Backup And Move
This plugin can make all the transitions of moving a wordpress blog , creating a complete backup and restoring a previous backup very simple and smooth
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- A separate backup can be created and send to users email id as attachment.
- User can administrate backups i.e delete , download and overwrite.
- To restore a backup simply place .zip backup file in a directory along with restore.php and visit restore.php from browser. Provide restore.php with all required credentials and wait for plugin to restore .
- That’s it start blogging.
P.S everything will be restored like blogs, posts, links , etc.
Walkthrough
Installation :-
1. Upload `backup_and_move` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. That’s it try creating a new backup.
Usage screenshots:-
February 8th, 2011 at 4:59 AM
Your plugin allowed me to back up my test site to move to the the site. I uploaded the zip file and the restore.php file, I filled out the information, however when I click on restore, nothing happened. No error, nothing that says it was restoring. I’m using godaddy with a wordpress hosting account, anything you can do to help me?
Thanks,
Ron
February 8th, 2011 at 1:09 PM
HI Gaurav — I installed your plugin but it doesn’t seem to be working right. I see two backup files in the wp-backup directory, but no restore.php file. Only and index.php file. And my plugin screen which is supposed to show my two backups shows nothing. The backup screen said I made two successful backups. And the backup files seem to be in the right directory, but, as I said, I can only see them when I ftp to the site. They don’t show up through the plugin screen. And there’s no restore.php file. What did I do wrong? Thanks, Eric Taylor, administrator
February 8th, 2011 at 6:27 PM
i think there must have been some problem in creating a backup table . can u post some screen shot and if possible confirm whether a table for your prefix_backup_and_move exist in your database.
February 8th, 2011 at 6:38 PM
Did you got a screen like last screen shot on this page ?? If yes then upto which line you reached ??
Please take note of following points :-
1 There should be no zip file along with restore.php.
2 In case restore process was terminated due to some reason it might have created some temporary files so please clean your directory and then try.
February 8th, 2011 at 6:58 PM
do you have multiple sites in same folder e.g
in you blog directory say wordpress you have some folders like
wordpress/abc
wordpress/def
which are of no concern with your blog and what is the size of you wordpress directory ??
February 9th, 2011 at 3:31 AM
The restore.php is just a form and has no script.
Where should I download it from?
February 9th, 2011 at 1:59 PM
Hi,
I too am having some problems getting this to work.
I created a backup on my production server, then downloaded the zip and placed it in the /wp-backups directory. I then downloaded restore.php to my local server to wp-admin.
I run restore.php and get the screen asking for my database and url info. I complete this and press the restore button. All fields are cleared immediately but nothing else is displayed on the screen.
Your plugin could be incredibly useful to me, I really hope that I can get it to work.
I am running WP 3.05 and MAMP locally. I have no other sites on the local machine.
February 9th, 2011 at 2:18 PM
Oops, I said that I placed restore.php into wp-admin but I have actually put it in the same folder as the backup is in (wp-backups). It does not work.
February 9th, 2011 at 7:39 PM
Download link is now updated. Please try again.
February 9th, 2011 at 7:45 PM
I have made some bug fixes. Please try with updated plugin. For restoring you need to place restore.php and yourbackup.zip in a directory (no specific directory).
February 10th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Hi Gaurav..
This is something off-topic reply…FYI, I love playing chess too..always on Internet Chess Club or FICS. used to be on playchess.com too.. btw… this is very useful plugin one should install. Thanks ..see you again.
February 10th, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Oooohh man, this plugin would be so handy if it worked properly… I tested this plugin on 3 sites, and I can say that it works for 90%.. The main problem I had, was it did not recognize any of my “Theme Settings” so the footer, header etc reverted back to “default” settings as did “homepage” widget settings..
Another issue is that for some reason my sites got covered in  there is one in front of almost every other word… (I think it might be a blank space).. And another issue is that is does not migrate certain “plugin” settings.. for example it did not handle NextGen very well.
I would like to thank Gaurav, he is very close to making what could well be the most useful WP plugin out there.
Good Luck
February 10th, 2011 at 7:26 PM
Can u please elaborate on
did not recognize any of my œTheme Settings
and
my sites got covered in Â
your contribution can help my development a lot
February 10th, 2011 at 10:11 PM
I sent you an email with links to an original site, and the migrated backup site.. so you can see what I mean.
Thanks again and good luck
February 11th, 2011 at 10:22 PM
Hi!
From downloaded file – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backup-and-move/ – is missing the restore.php
Adam
February 11th, 2011 at 10:25 PM
http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/backup-and-move/tags/restore.php
February 11th, 2011 at 11:36 PM
Thanks!
February 14th, 2011 at 5:43 PM
What a GREAT PLUGIN!, however, I am experiencing issues with getting it to run properly.
I give each backup a unique name however I am running a “wildcard” Blog. an example is my website (Blog) is named “http://petsrfamilyto.com”, with other blogs attached. “http://petsrfamilyto.com/catlovers”, “http://petsrfamilyto.com/fishlovers”, “http://petsrfamilyto.com/birdlovers”, “http://petsrfamilyto.com/reptilelovers”, and soon “http://petsrfamilyto.com/horselovers”.
I submit the backup job and it runs and tells me it is completed, but, nothing shows up when I go to Manage Backups. I see “No previous backup found.”. I have run two backups already with no results.
Help?
thank you
February 15th, 2011 at 4:40 PM
Can you check whether a file or folder with unique name of backup exists in wp-backups directory of your wordpress installation.
if yes then please tell me the size of
1 entire wordpress directory
2 wp-backups
3 backup file or folder
February 16th, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Thanks for the quick reply. I went out to the file system for all of my blogs and found the “WP-Backups” folder it was in the “www” folder and there were two backups that I ran. they are both a bit over 40 mb.
The entire size of my WP directory is about 244 mb and it appears that the backups worked as they should. I’ll take a look tomorrow and let you know.
