BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin Reviews, Downloads & Maintenance

BackWPup 5.5 is now available! Building on previous releases, it brings back your most‑requested features and delivers a refreshed, more controlled backup experience—shaped by your feedback.

🚀 What’s new in BackWPup?

✅ Archive format per backup: Pick the archive type for each backup (ZIP, TAR, etc.) to match your storage and restore needs.

✅ Archive name per backup: Give each backup a clear, custom filename so they are easy to recognize at a glance.

If you happen to experience any issues with the new version, contact us directly here so we can investigate your case. We are committed to resolving any concerns quickly and are actively working to ensure a smooth experience for everyone.

How It Works: The 3-Step Backup Wizard

What – Choose your backup contents through our intuitive setup wizard
When – Set your backup schedule (hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly)
Where – Select your preferred storage destination(s)

Create comprehensive backups and restore your data with ease!

🌟 The Best WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin

Easily create a complete WordPress backup, store it on external services (such as Dropbox, S3, FTP, Google Drive, OneDrive and more) and restore your backup directly from your WordPress admin, in just a few clicks.

BackWPup is designed for ease of use. Even beginners can create a reliable backup of their WordPress sites with just a few clicks. With BackWPup, you can enjoy peace of mind knowing your data is safe and secure. Whether you are a small business owner or managing a large enterprise, BackWPup is the ultimate solution for protecting your WordPress site.

💎 BackWPup Pro Features

Take your WordPress backups to the next level with BackWPup Pro. Get additional features like:

Additional Cloud Storage options (Amazon Glacier, Google Drive, OneDrive, HiDrive).
Encrypted backups for enhanced security
Custom API keys for Dropbox and SugarSync
Standalone restore application for recovery without WordPress access
Seamless site migration by restoring to a new URL with BackWPup.
Premium support with dedicated ticket system
And much more!

Get BackWPup Pro for the complete backup and restore solution.

⏰ Schedule and Manage Backups Easily

With BackWPup, you have full control over your backup process. You can back up your entire WordPress site, including files and database, save them to multiple locations, and easily restore your site from a backup if anything goes wrong. You can choose what to back up, how often to perform backups, and where to store them:

Comprehensive Backups: Backup your entire WordPress installation, including the /wp-content/ folder, database and any additional non-WordPress files and folders.
Flexible Scheduling: Schedule automatic backups to run hourly, daily, weekly, monthly —with the freedom to pick any specific date in the month
Immediate Backups: Instantly run any scheduled backup job with the “Backup Now” button—perfect for on-demand backups before updates or changes.
Custom Backup Jobs: Combine files and database into a single job, or set up separate jobs for advanced workflows.
Store your backup in different locations:

Free version: Dropbox, Amazon S3, FTP, Rackspace Cloud, Microsoft Azure, SugarSync.
Pro version: Additional storage options including Amazon Glacier, Google Drive, OneDrive and HiDrive Get BackWPup Pro

This flexibility makes BackWPup the best choice for WordPress backup.

🛟 Easily Restore Your WordPress Site

Restore your site effortlessly from a backup with our one-click restore option. To restore a backup, go to the BackWPup plugin settings in your WordPress admin area. Select the backup you wish to restore, click on the three dots menu and click ‘Restore Full Backup’. And the restore is done. This feature ensures that even in the event of data loss or site issues, you can quickly and efficiently restore your site to its previous state.

Access-Free Recovery
Locked out of your dashboard? No problem. The standalone restore app on the Pro version lets you restore your site from any backup, even when you can’t access WordPress. Perfect for emergencies. Get BackWPup Pro

⚡ Improve Your Site’s Reliability and Performance

Did you know that regular backups and database maintenance can improve the performance and reliability of your WordPress site? With BackWPup, you can ensure that your data is always protected and that your site is always running smoothly.

By scheduling regular backups and database maintenance, you can avoid data loss and downtime. BackWPup makes it easy to protect your data and keep your site running at its best.

Even Google recommends regular backups and database maintenance to ensure the reliability and performance of your site. With BackWPup, you can follow best practices and keep your site secure and reliable.

