Restoring now lets you choose whether to rewrite the old site's web address in the database. It stays ticked by default, so restores and clones behave exactly as before unless you say otherwise.<\/p>","1.10.8":"
Makes the uploader adapt its piece size to your connection, shows speed and time remaining while it runs, and hardens resumed uploads against a piece landing in the wrong place.<\/p>","1.10.7":"
Important if you use encrypted off-site backups. Uploading a .zip.enc file was refused outright \u2014 it now imports and unlocks automatically. Also fixes housekeeping never running on sites with off-site storage switched off.<\/p>","1.10.6":"
The dashboard now catches up on its own when a backup and its off-site upload have finished, instead of waiting for you to reload the page. Recommended for everyone on 1.10.5.<\/p>","1.10.5":"
Important if you send backups off-site. Fixes the dashboard telling you your site was not backed up when in fact everything was safely in your cloud storage, brings back the upload progress bar, and makes Back Up Now visibly do something without a page reload.<\/p>","1.10.4":"
Screenshots on the plugin page. No code changed since 1.10.3 \u2014 nothing to do if you are already on it.<\/p>","1.10.3":"
The live activity console is now part of the free plugin, where it always belonged. Plus a rebuilt Dashboard: a guided three-step setup, big pressable tiles, a plain-English recovery plan for when things go wrong, and one sentence telling you whether your site is safe. Also fixes it ignoring your off-site backups \u2014 it read "0 backups stored" even with copies safely in Google Drive or OneDrive. The figures now count everything you have, wherever it is kept, and a new panel shows where each backup lives. Adds a Support tab. Pro users should update to 1.6.2 as well.<\/p>","1.10.1":"
Paperwork only \u2014 nothing behaves differently. Documents why the off-site code needs direct network and file access, and fixes two dead links in the readme.<\/p>","1.10.0":"
Adds thirteen more AI abilities, so an assistant connected through an MCP plugin can handle almost the whole plugin for you \u2014 schedules, storage, off-site destinations, download links and housekeeping. Restoring is still yours alone, and the destructive actions confirm first.<\/p>","1.9.0":"
Off-site backups are now free: connect Google Drive or OneDrive in one click, and pull a backup back down from the cloud when you need it. Pro users \u2014 your existing Drive and OneDrive connections carry across untouched; update Pro to 1.6.0 alongside this.<\/p>","1.8.3":"
Please update. An older build (1.7.0) was published by mistake and would roll your site back several releases. 1.8.3 is the current, correct code \u2014 updating puts you back on the right version. Your backups and settings are unaffected.<\/p>","1.7.0":"
Adds AI assistant support via the WordPress Abilities API (WP 6.9+): connect Claude or ChatGPT through an MCP plugin like WPVibe to check status and health, list and verify backups, start one, and manage the schedule. Admin-only, and restore is not exposed to assistants. Backups themselves are unchanged.<\/p>","1.2.10":"
CRITICAL: fixes backups duplicating files and growing forever on strict hosts. Update immediately, force-stop any running backup, then back up fresh.<\/p>","1.2.9":"
Final hardening: fingerprinting can no longer stall a backup under any circumstances \u2014 worst case it is skipped and the backup completes. Strongly recommended.<\/p>","1.2.8":"
Stops the backup archiving entire nested subdomain\/addon-domain WordPress sites inside this site's folder. Backups return to their normal size and speed.<\/p>","1.2.7":"
CRITICAL fix over 1.2.6: stops backups double-archiving and growing forever. Update immediately, force-stop any running backup, then back up fresh.<\/p>","1.2.6":"
Important: backups now keep running even with the dashboard closed or the browser tab in the background \u2014 any site traffic advances them automatically.<\/p>","1.2.5":"
Fixes big backups getting stuck forever at the fingerprinting step on hosts with strict request limits \u2014 the finalise is now fully resumable with live progress.<\/p>","1.2.4":"
Large backups no longer look frozen at the end \u2014 the finalise steps (database fold-in, verify, fingerprint) now report live progress.<\/p>","1.2.3":"
Improves the completion email so Pro can hide a download link that would break when the local copy is auto-deleted after off-site upload. Pairs with Pro 1.3.5.<\/p>","1.2.2":"
Moves the Pro off-site upload panel\/progress bar to sit directly under the backup card. Install alongside DadsFam Backups Pro 1.2.2.<\/p>","1.2.1":"
Fixes the file-archiving counter showing more than 100% on active sites. Cosmetic but recommended.<\/p>","1.2.0":"
The dashboard now shows the Pro advanced schedule correctly (no more misleading "Off") and hosts the new Pro Off-site backups panel. Install together with DadsFam Backups Pro 1.1.0 if you run Pro.<\/p>","1.1.0":"
Feature release: backup verification with checksums, WP-CLI commands (wp dfb backup \/ list \/ verify), a send-test-email button, and a dashboard health widget. Recommended for all sites.<\/p>","1.0.15":"
New: your activity log now records download activity \u2014 who downloaded a backup, whether via the email link or the dashboard, and when links are used or expire.<\/p>","1.0.14":"
Fixes backup-email download links that could show "expired" on the first click. Recommended if you use the email download link.<\/p>","1.0.13":"