I do have another question however, I am looking for a plug-in to password my blogs with a password page that all visitors need to pass through to access the blog(s).
The purpose of this is to attempt to keep out the spammers, etc.
By chance do you have a suggestion or recommendation for something along those lines? I’ve been checking the plugins page, but, nothing that I saw there seemed to do what I need it to.
I’m just looking for an idea at this time.
Thank you again for your assistance with the backup question.
Have a GREAT DAY!
Doug
February 18th, 2011 at 12:15 PM
If you want to protect your blog against comment spammer use akismet and for protecting a particular post please refer to http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/
February 21st, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Looks like a great application. Here is my problem
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /users5/domains/texashillcountryrealestateforsale.com/web/ccr/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_zip.php on line 4
I have my site updated to latest WP. Thank you for your help!/
Andrea
February 25th, 2011 at 10:31 AM
May i know about your sever details like php version ?? mysql ??
February 27th, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Awesome plugin!
I’m not complaining here….. just thought you’d like to know my experience.
I ran a backup job and plugin said it was successful.
I tried to find the backup in the ‘Manage’ section and it wasn’t there. i went through the whole process again…..still nothing showing up in Manage section.
Through ftp I found that the plugin created a directory called wp-backups and I found the backup folder in this directory.
I did not try to restore yet.
This domain was an “add-on” domain in a cpanel configuration. The backup file was over 450mb. Also, the instructions say to move the backup zip to the needed directory. Welll. the backup was not in a zip. Should I zip it?
Also, when running the restore.php I see it asks for database info. I know this is a stupid question …. but if I have it others will. Should that database info be a new database or are you asking questions regarding the original database?
Thanks again…… I’ll do a screencast video for you once everything is working!
Scott
February 28th, 2011 at 8:09 PM
@scott you are helping me improve this plugin by sharing your experience so feel free to comment on this page
you don’t need to create a zip file yourself. If a folder is present in that directory then there was a premature termination of backup routine. Popular reasons :-
1 maximum execution time limit was crossed on your server (very very rare).
2 Database permission – have you provided ALL privileges to you db user
3 File system permissions ( rare)
Database info should be something like this :-
A already existing database
A already existing db user with all privileges on given db.
Password for that user.
I think database permission may be an issue in your case.
March 12th, 2011 at 10:24 PM
Thanks for this plugin ! . You saved my job.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:33 PM
Nice site
March 19th, 2011 at 4:28 AM
Работа для меня
March 29th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
Hi There:
I get the same error as Scott above …
“Manage Backups
Welcome to the Backup and Move Plugin. You can download and delete, already created backups from here.
No previous backup found.”
I ran a backup job and plugin said it was successful.
I tried to find the backup in the ‘Manage’ section and it wasn’t there.
Through ftp I found that the plugin created a directory called wp-backups and I found the backup folder in this directory.
Plug-in came back with “successful”, so I’m thinking it’s not a server time out. There is already an existing and running database, which has a user with all privileges. What should I be looking for re file permissions??
Thanks for all you great work!!
Ron
March 30th, 2011 at 12:37 PM
@Ron
Since backup zip file was not created there must have been some interruption. As i have already mention i think this error is due to execution time out. I am working on this issue. I will remove this issue in next bug fix probably after 10th april.
May i know the size of your WordPress directory ??
March 30th, 2011 at 2:32 PM
I just installed your plugin on my local website (EasyPhp-5.3.4.0) and managed to create a backup zip file successfully.
I uploaded this archive and restore.php to my production site via FTP and launched the restoring by filling the form with the correct infos (my local website URL is like http://127.0.0.1:8888/DomainName) but a fatal error occured :
“Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: ziparchive in /homez.20/MyDomainName/www/Blog/restore.php on line 208″
I checked my database info, I hope there is something you can do to help me ..? I can provide you with more information if needed.
THX for help
March 30th, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Hi,
While trying to install i got this error “Fatal error: Call to undefined function home_url() in D:\xampp\htdocs\hve\wp-content\plugins\backup-and-move\backup_and_move.php on line 148″.
thanking you,
March 30th, 2011 at 8:56 PM
@prabhu
Please make sure you are using WordPress 3.0 or above.
March 30th, 2011 at 9:33 PM
Hi Gaurav:
My WP Directory is approx 250 meg
Ron
March 30th, 2011 at 10:12 PM
I’m using WordPress 3.1 and ma WP directory < 50Mo.
Thx for help
March 30th, 2011 at 10:54 PM
Try to restore my site:
-put restore.php and my zip to www,
-browsed restore.php
-typed all info into fields, pressed “resore”
but have no success. have messages and error:
restoring please wait it may take few minutes …..
Extracting files.
Error !! Backup file is tempered
What is wrong?
thanks
April 1st, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Ohh very much thanks admin.
April 1st, 2011 at 6:35 PM
@eugeny
You have renamed the zip file.
@elody
“Your php installation is missing Zip Archive class (http://php.net/manual/en/class.ziparchive.php)”
probably Easy PHP do not have this class.
April 10th, 2011 at 6:16 PM
I ran your restore script and got no errors but when I try to nave to the site I get “Error establishing database connection” message.
What did I do wrong?
April 10th, 2011 at 6:22 PM
@Bob
Are you sure there was no errors ?
Can you send me wp-config.php in your wp directory.
April 10th, 2011 at 10:33 PM
This looks very useful.
However I had the same issue as bob.
“Error establishing a database connection”
I checked the config file and it didn’t have the same password I put in during the restore script. I then changed the password in the config file to the correct one but the error presisits:
Error establishing a database connection
April 14th, 2011 at 11:04 PM
@Jimmy
I have fixed the bug reported by Bob. Please reinstall plugin and everything will be fine.