😎 Easy Migration

BackWPup makes migrating your WordPress site simple. Whether you’re switching hosts or moving to a new server, easily export your files and database, then restore everything with just a few clicks—quick and hassle-free. Available only on the Pro version – Get BackWPup Pro

❓ Is BackWPup Free?

You can use BackWPup for free with all its basic features. The free version includes complete backup, scheduling, support for external storage services (like Dropbox, S3, FTP, and more) and restore.

The pro version offers many additional features including more settings, destinations, and of course access to our premium support. Check out our premium plans: https://backwpup.com/#buy

ℹ️ Who Are We?

We are WP Media, the company behind WP Rocket, the best performance plugin for WordPress.

Our mission is to improve the web. We are making it faster with WP Rocket, lighter with Imagify and safer with BackWPup.

👋 Get in Touch!

Website: backwpup.com
Contact Us: https://backwpup.com/contact/

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License: GPLv2 or later

License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Installation

WordPress Admin Method

Go to you administration area in WordPress Plugins > Add
Look for BackWPup (use search form)
Click on Install and activate the plugin

FTP Method

Upload the complete backwpup folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Pro Version

[You can find a detailed tutorial in the BackWPup documentation]. (https://backwpup.com/docs/install-backwpup-pro-activate-licence/)

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I restore a backup?

Restoring backups made with BackWPup can be done multiple ways. Please take a look at our documentation here to learn more.

My backup jobs don’t seem to run as scheduled.

BackWPup uses WordPress’ own cron job system (WP Cron) to execute scheduled backup jobs. In order for WordPress to “know” when to execute a job, its “inner clock” needs to be set regularly. That happens whenever someone (including yourself) visits your site.
If your site happens to not being visited for a period of time, WordPress’ inner clock gets sort of slow. In that case it takes an extra server-side cron job to regularly call http://your-site.tld/wp-cron.php and tell WordPress what time it is.

A simple way to find out whether WP Cron works as it should on your site is to create a new post and set its publishing date to some point in the future, i.e. 10 minutes from now. Then leave your site (that’s important), come back after 11 minutes and check whether your scheduled post has been published. If not, you’re very likely to have an issue with WP Cron.

Yuk! It says: “ERROR: No destination correctly defined for backup!”

That means a backup job has started, but BackWPup doesn’t know where to store the backup files. Please cancel the running job and re-edit its configuration. There should be a Tab “To: …” in your backup job’s configuration. Have you set a backup target correctly?

A backup job has started, but nothing seems to be happening—not even when I restart it manually.

Solution #1

Open BackWPup->Settings
Go to the Informations tab.
Find Server self connect: in the left column.
If it says something like (401) Authorisation required in the right column, go to the Network tab and set the username and password for server-side authentication.
Try again starting the backup job.

Solution #2

Open wp-config.php and find the line where it says if ( !defined('ABSPATH') ).
Somewhere before that line add this: define( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true );

Solution #3

Not really a solution, but a way to identify the real problem: see remarks on WP Cron at the top.

I get this error message: `The HTTP response test get a error “Connection time-out”`

BackWPup performs a simple HTTP request to the server itself every time you click run now or whenever a backup job starts automatically. The HTTP response test message could mean:
* Your host does not allow loop back connections. (If you know what WP_ALTERNATE_CRON is, try it.)
* Your WordPress root directory or backup directory requires authentication. Set username and password in Settings->Network.
* The Server can’t resolve its own hostname.
* A plugin or theme is blocking the request.
* Other issues related to your individual server and/or WordPress configuration.

I get a fatal error: `Can not create folder: […]/wp-content/backwpup-[…]-logs in […]/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/inc/class-job.php …`

Please set CHMOD 775 on the /wp-content/ directory and refresh the BackWPup dashboard. If that doesn’t help, try CHMOD 777. You can revert it to 755 once BackWPup has created its folder.

When I edit a job the Files tab loads forever.

Go to Settings->General and disable “Display folder sizes on files tab if job edited”. Calculating folder sizes can take a while on sites with many folders.

I generated a list of my installed plugins, but it’s hard to read.

Try opening the text file in an editor software like Notepad++ (Windows) or TextMate (Mac) to preserve line-breaks.

My web host notified me BackWPup was causing an inacceptable server load!

