.

Use Filter to show Backup Not Set or Backup Is Set sites, or filter by tags.

Run a backup now

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  • One site: click Backup on its row.
  • Selected or all sites: click Backup All.

You see “Successfully queued backup request”. Click View Backup Progress to follow it. Use Cancel to stop a queued backup and Clear Finished to tidy the list.

Download, restore or delete a backup

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  1. Click View on the site’s row to list its backups.
  2. Use Download to get a copy, Restore to put it back on the site, or delete it.

After you confirm a restore you see “Backup restore queued. You will receive a notification as soon as the operation is completed. Time varies by the size of backup and database.” Follow it under View Restore Progress. To get an email when a restore runs, turn on Backup Restore in Email notifications.

What it costs

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Backups are free in Xags.

Troubleshooting

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  • “Please select some backup storage!” The site’s storage is None. Pick a storage method first.
  • “Missing authorization for Dropbox. Please authorize Dropbox on the Settings page.” (also Google Drive or OneDrive) Authorize the service in backup settings.
  • “Missing credentials for Amazon S3. Please fill your Amazon S3 credentials on the Settings page.” Save your S3 details in backup settings.
  • “There is already a backup restore process in queue for this website.” Wait for the current restore to finish.
  • “There are still no backups for this website. Please try again later.” No backup has finished yet. Run one, then check again.
  • “There was a problem while requesting temporary download URL from Dropbox, you will have to download this backup manually.” Download the file straight from your Dropbox (the same applies to Google Drive and OneDrive).
  • “There was a problem while deleting this backup! You will have to manually delete it from your specified storage.” Delete the file in your storage service.
  • Plugin Disconnected or Xagio Disconnected on a row: the site cannot be reached. Reconnect or reactivate the Xagio plugin. Settings for that site are locked until it reconnects.
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