April 16th, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Oups Sorry I just didn’t get your message about the Zip Archive …
Well I tried to find some information about this class, and it is included and supported in EasyPhp 5.3.4 and Php 5.3.4 I’m using, and also my server production (by including a .htaccess file with the “SetEnv PHP_VER 5_TEST” code to activate Php5 and make the ZipArchive class works).
When I try to restore my backup after filling the form, a new blank page is loaded and I just got my backup unzipped on my FTP server.
When connecting to my new URL, I’m asked to run a new WordPress installation (wp-admin/install.php), certainly because my database is empty (Yes I doubled checked my DB infos and tried 3 times, last with your new plugin).
What’s wrong now ? Maybe something about the database connection not working properly ..?
THX to help
April 17th, 2011 at 6:37 PM
@Elody
“When connecting to my new URL, I’m asked to run a new WordPress installation” It means that wp-config.php is not being saved properly.
I think your using old restore.php. Please download and use new restore.php.
In case problem persist we may try and get it fixed via IRC chat and screen sharing.
April 17th, 2011 at 6:38 PM
I used the latest version of restore.php, downloaded yesterday april the 15th … but I re-downloaded it an houre ago to make another attempt, but still the same wordpress reinstallation process at the end.
By the way, I have the following information written in my .htaccess file after unzipping :
“# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /ElodesignV3/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /ElodesignV3/index.php [L]
# END WordPress”
I checked my new wp-config.php and the NEW infos are in place, whereas my database is still empty.
I realize that after clicking the Restore button I never get the last screenshot “restore-complete.jpg” while the restoring is beeing processed … I only get an empty page loaded after 10 sec and the file unzipped on my FTP.
I don’t know why I miss the database import step :-/
I might need some direct help on this one, thanks for your time …
April 19th, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Hi- I just moved my wordpress site successfully using this plug in, but how do I change the database name and log in information to reflect the new domain? When I go to admin it reverts back to the old information so I am not editing the new files?
May 1st, 2011 at 10:42 AM
@barb you are suppose to provide these details while restoring in restore.php
May 9th, 2011 at 3:39 PM
Works for me. A scheduled backup feature might be a good addition.
Thanks for great plugin!
May 12th, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Hello, is this plugin with current WP 3.1.2 version?
Thanks.
May 14th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Hello, Nice plugin, Thank you.
However, I’m having the same or simalar problem as Scott, I suspect.
I have several different server shared hosting accounts(different class IP), domain names, and wordpress installations and your plugin.
The first installation run of your plugin created the correct .zip file, with .sql db backup inside. 7MB – 10MB
However, now whenever I create a backup,(have tried several times since to create a backup, and on different servers) I get a backup copy created, but it is a complete folder/copy/directory of the entire site with NO mysql db .sql file located inside. Just all the site folders and files. NO .ZIP file. It is then very time consuming to delete this up to 10MB directory via ftp.
“Abnormal termination of backup creation procedure without .zip file. Reported by Scott”
In my case I don’t think it is “Abnormal termination” because I tried, without success, several times and on different servers.
Why wasn’t the .sql file created and left in the backup directory? – even though it wasn’t zipped.
My sites are under 10MB in size.
I hope you can figure this one out because this can be a great plugin if it can reliably backup, “AND” zip a complete WP site.
Cheers
May 27th, 2011 at 10:46 PM
Excelent plugin. Easy and fast!!
Thank you very much.
June 3rd, 2011 at 12:33 PM
Hello,
Nice plugin! Is there any feature for upload with ftp?
So, we can send our backup files to other hosting.
Thank you.
June 3rd, 2011 at 10:35 PM
Hi- I would like to restore this site:
http://loanrebateinc.com/
to a subdomain:
http://sandiego.mortgage.loanrebateinc.com/
Is this possible?
Thank you,
-John
June 5th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Do your plugin transfer all of a blogs wordpress plugins including their setting and any customizations?
June 9th, 2011 at 7:14 AM
I just used your Backup and Move WordPress plugin after attempting various other methods to migrate my site to a new host. I have to say THANK YOU for a painless solution to move a WordPress site. It grabbed the pictures, themes and JS files!
Thank you again for a jam up plugin!
June 25th, 2011 at 5:15 AM
Hi Gaurav,
This looks like a very nice plugin. Will this work with 3.1.3? Will an update be coming out soon?
Thanks,
togrok
June 25th, 2011 at 11:44 PM
@togrok
sorry but i have not tested it on 3.1.3. Do watch out for an update next month.
@John
yes, it is possible please refer to screenshots for help.
@Rob
your welcome
June 26th, 2011 at 6:57 AM
I need a hand to put the required credentials in the fields of the restore.php page. eg
- what is the Database host?
- what is the Database user? is the MySQL user eg. worldofm_wrdp1 that was created when I set up wordpress?
- what is Database name? Is it the zip file that is in the directory with the restore.php file?
- what is the Database password? is it the password I used when I set up WordPress (as I didn’t set up another passwords)
If someone can clarify this, so the instructions where clearer, I believe this would be a valuable tool for lots of people.
June 26th, 2011 at 11:44 PM
@Dave
For sample values open your wp-config.php in any text editor
Database host is the server which hosts your MySQL database
Database user is the database user which have all required permission for your database
worldofm_wrdp1 seems to be database name but please confirm with your host
Database password is the password for above mentioned database user.
June 29th, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Hi, I’ve just taken my backup to a new server. When I try to restore, i get the message “Error !! a previous installation found”.
July 2nd, 2011 at 6:46 PM
Hello,
Just to let you know this worked perfectly on 3.12, then updated to 3.14. You have to make the database and put the restore.php and backup in the root of the new site.
Thank you very much!
Bob
July 2nd, 2011 at 6:46 PM
@steve you might have a previous copy of wp in same directory. Try deleting wp-config.php.
July 5th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Hey,
Just ran this – made a new db and did all your instructions. It was successful, but aside from my homepage, all my links point to the old blog location rather than having made new ones.