Go to Settings->Jobs and try a different option for “Reduce server load”.

Can I cancel a running backup job via FTP?

Yes. Go to your BackWPup temp directory and find a file named backwpup-xyz-working.json where “xyz” is a random string of numbers and characters. Delete that file to cancel the currently running backup job.

Can I move the temp directory to a different location?

Yes. You need to have writing access to the wp-config.php file (usually residing in the root directory of your WordPress installation).

Open wp-config.php and find the line where it says if ( !defined('ABSPATH') ).
Somewhere before that line add this: define( 'WP_TEMP_DIR', '/absolute/path/to/wp/your/temp-dir' );
Replace /absolute/path/to/wp/ with the absolute path of your WordPress installation and your/temp-dir with the path to your new temp directory.
Save the file.

What do those placeholders in file names stand for?

%d = Two digit day of the month, with leading zeros
%j = Day of the month, without leading zeros
%m = Day of the month, with leading zeros
%n = Representation of the month (without leading zeros)
%Y = Four digit representation for the year
%y = Two digit representation of the year
%a = Lowercase ante meridiem (am) and post meridiem (pm)
%A = Uppercase ante meridiem (AM) and post meridiem (PM)
%B = Swatch Internet Time
%g = Hour in 12-hour format, without leading zeros
%G = Hour in 24-hour format, without leading zeros
%h = Hour in 12-hour format, with leading zeros
%H = Hour in 24-hour format, with leading zeros
%i = Two digit representation of the minute
%s = Two digit representation of the second

Review feed

Krzysztof Planeta

3/28/2023

No easy restore option

The fact, that there is no easy restore option should be clearly stated on the plugin's description page. The fact that it is only available only in the Pro version is, in my view, an ugly tactic to force non technical users to purchase it they need to restore something.

Dennis Bareis

12/12/2023

Free Version too limited in Cloud Support

The free version doesn't have restore options, I could handle that, however the fact that they further cripple it to really only support DropBox & FTP is a step way too far. If you want to save your backups locally and perhaps manually move them to the cloud then this does look like a good plug to test for that. Back to the "UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore" plugin for me. The only reason I'm looking elsewhere is that the free version this plugin doesn't let you schedule the backup times. I volunteer for a non-profit so I don't want to pay for every little thing.

k0d3d

10/4/2024

Trusted for years

I would gladly pay for this. I've been using it for years.

mrtoothrot

10/19/2024

Great backup tool

Using the free version of BackWPup since years. Great tool!

brasofilo

2/6/2025

An extensive plugin became a three button plugin

I thought my site was hacked, V5 is a completely new (and different) plugin.

Screenshots

WHAT - Choose your backup contents through our intuitive setup wizard
WHEN - Set your backup schedule (hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly)
WHERE - Select your preferred storage destination(s)
Configure all your backup settings
Add new backup, backup history, next scheduled backups all in one place
Content selector to exclude or include files for backups
Storage settings to select location to store backups

Changelog

5.6.0

Release date: November 25, 2025

Enhancement: Introduced WP-CLI support for running backups
Enhancement: Improved Mixpanel event tracking accuracy
Added support for triggering backups via link
Fix: Resolved a compatibility issue with Visual Composer

5.5.2

Release date: November 03, 2025

Security fix: Safe handling of job attributes concatenated into HTML attributes on the admin UI
Enhancement: Compatibility with Kinsta hosting with backup rate limits
Enhancement: Better handling of missing PHP cURL extension
Enhancement: Improved upload of large backups on HiDrive
Enhancement: Facilitated diagnosis for support with dedicated tooling
Fix: Consistently displaying the “Help Us Improve BackWPup!” notice

5.5.1

Release date: October 20, 2025

Security Fix: Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
Fix: HiDrive backup download partially not working.
Fix: HiDrive backup not working properly due to major storage issue.
Fix: Compatibility issue with .donotbackup file and open_basedir environments.
Fix: Minor UX issues when including files in backups.
Fix: OneDrive allow users to reauthenticate.

5.5.0

Release date: September 16, 2025

New Feature: Archive format per backup
New Feature: Archive name per backup

5.4.1 Release date: September 2, 2025

Fix: Additional Guzzle Dependency conflicts causing errors.

