Title: BackupEase
Author: PrecisionWP
Published: 26 mai 2026
Last modified: 24 august 2026
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Caută module
# BackupEase
De [PrecisionWP](https://profiles.wordpress.org/precisionwp/)
[Descarcă](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/backupease.2.2.2.zip)
* [Detalii](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/backupease/#description)
* [Recenzii](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/backupease/#reviews)
* [Instalare](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/backupease/#installation)
* [Dezvoltare](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/backupease/#developers)
[Suport](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupease/)
## Descriere
Tired of WordPress backups that time out or fail on shared hosting? BackupEase automatically
detects WP-CLI and falls back to reliable chunked PHP processing when it isn’t available,
so your backup finishes on any server. Schedule automatic backups to Google Drive,
keep a rolling history with per-provider retention, and move an entire site to a
new host in minutes with one-click migration (BackupEase Pro).
**BackupEase** is a powerful yet user-friendly WordPress backup plugin that protects
your website data with automated backups, flexible scheduling, and multiple storage
options. BackupEase combines intelligent backup technology with an intuitive interface
to make website protection effortless.
#### Key Benefits
✓ **Intelligent Backup System** – Uses WP-CLI when available for the fastest backups,
otherwise runs in pure PHP on any host
✓ **Flexible Scheduling** – Daily, weekly,
or monthly automated backups at your preferred time ✓ **Multiple Storage Options**–
Local storage and Google Drive; extensible for additional providers ✓ **Smart Exclusions**–
Exclude unnecessary files and folders to save time and space ✓ **Real-Time Progress**–
Monitor backup progress with detailed status updates ✓ **WP-CLI Integration** –
Background processing for large sites without timeout issues ✓ **Google Drive Storage**–
Upload backups to Google Drive with OAuth integration ✓ **Backup Retention** – Auto-
delete old backups by count, age, or both – per storage provider ✓ **Encrypted Credentials**–
OAuth tokens and API secrets are AES-256-CBC encrypted at rest ✓ **Server Capability
Detection** – Detects available PHP exec functions; automatically falls back when
exec() is disabled
### Features
#### Backup Methods
* **Manual Backup**: Create on-demand backups anytime with a single click.
* **Scheduled Backup**: Automate backups with daily, weekly, or monthly schedules.
* **WP-CLI Support**: Leverage WP-CLI for efficient background processing on supported
servers.
* **PHP Backup Runner**: Pure-PHP chunked processing for servers without WP-CLI–
no shell access required.
* **Database Backup**: Complete MySQL database dumps with table-by-table processing.
* **File Backup**: Comprehensive file archiving with ZIP compression.
#### Backup Management
* **Backup History**: View and manage all backup records from one dashboard.
* **Download Backups**: Download database (.sql) or file (.zip) backups with separate
download buttons.
* **Delete Backups**: Remove old backups to free up storage space.
* **Real-Time Progress**: Monitor backup creation with live progress indicators.
* **Cancel Backup**: Stop running backups if needed.
* **Status Tracking**: Track backup completion, method used, and file sizes.
* **Automatic Retention**: Configurable cleanup policies to auto-delete old backups
by count, age, or both.
* **Backup Log**: View, download, and clear a persistent timestamped log from the
backup history.
* **Retry Failed Uploads**: Re-attempt uploading a completed backup to a storage
provider that previously failed.
* **Cleanup Preview**: Preview which backups would be removed before running a
retention cleanup.
#### Scheduling & Automation
* **Flexible Schedules**: Choose daily, weekly, or monthly backup frequency.
* **Custom Time**: Set the exact time for scheduled backups.
* **Timezone-Aware Scheduling**: Backup times respect your WordPress site timezone
for accurate scheduling.
* **Email Notifications**: Get notified when scheduled backups complete or fail,
including cleanup statistics.
* **WordPress Cron**: Reliable scheduling via server cron or by using WordPress
native cron system.
#### Storage & Files
* **Local Storage**: Store backups directly on your web server.
* **Google Drive Integration**: Upload backups to Google Drive for off-site storage.
* **Per-Provider Retention**: Configure separate retention policies (count, days,
or both) for Local and Google Drive independently.
* **Encrypted Credentials**: Google Drive OAuth tokens and client secrets are encrypted
at rest using AES-256-CBC; legacy plaintext values are auto-migrated on first
save.
* **File Exclusions**: Exclude cache, staging, and other unnecessary directories.
* **Smart Sizing**: Calculate database and file sizes before backup.
#### Performance & Control
* **Aggressiveness Levels**: Choose Low, Medium, or High processing intensity.
