ReloadeD Backup releasesself-updates

Features  •  Requirements  •  Installation  •  Backup & Restore  •  Updates  •  Security  •  Support

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🖥️ About the project

A complete, portable backup & restore plugin for — a full database dump plus the wp-content/uploads folder packaged into a single .zip, restorable on any host. Pure PHP, zero external dependencies. Pairs with the ReloadeD theme but runs standalone with any theme.

       

 

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🪶 Features

Full site data:

• ✅ The entire database (minus regenerable transients) plus the uploads folder, in a single .zip with a manifest and an integrity hash.

Restore anywhere:

• ✅ Domain-safe — a serialized-aware search-replace rewrites the URLs on a cross-domain restore, so a backup from one site comes back correctly on another.

Resumable engine:

• ✅ Chunked, time-boxed steps driven from the browser. Big sites won't time out, and a run survives the tab being closed (state lives in a job file, not the database it's restoring).

Secure store:

• ✅ Backups live in wp-content/rd-backup/ — outside the plugin and outside uploads — with random-token filenames, an authenticated PHP-only download handler and an automatic .htaccess deny.

Built-in self-updater:

• ✅ WordPress detects new releases on GitHub and offers a 1-click update, like any wp.org plugin — with stable and opt-in beta channels. No external dependencies.

Lean & CSP-safe:

• ✅ Native ZipArchive, no exec()/mysqldump requirement, no third-party libraries. All presentation in CSS, all behavior in unobtrusive JavaScript — no inline scripts or styles.

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❓ Why use this plugin?

• It's the "go-bag" for the worst case: if the server is gone, spin up WordPress anywhere, install the plugin, drop in the backup, and the site comes back exactly as it was.

• Built for hosts where the usual tools don't work — exec() disabled, no shell, low limits. The PHP-pure logical dump runs where mysqldump can't.

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📋 Requirements

[!IMPORTANT] ✔️ WordPress 6.0+
✔️ PHP 8.0+
✔️ The ZipArchive PHP extension (checked on the Health tab).

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🧰 Installation

 1 - Download the latest rd-backup.zip from the Releases page.

 2 - In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, choose the .zip, and click Install Now.

 3 - Click Activate. The plugin lives under Tools → ReloadeD Backup.

[!NOTE] From here on, updates are automatic — the plugin checks GitHub and offers a 1-click update on the Plugins screen, just like any other plugin. See Updates.

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💾 Backup and Restore

Everything happens under Tools → ReloadeD Backup.

🔹 Backup
   - Click Create backup to build a complete .zip (database + uploads) into the store. The list below shows your archives, with download and delete.

🔹 Restore
   - Pick a backup and hit Preview — it validates the manifest, checks the integrity hash and shows compatibility warnings. Nothing is written.
   - To apply it, type RESTORE to confirm. A safety snapshot of the current site is taken first (the last 2 are kept, so you can undo).

🔹 Upload
   - Bring a .zip from another site straight from the admin (up to the server's upload limit). For larger archives, drop the file into the store via SFTP.

[!WARNING] A restore overwrites the current database. The safety snapshot taken right before it is your net. Restoring onto the same domain keeps you logged in; restoring onto a different domain may sign you out — just log back in.

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🔄 Updates

The plugin checks GitHub Releases every 24h and surfaces the status on the Health tab (current/latest version, a Check for updates button, and Update now when one is available).

[!NOTE] Channels: stable follows the latest stable release; the opt-in Beta channel switch follows the newest release including prereleases, and auto-promotes back to stable when a newer stable ships.

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🔐 Security

This plugin was built to be safe by default:

• 🔒 Protected store — random-token filenames + an authenticated PHP-only download handler. A direct URL to a backup never works; an automatic .htaccess deny adds defense in depth (with an optional nginx rule shown in the UI for nginx-in-front setups like HestiaCP).
• 🔒 Capability + nonce on every action (manage_options), genuine-upload validation (is_uploaded_file), and path-safe resolution inside the store.
• 🔒 CSP-friendly — no inline scripts, no inline event handlers, no inline styles, no eval.

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☕ Support the Project / Apoie o Projeto

If this project has helped you in any way, consider buying me a coffee! Your donation helps keep the updates and documentation current.

🇧🇷 Se este projeto te ajudou de alguma forma, considere me pagar um café! Sua doação ajuda a manter as atualizações e a documentação.

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💪 How to contribute to the project

[!NOTE]

1. Fork the project.
2. Create a new branch with your changes:
   git checkout -b my-feature
3. Save the changes and create a commit message describing what you did:
   git commit -m "feat: my new feature"
4. Send your changes:
   git push origin my-feature

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🛠️ Technologies

The following tools were used in the construction of the project:

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🧑‍💻 Collaborators:

💜 Thank you to everyone who contributed to the improvement of this project 😊

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📝 License:

[!WARNING] This project is licensed under: GPL-2.0 license.