5.4 Release date: August 20, 2025

New feature: Add extra files or folders for backups
Fix: Sending unwanted warning email because of .donotbackup file.
FIx: Showing cursor pointer on non-clickable elements.
FIx: Backup downloads are not working for FTP storage.
Fix: Guzzle Dependency conflict causing errors in backups.
Fix: The Encrypt archive option is disabled after the update.
Fix: The backup now icon is closer to the date of scheduled backups.
Fix: No backup is created for any storage when OneDrive is selected during onboarding.

5.3.2

Release date: August 12, 2025

Bugfix: Log notification emails were not sent for successful backup
Removed: Remove unused/deprecated codes
Enhancement: Refactor the plugin admin notice code
Bugfix: Save button is not clickable on low browsers window height
Bugfix: Google Drive & OneDrive API fields not fully visible
Bugfix: Encryption “Save” button not visible below Asymmetric Key
Bugfix: Decryption key needed for free plugin
Enhancement: Storage deselect ux issues

5.3.1

Release date: July 22, 2025

Bugfix: Default archive format resets to Tar format after update to 5.3
Bugfix: Updating to 5.3 causes Fatal error due to corrupted data
Bugfix: License activation fails due to service provider issue
Bugfix: Upload to FTP backup limit issue on 5.3

5.3.0

Release date: July 14, 2025

New feature: Backup File & Database together in a single job
Bugfix: New jobs ignore the global archive format and default to .Tar
Bugfix: SugarSync error message after authenticating
Bugfix: Google Drive not working correctly during onboarding
Enhancement: Show only successful backup entries in the backup history
Enhancement: Long job title spills outside the pop-up
Enhancement: Configure backup data settings without selecting it
Enhancement: Fixed Schedule backup title is too long issue
Enhancement: Added tooltips for schedule backup icons
Enhancement: Add new backup UI ux issues
Enhancement: Improvement of cloud storage code

5.2.3

Release date: May 22, 2025

Bugfix: Fixed fatal error when both Free and Pro versions are activated together.

5.2.2

Release date: May 20, 2025

New feature: Deselect Website Server as a default storage destination
Enhancement: Reduce overall plugin size
Bugfix: Google Drive does not remain selected
Bugfix: Plugin interface becomes non-functional & not clickable
Bugfix: Error during backup for Dropbox storage
Bugfix: Dropbox authentication error

5.2.1

Release date: April 30, 2025

Bugfix: Fixed fatal error caused by cal_days_in_month() function on 5.2 for unsupported servers.

5.2.0

Release date: April 29, 2025

New feature: Add “Backup Now” button to each scheduled job
Enhancement: Monthly frequency to allow users to select the exact day
Enhancement: Show the Toast messages on specific actions instead of every actions

5.1.3

Release date: April 23,2025

Added: Filter to show legacy/disabled jobs
Added: Notice for legacy disabled jobs
Enhancement: Replaced Files icon (currently WP logo) with a new file icon
Enhancement: Adding new jobs moves the existing job placement in the interface
Enhancement: Increased the default timeout for toast messages
Bugfix: Old jobs auto disabled for users from v5.0.9 & v5.1.0 to v5.1
Bugfix: Legacy jobs link not triggering the job
Bugfix: Clicking “Save & Continue” before the page fully loads skips onboarding
Bugfix: Added WP default admin styles in the Legacy jobs page
Bugfix: WordPress timezone changes mess up the frequency feature
Bugfix: The “Backup Now” error when there’s no job available
Bugfix: Fix a problem with the encryption Save button doing nothing
Bugfix: Long load time on clicking Data after adding File job exclusion
Bugfix: Backup job pencil icon grows smaller with long titles
Bugfix: Conflict with MainWP child plugin

5.1.2

Release date: April 15,2025

Enhancement: Display the warning message for customers affected by the bug in 5.1 version of the plugin

5.1.1

Fixed: Backups created before v5 are no longer deactivated when updating the plugin

