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WP Checkpoint

Yet another WordPress Backup Plugin

by Belvast · github.com/belvast-innovation/wp-checkpoint · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/belvast-innovation/wp-checkpoint/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/belvast-innovation/wp-checkpoint ↗

Backup, migration and safe updates for WordPress. Restores are always free, and every change can be undone.

🚧 Early development — not ready for production use yet.

What it does

  • Backup & migrate complete sites of any size, in chunks that work on shared hosting.
  • Restore without limits — no size caps, no paywall on restoring.
  • Open archive format — standard zip/tar with a JSON manifest; you can restore by hand without the plugin.
  • Checkpoints before risky changes — updates, search & replace and rollbacks can be undone.
  • Conflict troubleshooting — find the plugin that breaks your site without affecting visitors.
  • Import from other backup plugins, starting with .wpress archives.

Documentation

Full documentation, including the open archive format specification, will be published on wpcheckpoint.com before the first public release.

Development

Requirements: PHP 7.4+, Composer 2, Node.js 20+, Docker. Clone into a folder named wp-checkpoint (wp-env mounts the plugin under that name):

git clone https://github.com/Belvast-Innovation/WP-Checkpoint.git wp-checkpoint

Then install the tooling and run the checks:

composer install          # PHPCS, PHPStan, PHPUnit (development only, nothing ships in the plugin)
npm install               # @wordpress/env
composer lint             # WordPress Coding Standards + PHP 7.4 compatibility
composer analyse          # PHPStan
composer test:unit        # pure PHP unit tests, no WordPress needed

The integration tests run inside a WordPress install managed by wp-env, so Docker must be running:

npx wp-env start          # first start downloads images; site at http://localhost:8888 (admin / password)
npm run test:integration  # runs `composer test:integration` inside the tests container
npm run test:integration:multisite  # same suite with WordPress installed as a network
npm run check:plugin      # builds build/wp-checkpoint from .distignore and runs Plugin Check on it
npx wp-env stop

npx wp-env run cli wp ... runs WP-CLI against the development site, npx wp-env destroy throws the containers away. Continuous integration runs the same commands on PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.3 and 8.4 (integration tests on 8.3).

See CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request.

Security

Please report vulnerabilities privately — see SECURITY.md.

License

GPL-2.0-or-later. WP Checkpoint is not affiliated with or endorsed by the WordPress Foundation or WordPress.org.