To see what I mean, the move was to divinacommunications.com/test
the original was divinacommunications.com/Playground
All of the actual blog content is being linked to the original – go to the first link and see what i mean. How do I fix that?
July 6th, 2011 at 3:37 PM
Hello
Installed the plugin, getting the “No previous backup found.” There was no wp-backups dir (would have been under www) can you advise as to how to debug?
Thanks!
Paul
July 7th, 2011 at 12:56 PM
when i run a backup it
says it was succesfull but when i click on manage backups it says there
is no backup, in the ftp logs under wp-backups there is a folder with
the backup name. what can i do to resolve
July 9th, 2011 at 7:37 PM
I couldnt get this to work. I had an error … so I am trying to install it to another account. Should I not install wordpress platform first? Or should I just the restore.php and backup.zip in a black hosting account. Also is the DB host, username,password from the one I want to restore it to … or from the old site?
July 9th, 2011 at 11:49 PM
@vistoria
I couldn’t get you
@nikita
no just place restore.php and backup .zip file in same directory and follow instructions.
@Paul
wp-backup dir will be created when you enable the plugin. If you are getting any error in doing so please report it.
July 12th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Like to say a big thank you for the purpose of this plugin along with the constant effort of coding it to perfection.
As what some have reflected before, i am encountering the same situation: backup went on fine. No backup found. No backup folder found as well.
My spec in short:
PHP Version: 5.3.2
MySQL Version: 5.0.92-community
WordPress: 3.2
WordPress Installtion: no via CPanel but ftp and manual install
Active Plugins: Ultimate tag cloud widget, wp-dropcaps and Backup and Move Plugin
I cannot figure out what went wrong. No backup folder created when activated. No error message when installing and activating your plugin.
Please help…
July 18th, 2011 at 12:49 PM
This seems like a great tool, unfortunately my host (DreamHost) also doesn’t seem to have compiled PHP with the ZipArchive class… maybe a security measure? Anyway, it would be great to just have an override where we can expand the archive however necessary and just run the configuration part.
July 22nd, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Just tried your plugin.
Man, it’s awesome. First of it’s kind that do the job without any error.
THANK YOU !!!
btw : link to ‘restore.php’ should be better exposed i guess.
July 27th, 2011 at 3:53 AM
Everything seems to work until I try to restore the backup O get an error message saying ‘Error !! Backup file is tempered’
have re-uploaded several times, I am now trying to unzip it manually
thanks for any help
August 2nd, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Hey there! Always thought you had a lot of potential but didn’t know you were using it to this extent. Got to know about this only today, and loved it!
Keep up and keep inspiring!
August 7th, 2011 at 1:44 AM
Help- I put in the correct folder, went to activate, and got this error message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function home_url() in /home/content/73/5726673/html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/backup_and_move.php on line 144
And worse… now that’s appearing every time I click ANYTHING. I can’t even uninstall.
August 9th, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Submitted on 2011/08/09 at 11:16 PM
I know this is a still in beta release, but I’d like to add a suggestion (or feature request, if you prefer).
- Add an environments table (e.g. Development, Test, pre-production, production, etc.) that contains FTP and DB credentials and everything needed to install a package (Website name, folders, …)
- To the packages manager, add a feature that automatically uploads a package to one of the environments above
- Add an additional feature that, once packages are automatically uploaded, they’re also automatically installed
This would made even easier migration from development to test environments and, with another additional option that allows to not upload the DB, it would be easier to migrate from test, to (pre)production.
Besides that: thank you very much for this really awesome plugin!
August 10th, 2011 at 8:21 AM
Hello..
I have a site.. medlem.dhb-pics.dk..
Where i have installed your plugin..
I want to move it all from that site to eventfotograf.dk
But i get this error.. And i have not renamed the backup at all.
restoring please wait it may take few minutes …..
Extracting files.
Error !! Backup file is tempered
…
Can you please help me.
August 12th, 2011 at 4:47 AM
Thank you for this plugin, I find it extremely useful.
I am restoring a copy of my production site into a dev environment and I am getting the following error now.
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 11079334 bytes) in /home/cblived2/public_html/restore.php on line 238
On my production site I have allocated 256MB of memory to PHP by editing the WP_Config file. So my assumption is that I am running out of memory restoring the site and that somehow I need to figure out how to allocate more memory to PHP, but doing so outside of the wp-config file as the restore process is in effect writing it out. I have root access on the dev server if the change needs to occur at the Apache, I am just not sure where to begin or if I am even thinking about this problem correctly.
Thanks,
Paul
August 12th, 2011 at 3:47 PM
What I don’t get is how I get to the screen shown above where I imput my last domain and the new domain and login…? How do I get to that step? I have backed up the site and downloaded it to my hd and also downloaded the Restore text file.
The steps above show restore screens, but nothing saying how you got those screens up. Do you need to type in the new domain.com/restore.php or something like that? Or is there another script that I should be running?
Please help by sending me an email.
Thanks!
August 12th, 2011 at 7:48 PM
Resolved the issue and wanted to follow up:
1.) Default installations of php has too little memory allocated to it. In some instances only 8MB.
2.) There are generally a handful of ways to increase the memory, most of the time folks describe it at the app level. So for WP that is in the WP-Config file. However, if you have a fatal error during a restore you can see the problem as the wp-config file has yet to be written. Solution, allocate more memory at the web server level.
3.) Create a test.php file with phpinfo() method in it to see how much memory you have allocated by default. My setup had 32M and I was allocating 256M in the wp-config file.
4.) Steps to edit the php.ini file when you have root access.
- Log in as root.
- Type the following and hit enter: vi /usr/local/lib/php.ini
- Now that you’re in vi, hit escape a few times then type the following and hit enter: /memory_limit
- That basically does a “find” in the file you’re editing.
- Press the “i” key. This puts you in “insert” mode, which basically allows you to edit things.
- Change the current setting (probably 8M) to 128M.
- Press escape, then type :wq and hit enter. That says “save the file and quit.”