5.1.0

Release date: April 07,2025

New feature: Introduce possibility to add more than two backup jobs
New feature: Add possibility to set a title for each job
Enhancement: Rework of the ‘Backup Now’ feature
Enhancemnet: Make ‘Local Storage’ more descriptive
Enhancement: Rework of the notices inside the plugin
Enhancement: Introduce cache busting strategy for static assets inside the plugin
Enhancement: Make sure not to display the non-existing buckets inside the Amazon S3 storage panel
Enhancement: Update the phrasing for the restore process page to make it easier to understand
Bugfix: Fix Dropbox authentication bug
Bugfix: Fix a problem when excluded files were still included in the backup
Bugfix: Fix a problem with ‘FTP passive mode’

5.0.9

Release date: March 21, 2025

Fixed: Huge package size
Fixed: Files and DB jobs are not separated in certain scenario

5.0.8

Release date: March 20, 2025

New Feature: Allow to choose storage for specific backup job
Enhancement: Security enhancements related to unserialize function
Enhancement: Remove unnecessary strings in the scheduled backup jobs blocks
Enhancement: Improve welcome banner’s UI
Bugfix: Make sure not to display backups which were removed using UI in the backup history list

5.0.7

Release date: March 13, 2025

Added: Hourly frequency for backups
Added: WPM Apply filters library for better code maintainability
Fixed: PHP Warning & auto reset advanced settings issue
Fixed: Closing banner cancels the onboarding issue
Fixed: Correct the title of Next Schedule Backup
Changed: Onboarding backup success page notice & redirection
Changed: “Restore Full Backup” string to “Restore Backup”

5.0.6

Release date: March 10, 2025

Fixed: Archive file format Tar generation code to handle long file names
Fixed: Clicking on actions should close other opened sections in Backup History

5.0.5

Release date: March 03, 2025

Added: Dropdown to allow users to select the Backup file format (zip, tar, tar.gz)
Added: Show different in-app notices to new & existing users
Fixed: BackWPUp Menu Visible to All User Roles, Including Subscribers
Fixed: Database & File backup does not remain selected, automatically becomes off

5.0.4

Release date: feb 13, 2025

Fixed: Layout issue with theme customizer
Fixed: API error when the number of backups is equal to 0
Fixed: Php 8.x deprecated notices
Removed : “Add new” job button from Job listing
Fixed: Tooltip text cut off
Removed: Hover style on disabled elements
Added: Hover tooltip on storage icons

5.0.3

Release date: feb 07, 2025

Fixed: Backup is running constantly & can’t be stopped.
Fixed: Authentication issue for Dropbox, FTP & Azure.
Added: Custom scheduling option.
Added: Display history of all backups.
Added: Custom filter to allow zip and tar.gz compression
Changed: Changed plugin noticed Message.

5.0.2

Release date: feb 04,2025

Fixed : Error due to unrecognized cron expression

5.0.1

Release date: feb 04, 2025

Fixed : Css issues with the new UI

Version 5.0

Release date: Feb 04, 2025

Complete revamp of the plugin UI
Changed: Updated dependencies
Moved Jobs, Logs, Network, license & settings under Advance Settings
Removed: Jobs, Logs, Backups, Add new job, Settings, Restore & About from the plugin menu

4.1.7

Release date: nov 25, 2024
* Changed : Update dependencies :
** guzzlehttp/guzzle to 7.0
** onedrive-php-sdk to 3.2.0
** microsoft-graph to 1.7.0

4.1.6

Release date: oct 15, 2024

Changed : Show the Restore feature information notice only for free version users
Changed : The default format is now .tar
Fixed : Warnings on the backup script on PHP 8.x when tar format is used

4.1.5

Release date: sept 27, 2024

Added : Restore feature information notice
Changed : Upgraded WordPress minimum version to 4.9
Removed : Remove the EasyCron integration and switch it with WPCron.
Removed : Remove Database Backup file name & compression options from the UI can be edited via filter (backwpup_generate_dump_filename)
Fixed : Conflict with WP Hotel Booking from ThimPress
Changed : Add the default exclude files in a filter. (backwpup_file_exclude)
Fixed : Use wp translation

4.1.4

Release date: jul 22, 2024

Ehanced: Store the review notice dismiss as an option
Fixed: Hide the evaluate notice using css
Removed: Remove the “Compression” option in Settings > Logs
** Disabled by default, can be enabled with a filter (backwpup_gz_logs)
Fixed: Check if the third parties constants are defined before using them