New: polished HTML backup emails with an optional secure download link that expires automatically (24 hours by default). Set it up under Settings \u2192 Email notifications.<\/p>","1.0.12":"
Important fix for sites that use emoji or non-Latin text: restores now preserve those characters exactly. Also fixes a leftover flag that could block backups after a restore. Recommended for everyone.<\/p>","1.0.0":"
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DadsFam Backups<\/strong> keeps a safety net under your WordPress site. Back up your database and files whenever you like, or set a schedule and forget about it. When something goes wrong, restore in a few clicks.<\/p>\n\n It's built for real-world hosting. Big sites usually choke other backup plugins because PHP runs out of time or memory halfway through. DadsFam Backups works in small, resumable steps instead \u2014 so a backup that's too big to finish in one go simply picks up where it left off until it's done.<\/p>\n\n No nag screens, no crippled free version, no surprise server configuration. The free plugin really backs up and really restores your whole site.<\/p>\n\n An optional commercial add-on, DadsFam Backups Pro, adds more off-site destinations (Amazon S3 and S3-compatible, FTP\/FTPS, SFTP), encrypted off-site copies and advanced schedules. It is a separate plugin and is not required \u2014 Google Drive, OneDrive and cloud restore are all part of this plugin. Pro is at plugins.dadsfam.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Connecting Google Drive or OneDrive is optional and nothing is sent anywhere until you connect an account.<\/p>\n\n When you do, this plugin uses the DadsFam connection service at Once connected, your site talks directly to Google ( Right, let me be straight with you, because I hate being sold to as much as you do.<\/p>\n\n Everything above is free and it stays free. Backing your site up on a schedule, restoring it, cloning it to a new domain, downloading the archive, verifying every backup is not corrupt \u2014 none of those are premium features. Those are things a backup plugin should just do, and if I put them behind a paywall I would be taking the mickey.<\/p>\n\n There is a PRO add-on. It exists because I am a dad in Cape Town, and this is one of the things that puts food on the table at my house. That is the honest reason. Not \"unlock your potential\", not \"supercharge your workflow\". Just: if this plugin saved your site and you can spare it, PRO helps me keep building.<\/p>\n\n What PRO adds is the stuff you only want once your backups need to live somewhere other than the same server as your site \u2014 sending each one off to Amazon S3, an FTP or SFTP box, Google Drive or OneDrive, encrypting those off-site copies, keeping a set number of them out there, and running on a tighter schedule. That is convenience and peace of mind. It is not the plugin working properly, because the plugin already works properly.<\/p>\n\n So if the free one does everything you need, brilliant. Genuinely. Use it, and I hope it saves you the afternoon nobody wants \u2014 the one where the site is gone and there is no backup. If you get to the point where off-site copies would let you sleep easier, PRO is at plugins.dadsfam.co.za.<\/p>\n\n Either way, thanks for using something I built. \u2014 Zak, DadsFam<\/p>\n\n PRO adds:<\/p>\n\n Your server needs the PHP zip<\/strong> extension (ZipArchive). Almost all hosts have this; if not, ask your host to enable it.<\/p>\n\n\n In No. The backup runs as a series of small steps and resumes itself, so size isn't a problem. Very large sites just take a few more steps.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Manual backups continue while the tab is open; scheduled backups run entirely in the background.<\/p><\/dd>\n The free version restores to the same<\/strong> site it was taken from. Cross-site migration (changing the domain or database prefix) is a Pro feature.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes \u2014 that's the point of a restore. Always take a fresh backup first, and ideally test restores on a staging copy before running them on a live site. By default No. Scheduling uses WordPress's own cron and self-heals if it ever goes missing.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\nWhat you get (free)<\/h4>\n\n
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https:\/\/connect.dadsfam.co.za<\/code> to handle the sign-in. You are sent there to approve access, and it returns a one-time code that this site swaps for an access token server-to-server, so the token never travels through your browser. The service receives the provider you chose and the address to send you back to. Terms of use and privacy policy: dadsfam.co.za\/privacy-policy<\/a> and plugins.dadsfam.co.za\/privacy-policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\ngoogleapis.com<\/code>) or Microsoft (graph.microsoft.com<\/code>) to upload and download your backups. Nothing passes through DadsFam.<\/p>\n\nA word about PRO<\/h4>\n\n
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.zip.enc<\/code> file \u2014 the encrypted copy the plugin itself puts in your off-site storage \u2014 was refused with \"That is not a .zip file\". Your own backup was being told it was not a backup. Encrypted backups now upload normally and are unlocked automatically on arrival using this site's passphrase, the same way a cloud restore already did it. Encryption is detected by reading the file, not by its name, so a renamed backup still works.<\/li>\n1.10.6<\/h4>\n\n
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