5.) Restart apache
6.) Visit the test.php file to see that your new allocation of memory has actually been configured
7.) Try restore process all over again (don’t forget to delete any DB tables created and all files accept restore.php and yourback.zip in your restore destination.
August 14th, 2011 at 1:43 AM
Thanks for this plugin. I appreciate all your hard work. I found the backup zip in the wp-backups folder and added the restore.php file that you provided in the link above. When I open it in the browser, it shows all the code overlapping the proper restore screen. All that’s in the backup folder is the restore.php and backup.zip. Help!
August 16th, 2011 at 5:50 PM
I moved a wordpress site successfully with this plugin but have an error now in my admin area saying the the uploads folder is not writable. I then set the settings to 755 but still not working.
Thanks,
August 16th, 2011 at 5:56 PM
further to last post – just fixed it thanks, it was pointing to the old sites upload folder. set this to the default upload dirrectory under the settings/media page in admin and all good.
August 16th, 2011 at 7:52 PM
On first site worked great, loved it. On second site (three column theme) it doesn’t show any widgets or contents that should be in the third column.
Thanks,
August 18th, 2011 at 4:20 AM
Hello,
I tried to restore to a different domain name, but all the menu links are still at the old url. The http://www.ark26.com is the new domain name. Is there a way to do this? This is an awesome plugin otherwise!
Thanks,
Bob
August 18th, 2011 at 6:32 PM
is this possible to use to install to a MAMP wordpress installation….
M
August 18th, 2011 at 8:29 PM
@mark
yes it will work with mamp.
@togrok
I have made a primitive procedure for that as well. Suppose your previous domain was http://www.abc.com and your new domain is http://www.ark26.com.
I have made an assumption that all you plugin will have a link like http://www.abc.com so in
Previous url fill abc.com
New url fill ark26.com
@Terry-Anne
Use backup .zip file and restore only when you need to restore. Place both of them in same directory and follow instruction.
@paul
Thanks
@Ryan K
You need to visit that restore.php in a browser suppose you have placed it in htdocs in xampp visit http://localhost/restore.php
@David
Can you mail/post wp-config.php in .zip file ?
@Andrea
Thanks for suggestions most of them are on my list for next release.
@Lindsey
Please make sure that you are using WP 3.0 or higher.
@Abhijit Raj
Thanks dude
@neil
Have you renamed .zip file ??
@JesterRaiin
…. I am planning to move this project to code.google.com
Thanks
@Rich Webster
I will try to improve on this in next release.
Thanks
@Maverick
I think runtime of php script is too low for your backup size. Plz try and follow what paul has done.
August 18th, 2011 at 9:23 PM
Hi all, wanted to ask if anyone is having a similar problem or ideas on how to resolve.
1.) I run the backup and I get the message that the backup has been completed.
2.) When I visit the Manage Backups section no backups are there and when I view the wp-backups folder as root or the account owner I do not see anything in the folder.
I believe that I am having a permission issue but I am not sure where to begin, here are a few lines from the log file.
I have replaced the IP numbers in this log file with xxx:
[Thu Aug 18 11:42:26 2011] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘RuntimeException’ with message ‘DirectoryIterator::__construct(/home/testsite/public_html/wp-backups/08182011) [directoryiterator.--construct]: failed to open dir: No such file or directory’ in /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_zip.php:27\nStack trace:\n#0 /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_zip.php(27): DirectoryIterator->__construct(‘/home/testsite/…’)\n#1 /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_zip.php(19): backup_and_move_ZipFolder->zip(’08182011′)\n#2 /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_core.php(19): backup_and_move_ZipFolder->__construct(‘/home/testsite/…’, ‘/home/testsite/…’, ‘.svn’)\n#3 [internal function]: backup_and_move_create(”)\n#4 /home/testsite/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(405): call_user_func_array(‘backup_and_move…’, Array)\n#5 /home/livec in /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_zip.php on line 27, referer: http://abc.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backup_and_move-plugin
[Thu Aug 18 11:42:26 2011] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] PHP Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_functions.php on line 46, referer: http://abc.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backup_and_move-plugin
[Thu Aug 18 11:42:26 2011] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] PHP Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_functions.php on line 45, referer: http://abc.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backup_and_move-plugin
[Thu Aug 18 11:42:26 2011] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] PHP Warning: fopen(/home/testsite/public_html/wp-backups/08182011/database.sql) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_functions.php on line 44, referer: http://abc.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backup_and_move-plugin
[Thu Aug 18 11:42:23 2011] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] PHP Warning: copy(/home/testsite/public_html/wp-backups/08182011/wp-config.php) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/testsite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/core/backup_and_move_functions.php on line 70, referer: http://abc.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backup_and_move-plugin
Thoughts?
August 19th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
@Paul
Yes, I think php scripts do not have sufficient permission to read and archive your wp installation. Try with 721 and 755 (if required).
August 22nd, 2011 at 9:04 PM
After changing the permissions on the scripts to 755 and running the backup process, I am sent to a blank page wp-admin/admin.php?backup_name=08222011&submit=Backup and the backup does not show up in manage backup. Prior to changing the permissions the backup would return the message “backup is complete.” Perhaps it is the permission of other files?
August 22nd, 2011 at 9:22 PM
@Paul
I think your wp-backups directory is not writable. Try to change permission manually. Let me know if this works. I have made some bug fixes in restore.php and plugin so please use updated version.
August 22nd, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Lastly, here are the last few lines of error log.
[Mon Aug 22 11:35:44 2011] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /home/test/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/js/delete.js, referer: http://test.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backup_and_move_previous
[Mon Aug 22 11:35:41 2011] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /home/test/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backup-and-move/js/delete.js, referer: http://test.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=backup_and_move-plugin
@admin – set the wp-backup folder to 777 and still the same error.
August 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 PM
@Paul
I doubt you managed to change permissions in .js and wp-backups directory.