4.1.3

Release date: Jul 05, 2024

Changed: Upgraded minimum version to PHP 7.4
Fixed: Evaluate notice doesn’t dismiss
Removed: General tab on settings page
** Admin bar: enabled by default, can be disabled with a filter (backwpup_is_in_admin_bar)
** Folder sizes: disabled by default, can be enabled with a filter (backwpup_show_folder_size)
** Protect folders: we protect your folders by default can be disabled with a filter (backwpup_protect_folders)
** Plugin data: we delete all plugin data after its delation by default
Fixed: Fix S3 uploads over 5 Gb

4.1.2

Release date: Jun 27, 2024

Fixed: Open_basedir restriction on some servers
Added: Notice to ask users their experience with BackWpUp

4.1.1

Release date: Jun 18, 2024

Changed: AutoExclude the cache plugin folders from the backup
Fixed: Problems with the sql dump of the database
Fixed: Update phpseclib library to fix issues in Windows environment.

4.1.0

Release date: Jun 4, 2024

Changed: Add Restore to the free version
Fixed: Improved checking of encrypted archives
Added (pro): decryption and encryption with WP-CLI of archives
Fixed (pro): Problems with Asymmetric encryption on restarts

4.0.5

Release date: May 21, 2024

Fixed (pro): Gdrive oAuth authentication flow

4.0.4

Release date: March 12, 2024

Fixed: Changed directory structure of BackWPup temporary files to prevent unauthorized access of database backup.

4.0.3

Release date: February 22, 2024

Fixed: Security issue where FTP passwords were stored in the database in plaintext.

4.0.2

Release date: November 22, 2023

Fixed: Disallow backups or logs directories from being outside of wp-content directory for security purposes

4.0.1

Release date: October 18, 2023

Changed (pro): Clarified instructions in the “Path to mysqldump file” field
Changed: Upgraded minimum version to PHP 7.2.5
Fixed (pro): Restoring a compressed database backup resulted in a “Could not get size of SQL file” error
Fixed (pro): 500 error in Restore app, due to missing dependencies
Fixed (pro): Escaped previously unescaped SQL query
Fixed (pro): Security issue regarding location of restore files
Fixed (pro): PHP warning when configuring a wizard with the glacier destination
Fixed: Missing nonce validation on certain AJAX endpoints
Fixed: Escaping for values on log output
Fixed: Escaping of sendmail command
Fixed: Corrected an invalid URL in the documentation link found in the plugin overview
Fixed: Various deprecation notices on PHP 8.0+
Fixed: Issue where webp thumbnail images were not excluded despite enabling the “Don’t backup thumbnails from the site’s uploads folder” option
Fixed: Ensure validation of logfile parameter during job run

4.0.0

Release Date: November 16, 2022

Added: Support for additional S3 storage classes
Added: Support for Glacier Instant Retrieval
Added: Created backwpup_ftp_use_passive_address filter for when FTP is behind NAT
Added: Support for object lock in S3 by adding Content-MD5 header
Added (pro): Include unique IV when encrypting archives
Added (pro): Default character set fetched from alternative database credentials
Changed: Upgraded minimum version to PHP 7.2
Changed (pro): Upgraded Google Drive SDK to V3
Fixed: Better support for PHP 8
Fixed: PHP warning when backing up to S3 destination
Fixed: Unable to download from S3 when using predefined region
Fixed: Unable to download from SugarSync
Fixed: Backups downloaded twice from MS Azure
Fixed: wp-config.php backed up twice when parent folder is included in backup
Fixed: Text fields too long on SugarSync destination settings
Fixed: Dropbox runs out of memory when more than 50 files in folder
Fixed (pro): Authentication of OneDrive when HTTP_REFERER not set.
Fixed (pro): Displayed creation date of OneDrive backups was incorrect
Fixed (pro): Disabled mysqldump radio button when binary cannot be found
Fixed (pro): HiDrive does not detect when refresh token expires
Removed: Unnecessary AWS and Google library files to save on package size.