* **Chunked Processing**: Break large operations into manageable chunks.
* **Timeout Prevention**: Avoid server timeout issues with smart processing.
* **Background Processing**: WP-CLI mode runs backups in the background.
* **Step Time Limits**: Each backup step adjusts PHP time limit based on aggressiveness
level to prevent mid-step timeouts.
#### Developer Features
* **WP-CLI Commands**: Control backups from command line with `wp backupease`.
* **Custom Post Type**: Backup history stored as custom posts for easy querying.
* **Extensible Storage**: Interface-based storage provider system with filters
for add-ons.
* **Action & Filter Hooks**: Rich set of hooks for add-ons to register storage
providers, inject UI, and react to backup events.
* **Server Capabilities Class**: `ServerCapabilities` detects available PHP exec
functions at activation time; `exec()` availability is required for WP-CLI db
dump.
* **Logger Class**: Persistent, rotating backup log with Info, Warning, and Error
levels.
* **Icons Registry**: `Icons` class provides a filterable map of storage provider
icon markup for consistent UI across add-ons.
### Important Disclaimer
This plugin creates backups of your WordPress installation. While we strive to maintain
reliability and stability:
* Backup performance depends on your server configuration, hosting environment,
and site size
* Large sites may require longer backup times depending on the aggressiveness setting
* We strongly recommend testing the plugin on a staging environment first
* Always verify that backups are created successfully before relying on them
* Maintain regular backups and store them in multiple locations
### Server Compatibility Notice
Different server configurations may affect the plugin’s functionality:
* **WP-CLI (optional)**: Faster backups for HTTP-initiated runs require WP-CLI
plus the shell_exec function. Driving WP-CLI from system cron requires only SSH
access.
* **PHP Backup Runner**: Works on every server, no shell access required. May take
longer for very large sites.
* **Shared Hosting**: May have restrictions on execution time and memory
* **Storage Space**: Ensure adequate disk space for backup files
* **.htaccess**: Some features may require Apache or compatible web servers
* **File Permissions**: Proper permissions required for backup file creation
If you experience any issues, please check with your hosting provider about server
limitations.
### External services
This plugin connects to Google Drive (an external service) only when you explicitly
enable and configure Google Drive as a storage provider in the plugin settings.
No data is sent externally for core backup functionality (local backups).
#### Google Drive API
* What the service is: Google’s cloud storage API, used to upload backup archives
to your own Google Drive account.
* What it is used for: Off-site storage and retrieval of your backup .zip / .sql
files, plus listing and deleting previously uploaded backups for retention cleanup.
* What data is sent:
- The backup archive file contents, uploaded to a folder named „BackupEase”
created by this plugin in your own Drive.
- The OAuth client ID and client secret you supply in Settings, used solely
to exchange the authorization code for access / refresh tokens.
- Minimal metadata required by the Drive API (file name, MIME type, parent folder
ID).
* When it is sent:
- During the one-time OAuth connection flow when you click „Connect to Google
Drive”.
- Each time a backup completes and Google Drive is selected as a target.
- When you run retention cleanup or retry a failed upload.
* Account requirement: You must create your own Google Cloud project and provide
your own Client ID / Client Secret. The plugin does not share a Google application
with other users.
* Endpoints contacted:
- https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth
- https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
- https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files
- https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files
* Google’s Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
* Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
* Google API Services User Data Policy: https://developers.google.com/terms/api-
services-user-data-policy
## Capturi ecran
[⌊Dashboard⌉⌊Dashboard⌉[
Dashboard
[⌊Manual Backup⌉⌊Manual Backup⌉[
Manual Backup
[⌊Scheduled Backups⌉⌊Scheduled Backups⌉[
Scheduled Backups
[⌊Backup Log⌉⌊Backup Log⌉[
Backup Log
[⌊Migration⌉⌊Migration⌉[
Migration
[⌊License⌉⌊License⌉[
License
[⌊Settings⌉⌊Settings⌉[
Settings
## Instalare
#### Automatic Installation
1. Log in to your WordPress admin panel
2. Go to Plugins > Add New
3. Search for „BackupEase”
4. Click „Install Now” and then „Activate”
5. Navigate to the BackupEase menu to configure your settings
#### Manual Installation
1. Download the plugin zip file
2. Log in to your WordPress admin panel
3. Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
4. Choose the downloaded zip file and click „Install Now”
5. Activate the plugin
6. Navigate to the BackupEase menu to configure your settings
#### After Activation
1. Go to the BackupEase menu in your WordPress admin
2. Configure your backup settings (aggressiveness, exclusions, storage)
3. Create your first manual backup to test the system
4. Set up scheduled backups if desired
5. Configure email notifications for scheduled backups
**Important:** The plugin will automatically detect if WP-CLI is available on your
server. If WP-CLI is not available, BackupEase runs backups in pure PHP using chunked
processing – no shell access required.