Can you join #logiclord on freenode IRC ?
If yes please do so i will directly help you out.
August 22nd, 2011 at 10:49 PM
@admin, I am in #logiclord using the nick ruprick.
August 26th, 2011 at 11:59 PM
I’ve got an error after trying to restore a website:
Fatal error: Class ‘ZipArchive’ not found in /home/wordpress/public_html/restore.php on line 207
What is the problem on line 207 ?!
August 28th, 2011 at 6:46 PM
@Mihai
Your host doesn’t have ZipArchive Class in PHP. Contact technical staff of your host.
September 22nd, 2011 at 6:19 PM
I”m frustrated beyond belief.. this appears to be a great plug-in, but I can’t get it to work. I’m using a mac and I get the file uploaded (It’s not renamed.) I named it “Backup” when I did the backup. I put restore.php in the same folder and every time it ends installation with “Error !! Backup file is tempered”
WRONG.. I don’t touch the backup file or the name. What filename is restore.php looking for? Please help..
Thanks,
Matt
September 30th, 2011 at 10:30 PM
@Matt
Name of .zip file should be same as name of directory created after extracting it.
October 6th, 2011 at 10:02 PM
hi–love your plugin, worked great on 2 sites, then just hangs at “processing” on another site. no backup. tried in ie and firefox too…reinstalled and still hangs. Not very techie, what can I try?
October 6th, 2011 at 10:08 PM
@gail
1 What is there in you wp-backups directory ? (use ftp client to check that)
2 Permission for wp-backups directory
October 6th, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Well there they are, sitting there in that file.So it is making them but says there aren’t any. Any idea why they don’t show up in WordPress? I am admin. thanks!!!
October 7th, 2011 at 5:19 PM
WHen I run the restore.php all I see is the php code for the web page in the browser, not the web page itself. Any thoughts?
October 20th, 2011 at 8:20 PM
keep getting:
restoring please wait it may take few minutes …..
Extracting files.
failed in extracting
any ideas?
October 20th, 2011 at 10:40 PM
@David
Please confirm that your host supports ZipArchive
October 27th, 2011 at 11:21 AM
@Rick
You need to place that file on a server e.g. Apache. Pls refer to video Walk through.
October 28th, 2011 at 7:30 AM
Can you please explain what do you mean by the 4 field required for the restoration, Database host, user, name, password. Thanks.
October 28th, 2011 at 3:32 PM
@ammar
How to get these ?
Database host : Name of the host on which your new database will be hosted (mostly localhost )
user : username for your database
name : name of the database which will be user for restoring
password : password for above user on your database
November 2nd, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I successfully restored to a new location but now when I try to login to wp-admin I get redirected to the original location. How can I fix this? Thanks!
November 3rd, 2011 at 5:35 AM
I was having the problem where it would say everything was successful, and the server files were copied to the backup directory, but no .zip was created, and no database file was made. I found the problem to be that there was a large table (50k rows of data) in the same database as my WP tables, which it was trying to back up and caused a memory error.
I fixed it by adding a condition to the backup_and_move_backup_tables function:
foreach($tables as $table) {
//ONLY BACKUP THIS SITE’S TABLES!
if(strpos($table, $wpdb->base_prefix) !== false){
…
This ensures that only the table in the current site are backed up, and avoided my memory issue. Hope this helps someone!
November 6th, 2011 at 7:44 PM
@Michele
Follow the video tutorial. Just go to permalinks and save your settings as shown.
November 6th, 2011 at 9:23 PM
After back up says it’s completed, it still doesn’t show on WP, Manage Backup
November 19th, 2011 at 5:12 AM
Hi, I’ve successfully used this for moving 2 sites to new hosting but I’m having trouble with a third. I install and activate the plugin, which says it’s successful but when I try to make a backup, the status says: Please wait. It may take a few minutes. processing … and ermm… that’s all that happens. It won’t make a backup
I’ve tried deleting and re-installing. Deactivating all the other plugins. Logging in as a different user. Nothing works! Any ideas what’s wrong? Thanks for you help 
November 19th, 2011 at 5:12 AM
Hi, I’ve successfully used this for moving 2 sites to new hosting but I’m having trouble with a third. I install and activate the plugin, which says it’s successful but when I try to make a backup, the status says: Please wait. It may take a few minutes. processing … and ermm… that’s all that happens. It won’t make a backup
I’ve tried deleting and re-installing. Deactivating all the other plugins. Logging in as a different user. Nothing works! Any ideas what’s wrong? Thanks for you help 
November 19th, 2011 at 5:24 AM
Aha! I’ve just managed to get it to work – maybe it was my crappy internet connection! Delete my comment
and thank you for all your hard work on this amazing plugin!!!!
November 19th, 2011 at 7:51 PM
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user ‘flashmob_wp2′@’localhost’ (using password: YES) in /home/flashmob/public_html/restore.php on line 193
Error !! Could not connect to databse: Access denied for user ‘flashmob_wp2′@’localhost’ (using password: YES)
please help me, i’m half dead…i get that error above
November 19th, 2011 at 7:56 PM
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user ‘flashmob_new’@'localhost’ (using password: YES) in /home/flashmob/public_html/restore.php on line 193
Error !! Could not connect to databse: Access denied for user ‘flashmob_new’@'localhost’ (using password: YES)
this is the message i’m gettin after creating a new DB with a new user,
pls help
November 19th, 2011 at 7:58 PM
it worked, i’m a dumb moron, ignore me
November 27th, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Gaurav, your plugin is very helpful for me.
Thank you very much.
Now backup and moving really easy for me!
December 8th, 2011 at 8:54 PM
Hello,
Thanks for a great plugin. I have successfully used it many times. However, I am having trouble for the first time on a new site. I am getting the ‘No previous backup found’ message after a successful backup is reported. I find a folder under the wp-backups for my backups, but not zip file. What can i do?