Version 3.10.0

Release Date: September 1, 2021

Added: Support for Dropbox short-lived access tokens
Fixed (pro): Prevent out of memory error on HiDrive backups
Fixed (pro): Small files uploaded twice to HiDrive
Fixed (pro): Fatal error on plugin update if $transient is null
Fixed (pro): Restore of stored functions, procedures, and triggers
Fixed: Export of stored functions, procedures, and triggers including delimiters
Fixed: Support emojis and other 4-byte characters in database dump
Fixed: PHP 8 deprecation notice in XML export

Version 3.9.0

Release Date: June 14, 2021

Added (pro): Migrate website to another URL
Added (pro): Validation for database credentials on restore
Added: PHP notice for outdated PHP versions less than 7.2
Fixed (pro): License deactivated on settings save
Fixed (pro): Corrupted path name in Google Drive destination
Fixed (pro): Unable to download backup from Google Drive
Fixed: Unable to connect to custom S3 endpoints
Fixed: Intermittent error selecting restore strategy
Fixed: Memory leaks when uploading to S3
Fixed: PHP 7.4 Deprecation notices
Fixed: PHP 8 compatibility issues
Fixed: Remove BackWPup user roles on uninstall in multisite
Fixed: Correctly handle relative upload paths
Fixed: Display welcome page even after consent dialog clicked
Fixed: Exclude non backup files from the backups page
Fixed: Format dates as ISO-formatted dates instead of binary hex in MySQL backup
Fixed: Don’t pre-fill database credentials when backing up non-WordPress database
Fixed: Description of replacement patterns for archive name
Fixed: Added missing destinations to destination list in about page
Fixed: Made BackWPup banner local
Removed: Phone home client
Removed: Remote admin notices

Version 3.8.0

Release Date: September 21, 2020

Added: OneDrive destination for Pro version
Added: HiDrive destination for Pro version
Added: WordPress 5.5 compatibility
Added: PHP 7.4 compatibility
Added: Option to keep BackWPUp data after plugin uninstall
Added: More default excluded folders and files for BackWPUp
Fixed: Custom S3 destination return error after Amazon library update
Fixed: PHP Notice: Undefined index: dbdumpdbcharset
Fixed: Cannot use variables for the xml file name
Fixed: Deprecated: Non-static method BackWPup_Admin::admin_css() should not be called statically
Fixed: Prevent click on overlay disable backup download process
Fixed: BackWPUp redirects even in the CLI environment

Version 3.7.1

Release Date: March 30, 2020

Fixed: Error Notices CSS is loaded on all pages and overwrite the color of other plugins notices
Updated: (Pro) License system update for premium version

Version 3.7.0

Release Date: Nov 27, 2019

Updated: Raise the minimum PHP version required by BWU to 5.6
Updated: Microsoft Azure Storage Blob PHP Client Library
Fixed: S3 custom url not used for bucket selection
Fixed: S3 malformed error message when authentication credentials are wrong
Fixed: S3 selecting an invalid service raise no error
Fixed: Rackspace uses old cacert.pem file
Fixed: Log page not correcty sorted
Added: Option to enable or disable the phone home client

Version 3.6.10

Release Date: Jul 8, 2019

Fixed: Azure Supports https on uploading
Fixed: Auto remove old backup files not working when archive file name have prefix “backwpup”
Added: Filter to extend list of S3 destinations
Removed: S3 multipart upload checkbox, now in destination definition
Updated: Amazon AWS SDK for S3 services, now PHP 5.5+ is needed
Added: Filter to extend list of Glacier destinations (Pro version)
Updated: Amazon AWS SDK for Glacier, now PHP 5.5+ is needed (Pro version)

Version 3.6.9

Release Date: May 7, 2019

Fixed: Google Drive destination automatically remove old backup files
Fixed: Do not expose destination data within the manifest file
Fixed: Update Dropbox Tokens
Fixed: Restore error: MIME returns html instead of event stream
Fixed: Log files name are predictable because of weak hash
Fixed: ZipArchive doesn’t fallback to PclZip in Restore
Fixed: Session already started could cause issues during ajax calls
Fixed: Wrong vendor include path for PEAR using MS Azure
Fixed: Decryption Key prompt when any error occur during the first step of a Restore
Fixed: Phone home client notice and php 5 issue with php short echo tag
Fixed: mime_content_type function may not exists prevent backup decryption
Improve: Restore Log and produce report for user feedback
Changed: License changed to GPLv2+