## Întrebări frecvente
### Do I need WP-CLI to use BackupEase?
No, WP-CLI is optional. BackupEase automatically detects if WP-CLI is available
and uses it for optimal performance when backups are triggered from the admin UI.
If WP-CLI is not available, the plugin runs backups in pure PHP using chunked processing–
no shell access required. SSH-equipped users can also paste the per-schedule crontab
line shown in the Scheduled Backups tab to drive `wp backupease run` directly from
system cron, bypassing PHP request timeouts entirely.
### How long does a backup take?
Backup time depends on your site size and server resources. Small sites (< 1GB)
typically complete in minutes. Large sites may take longer. The aggressiveness setting
controls how intensive the backup process is.
### Where are backups stored?
By default, backups are stored in wp-content/uploads/backupease/staging on your
server. You can also configure Google Drive integration to store backups off-site.
### Can I exclude certain files from backups?
Yes, you can configure file and folder exclusions in the Settings tab. Common exclusions
include cache directories, staging directories, and temporary files.
### What happens if a backup fails?
If a scheduled backup fails, you’ll receive an email notification (if enabled).
You can view the error details in the backup history. Failed backups can be retried
manually.
### Can I cancel a running backup?
Yes, you can cancel a backup in progress using the Cancel button on the progress
bar. This will stop the backup process and clean up temporary files.
### How do I restore a backup?
Currently, BackupEase focuses on creating backups. You can download the database(.
sql) and files (.zip) separately and restore them manually or use your hosting control
panel’s restore tools. Automated restoration is planned for a future release.
### Does BackupEase work on WordPress Multisite?
Basic compatibility exists.
Practical implications if you run it on Multisite:
– Network-activate or per-site
activate – both work, but admin UI appears under each subsite’s admin (no Network
Admin page). – Backups will include everything (good for disaster recovery, bad
if you wanted per-subsite isolation). – Restoring would restore the entire network
from one archive – there’s no per-subsite restore. – Scheduled backups configured
on subsite A won’t be visible from subsite B; each site has its own schedule list.
### How is my Google Drive credentials protected?
BackupEase encrypts your Google Drive OAuth tokens and client secret at rest using
AES-256-CBC. The encryption key is derived from your WordPress secret keys. Existing
plaintext credentials are automatically migrated to encrypted form the first time
you save settings.
### Why is WP-CLI mode not activating even though WP-CLI is installed?
BackupEase requires PHP’s exec() function to be enabled in addition to WP-CLI being
installed. This is because WP-CLI’s `wp db export` command calls exec() internally.
If exec() is disabled via disable_functions in your server’s php.ini, BackupEase
will automatically fall back to PHP chunked mode. You can check your server’s detected
capabilities on the Settings page.
### Can I keep separate backup retention policies for local and Google Drive storage?
Yes. BackupEase supports per-provider retention settings. You can keep more local
backups (e.g., 10) while keeping fewer on Google Drive (e.g., 3), or configure different
age-based policies for each location. Configure these in Settings Backup Retention.
### Does this plugin contact external services?
Only if you enable Google Drive as a storage target. In that case the plugin communicates
with the Google Drive API to upload, list, and delete your backup files in your
own Drive account, and with Google’s OAuth 2.0 endpoints to authenticate. Nothing
is sent externally for local-storage backups. See the „External services” section
above for full details, including what data is sent and links to Google’s Terms
of Service and Privacy Policy.
### Where can I get support?
For support, please visit our [support page](https://precisionwp.net/support/) or
contact us through the plugin’s support forum.
**Support Resources:**
– [Documentation](https://precisionwp.net/documentation/backupease/)–
[Support Forum](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupease) – [PrecisionWP Website](https://precisionwp.net/)
## Recenzii
### [Great WP-CLI support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-wp-cli-support/)
[Martin Valchev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinvalchev/) 3 august 2026
WP-CLI support is great – the ready-to-paste crontab line for each schedule makes
running backups from the terminal easy, without worrying about PHP timeouts. Exactly
what I was looking for.
[ Citește toate cele 0 recenzii ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupease/reviews/)
## Contributori și dezvoltatori
„BackupEase” este un software open-source. La acest modul au contribuit următoarele
persoane.