December 23rd, 2011 at 7:30 AM
Please help.
Having an error and I’m using a Godaddy Host.
restoring please wait it may take few minutes …..
Extracting files.
Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: ziparchive in /home/content/m/o/d/modmex/html/restore.php on line 207
December 23rd, 2011 at 10:40 PM
@Cecil
Your hosting doesn’t seems to have Ziparchive class
@Wayne, Kat and Sarah
Can you confirm chmod value of wp-backups directory ?
January 4th, 2012 at 6:43 AM
I THINK this worked. When I try to back up it says “Please wait. It may take a few minutes. processing …” for a LONG time.
BUT there is a a .zip file in the wp-backups folder 41,340,760 bytes according to Filezilla.
Did it work? I want to make sure before I update wo new WordPress version.
January 4th, 2012 at 6:46 AM
Oops just got am email saying it was done. and it shows up in the manage backup list. SoI think I’m good
If I can get this to move to a new site and change all the links I think this will be the BEST plugin EVER created!
January 6th, 2012 at 5:14 AM
What does this mean???
Name of .zip file should be same as name of directory created after extracting it.
January 7th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
@rick
There is a directory inside .zip file. Name of that directory is same as .zip file unless you manually try to rename it.
January 10th, 2012 at 11:01 PM
Might be worth mentioning that the directory you put replace.php is the directory that all of the backup files will end up. Not the root directory (which is a common desired location). So place the restore.php in whatever directory you want your URL to be…
January 27th, 2012 at 3:11 AM
Hi! looks like an awesome tool – just one question: is it possible to use it to liberate single blogs out of a WP multisite network? I am desperately looking for a solution to get my subdomain blogs with all settings, themes, uploaded media, etc. and convert them to single WP installs on the same subdomain… Any chance to to this with your plugin? cheers and thanks
Martin
February 1st, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Heya! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any trouble with hackers? My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing many months of hard work due to no data backup. Do you have any solutions to protect against hackers?
February 4th, 2012 at 7:41 AM
hi,
I’m receiving the same error as Cata
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user ‘flashmob_new’@’localhost’ (using password: YES) in /home/flashmob/public_html/restore.php on line 193
Error !! Could not connect to databse: Access denied for user ‘flashmob_new’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)
this is the message i’m gettin after creating a new DB with a new user,
please help
February 8th, 2012 at 11:23 PM
I’m hoping you can help me. I have issues often with trying to backup databases. Often times it just sits there saying “Please wait. It may take a few minutes. processing …” and never creates a backup. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to ultilize this plugin but cannot figure out why sometimes it backs up and sometimes not. Any help would be greatly appreciated! These are NOT big sites either. Very small.
February 8th, 2012 at 11:25 PM
I should mention I do have three installtions of WordPress on my site one is in the root directory, and the other two are in seperate folders. I don’t know if that is causing an issue. I hope not.
February 8th, 2012 at 11:46 PM
So I’m moving a backup to an exsiting site and I want to make sure I have the directions correct before I take down their site.
I am going to run a fresh install of WP, then I place the zip file and the restore file in the root directory? And then how to do I get the restore form to come up? HELP!
February 9th, 2012 at 12:00 AM
@Tanya
No, you don’t need to get a fresh WP installation while restoring. Just place restore.php and .zip file in a directory and visit restore.php via proper path in browser.
I might be trying to zip complete root directory for root installation.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Ok so I have the zip file and the restore file in the root directory. I went to http://www.freecakesforkidssouthsound.com/restore.php, it then asks for my FTP user name and password and then just downloads the restore.php file as a text file. No form comes up.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:19 PM
LOL please disreguard my previous comment. When I click on my link it works!
February 9th, 2012 at 12:21 PM
So I restored the database to http://www.freecakesforkids.com. But when you go to that site it redirectcs you back to the site I was built on?
February 9th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
When I restored the database I entered the Host, User, Name and password from the OLD database. If in fact it was incorrect how do I find the information for the NEW database since it already overwrote the wp-config file.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Ok this is what I got:
restoring please wait it may take few minutes …..
Extracting files.
failed in extracting
Warning: file_get_contents(wp-config.php) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/00/8944000/html/restore.php on line 223
Creating configuration files.
Warning: file_get_contents(database.sql) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/00/8944000/html/restore.php on line 240
Importing database.
Removing temporary files.
Warning: unlink(database.sql) [function.unlink]: No such file or directory in /home/content/00/8944000/html/restore.php on line 264
Process completed.
Delete restore.php to complete process.
February 9th, 2012 at 9:47 PM
@Tanya
Could you cross check whether database.sql and wp-config.php exists in .zip file.
February 9th, 2012 at 9:55 PM
Yes there is a wp-config file and a database.sql file in the zip folder. I just uninstalled WordPress and am reinstalling. I thought it would just be easier to start from scratch. Before I do the restore again though when I enter the Host, User, Name and password should it be for the NEW site?
February 9th, 2012 at 9:56 PM
@Tanya
yes these must be new details.
February 9th, 2012 at 10:05 PM
Dang did not work. First I got the “already installed” error so I deleted the wp-config file.
Then I got this:
restoring please wait it may take few minutes …..
Extracting files.
failed in extracting
Warning: file_get_contents(wp-config.php) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/00/8944000/html/restore.php on line 223
Creating configuration files.
Warning: file_get_contents(database.sql) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/00/8944000/html/restore.php on line 240
Importing database.
Removing temporary files.
Warning: unlink(database.sql) [function.unlink]: No such file or directory in /home/content/00/8944000/html/restore.php on line 264
Process completed.
Delete restore.php to complete process.
February 14th, 2012 at 12:57 AM
Hi, I’m trying to move this site to another server. I was able to run the script successfully but after complete only 2 empty php files were created and a directory for the backup.
wp-config.php and wp-backups\index.php are created but empty. The folder wp-backups has the original zip file.