Version 3.6.8

Release Date: Feb 25, 2019

Fixed: Typos in settings job page
Fixed: Rest API admin note language doesn’t change when changing user language

Version 3.6.7

Release Date: Jan 22, 2019

Fixed: More margin to dashboard footer to avoid save button unclickable
Fixed: On folder sync destination folder is not created
Fixed: Encryption option should not be displayed for syncing job
Fixed: Restore stuck on file restore step because of file permission issue
Fixed: “Do not delete files while syncing to destination!” not working
Tweak: Increase PHP Version from 5.3.2 to 5.3.3
Tweak: Encryption Settings description and ui improvements
Tweak: On restore error, include restore.dat file along with the log when user download the restore log file
Tweak: Lock server to execute same task multiple time when one is already in progress

Version 3.6.6

Release Date: Nov 28, 2018

Fixed: Files could be excluded from the backup because of incorrect string comparison

Version 3.6.5

Release Date: Nov 23, 2018

Fixed: Admin notice won’t update correctly

Version 3.6.4

Release Date: Nov 22, 2018

Fixed: Encrypted backup must force users to download the encryption keys
Fixed: Warning mime type when a backup is going to be downloaded
Fixed: Admin Notice in free version is sometimes empty
Fixed: Random restore error about SQL syntax when restoring a database
Fixed: Exclude restore directories to be copied during a restore phase
Fixed: Standalone App has no encryption support
Fixed: Open basedir, backup dir is not within the allowed path
Fixed: Unable to download backup file because of mime_content_type function missing in some environment
Tweak: Encryption Settings UI
Tweak: Minor translations issues
Tweak: Remove languages files from the free version, the plugin will use translation.wordpress.org

Version 3.6.3

Release Date: Nov 5, 2018

Fixed: “Failed to restore file”: file restore progress stop working and jump directly to database restore step
Fixed: Restore progress stuck on “restoring database” with archive backup contains files only
Fixed: All config.php files are not in backup archive

Version 3.6.2

Release Date: Oct 17, 2018

Fixed: Not recognized file extensions get an additional underscore in the file name in zip file
Fixed: Backup archive file have dot folder contains all web root files
Fixed: Ftp destination downloader repetitively open a new handler for the source file causing corrupted backup

Version 3.6.1

Release Date: Sep 25, 2018

Fixed: Backup doesn’t handle special characters correctly
Fixed: Use of function that doesn’t exists prior to 4.9
Fixed: Class bryter/helpers/csrf/CSRF.php was not loaded
Fixed: Backup don’t override old database file in web root
Fixed: Restore Folder backup won’t download the backup file
Fixed: Function owns_backup_archive not exists, the one is is_backup_archive
Fixed: Some settings page and license api manager strings are missing translation
Fixed: Incompatibility with php 5.3 in destination folder downloader
Fixed: fatal error on Amazon Glacier because of an undefined function
Fixed: Ensure extra files are not overwritten
Fixed: Cannot delete woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions table
Fixed: Incompatibility with php 5.3 in the restore process

Version 3.6.0

Release Date: June 14, 2018

Added: Pro Feature – Encrypt before sending backups to the cloud
Fixed: Handling of special Amazon S3 regions such as Google Storage
Fixed: Downloading of large files encountered PHP memory error
Improved: Delete pro-only scss files in free version
Fixed: Version constraints of composer dependencies
Fixed: Localized strings from restore
Fixed: Deleting FTP backup resulted in error
Fixed: openssl_encrypt compatibility with PHP 5.3

Version 3.5.1

Release Date: May 23, 2018

Fixed: call to a member function close() on null
Fixed: Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array
Fixed: Can’t use function return value in write context
Fixed: Compatibility with PHP 5.3
Fixed: Decreased size of plugin by purging unneeded files

Version 3.5.0

Release Date: May 16, 2018

Added: Restore for pro version
Fixed: stylesheet was being included on frontend
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