February 15th, 2012 at 3:01 AM
Thank you for your work on this plugin.
I installed it and ran the backup twice. No database ever . But there were two folders under “manage databases” in wp-backup. Neither one was zipped. SO I zipped one and brought it over to my new server. I followed your instructions and placed the zip file and restore.php in a folder and ran the restore script.
what I received was the following error.
restoring please wait it may take few minutes …..
Extracting files.
Error !! Backup file is tempered manage databases
I noticed in one of your replies above that you said the restore.php and the *.zip file should not be in the same folder.
On your WordPress plugin page your instructions state to put the zip file and restore.php in the same folder.
Any insight?
Thank you
February 16th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
@Tony
there must be a .zip file in your wp-backups directory. If this zip file is missing could you list files/directory in wp-backups
@jagbo
You need to put the zip file and restore.php in the same folder.
March 12th, 2012 at 7:56 PM
Hi,
I started the restore.php an hour ago and I am still wating for any progress:
restoring please wait it may take few minutes …..
Extracting files.
The size of the zip file is 25mb.
Any ideas?
March 12th, 2012 at 10:57 PM
I’m having problems with this plugin.
Firstly I can see zip files in my wp-backup folder but nothing is appearing in dashboard / backup move / manage backups.
Yesterday I ran two backups as a test and received emails, today I am tring to run a final backup and not receiving any emails. I have checked SPAM.
I cannot work out how to download the restore.php file. If I click download, it just opens a new browser with code.
Many thanks.
March 13th, 2012 at 1:09 AM
The backup & restore seems to have partially failed.
I attempted to backup the following site which was created and changed using a template with demo data
http://www.saffuze.com/sandbox2
I attempted to restore it to
http://www.saffuze.com/bqchocolate
The plugin appears to have backed up the previous demo data and excluded some of the modifications and new pages / posts / widgets etc.
Have I done something wrong ?
March 16th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
@John
Save restore.php file. You might have used an old backup file. Did you interrupted restore process ?
@Samira
One hour is just too much for this sized backup. What was the status of you directory ? all content was extracted ? pls check via ftp.
March 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Website Online Backup Review are reporting that this information is incorrect, as they got the following email from Mozy: Mozy supports
March 27th, 2012 at 7:34 PM
I’m trying to backup my current site and have used your plugin twice before without problems. However, in the last few days I haven’t been able to see if the backups are working. In the dashboard under “manager backups” there are no files. And for the current site I don’t have access to see if there is a zip file under wp-backup.
March 28th, 2012 at 4:28 AM
Once I got it to work, it worked perfectly. Thanks!!
April 6th, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Dear Sir,
I have done the restoration and an error message appear (but I forgot to write it down). I try to re restore, this message appear “Error !! a previous installation found.”
What should I do ?
April 7th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
My problem solved. I delete all file except restore.php and the zip file, did re restoration, and done.
Thank you for the awesome plugin
April 8th, 2012 at 4:50 PM
hi,
backup an move fails…i get a file created called 080412.zip.V_a4n2
and a directory called 080412 with all files inside…
any idea?
thanks a lot
April 12th, 2012 at 3:02 AM
A very nice plugin, thank you. I have just a little problem. After completing the process, some characters are broken (i.e. appears “?” instead of “ı” or “ş” in Turkish language). I’m doing something wrong?
April 14th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
I got this when trying to restore…. Error !! Backup file is tempered
April 18th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
hi,
i have followed your steps and have got to the final stage now where it is asking for the database information at the restore.php part. However i am unsure how to create a new database in php like you did because i think im using a newer version and the layout looks different.
the control panel i use has already created one when i installed wordpress but im unsure how to obtain the username password and database name etc
April 24th, 2012 at 8:23 PM
Dear sir,
I did back up on 16 Apr, it was successful (zip file created). But when I did backup subsequently on 22, 23 Apr, it did not finished though I waited for hours, and no zip file created.
I did deactivate the plugin, delete it and then reinstall, and try to do backup, still no response.
What went wrong and what should I do ?
Thank you
May 7th, 2012 at 4:16 PM
Thank you for this little gem.
Backup works excellent on WP 3.3.2; interface is strikingly laconic and minimalistic, but still intuitive and usable.
Fortunately, I have not had a chance to experience emergency restore yet!
A suggestion: why not to include a full HTML manual and restore.php right into the downloadable archive?
May 18th, 2012 at 5:55 PM
Hi, I installed your plug-in and it was working fine in creating backups. For some reason it has stopped working.
I go to run a backup and it works too quickly, it then says
Backup created successfully
When I go to manage backups it says
No previous backup found.
You can see what happens in this video
http://screencast.com/t/zZn30e1nFD
any help would be appreaciated
May 18th, 2012 at 6:12 PM
OK more of a clue about where this backup process is failing.
I FTP’d to the site and there IS a folder there using the backup name, there are files in that folder.
I have no way of knowing if the backup did backup all the files or got stuck somewhere and bombed out.
No Zip file was created
Tried moving all of the backups out but still does not work.
Do you have any code that will give put up labels so that as it gets past each task it can say where it was when it crashed?
May 18th, 2012 at 9:27 PM
@J Wilson
Compare size of backup folder and your wordpress installation folder…. If you have shell access you can compare more easily
@Vladimir
Will surely consider that
@Khairun
Are trying to use same name as any previous backup ?
@Ross
For creating database please refer to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBz2lG_jm-A and for passwords use wp-config.php in wordpress directory
@steve
Please follow steps as shown in tutorial. Most common mistakes :-
You should not rename .zip file
You should not have any other file or folder except restore.php and backup zip file
@hakan
Must be some encoding issues sorry will try and fix them
@sabine
Compare size of backup folder and your wordpress installation folder…. If you have shell access you can compare more easily
May 19th, 2012 at 12:52 AM
090412.zip.Z8aOsF file has got exactly 30 MB
the installation folder 61.26 MB
thnx for reply