Contributori
* [ PrecisionWP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/precisionwp/)
[Tradu „BackupEase” în limba ta.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/backupease)
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prin [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/backupease/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Istoric modificări
#### 2.2.2
* Fixed: On Windows setups (Local, WAMP, XAMPP, IIS), every completed backup was
deleted moments after it finished, with no error shown – the tidy-up that runs
after each backup mistook the brand-new files for leftovers. Backups now stay
put and show their correct size; backups already lost to this cannot be recovered.
* Fixed: On servers where WP-CLI isn’t available, „%” characters were not always
preserved in the database backup file. This could affect permalinks that use
non-Latin characters (Hebrew, Arabic, Cyrillic and similar) and page-builder
content stored as serialized data, such as Elementor layouts. Backups now store
these values exactly as they appear in your database – if you have backups from
before this update, we recommend taking a fresh one.
* Fixed: On some hosts, a backup could get stuck at the very beginning and never
move past „Starting WP-CLI background process”. These hosts keep your site’s
security keys in a separate file next to wp-config.php, and the background process
was started from the wrong folder, so it couldn’t find that file and stopped
before it even began. It now starts from your site’s main folder, so the file
is always found.
* Fixed: On Hostinger, starting a backup could fail right away with just „An unknown
error occurred”, and nothing useful in the log. These hosts fully remove a server
function BackupEase normally uses to launch WP-CLI backups, and the plugin wasn’t
checking for that before trying to use it, causing a crash instead of a graceful
switch to its PHP-based backup method. BackupEase now checks for this correctly,
so the backup runs in PHP mode instead of failing.
* Fixed: Clicking „Cancel” on a running backup would report success and say its
temporary files were deleted, but the backup kept running in the background and
made further progress anyway. Cancel now reliably stops the backup and cleans
up its files.
* Fixed: In rare cases a backup that produced no files at all could be recorded
in your history as if it had succeeded.
* Fixed: Clicking „Run Now” on a schedule could look like nothing happened. The
progress bar it uses lived on the Dashboard tab, so it stayed out of sight, and
when the backup couldn’t start no reason was shown. You are now taken to the
progress bar, and if the backup can’t start you get a message telling you why.
* Improved: Backups now check their storage destinations before they start – Google
Drive, and with BackupEase Pro also FTP, SFTP, OneDrive, Dropbox and S3-compatible
storage. If a connection has expired or was never finished, you’re told straight
away instead of waiting for the whole backup to be built and only then failing
at the upload step. This applies to both „Run Now” and backups that run automatically
on their schedule.
* Improved: Background backups no longer load your theme. They don’t need it, and
it’s one less thing that can interrupt a backup.
#### 2.2.1
* Fixed: Some scheduled backups completed successfully but didn’t show up in Recent
Backups. Backups are now reliably recorded every time, and a clear error is logged
in the rare case a backup record still can’t be saved.
* Fixed: A „file not within allowed path” warning could appear on the Recent Backups
and Backup Log screens after moving or cloning a site (for example, promoting
a staging site to production).
* Fixed: Fatal error on PHP 7.4 („must be an instance of BackupEase\mixed”) caused
by a PHP 8.0-only `mixed` type declaration on `Plugin::get_settings()` and `Plugin::
wp_recursive_sanitize()`. The plugin now loads correctly on PHP 7.4 as documented.
* Fixed: Backups could fail to start if the path to WP-CLI contained a space.
* Fixed: Some UI issues.
* Fixed: A scheduled backup started via `wp backupease run --schedule=` would
run even if the schedule was disabled/paused in the UI; WP-CLI now checks the
schedule’s enabled state just like WP-Cron does.
* Fixed: The cleanup summary counted a backup once for every destination it was
stored to, so „Deleted X old backup(s), kept Y backup(s)” reported a backup saved
to three places three times. Each backup is now counted once.
* Improved: WP-CLI is now detected on more hosts, including many shared hosting
setups.
* Improved: Clearer message when WP-CLI is installed but your host blocks it.
* Improved: In Settings Retention, each storage provider’s retention options (
Google Drive, Local Server) now only show up when that provider is selected as
a storage destination.
* Improved: Consolidated design guide to PrecisionWP.css
* Security: The WP-CLI Path setting is now checked before it is saved.
* Added: New filter for developers to set a custom WP-CLI location.
* Added: New filters for developers to add their own storage providers to the retention
cleanup run and supply each one’s keep-count/keep-days policy.
* Added: New settings field for email notifications theme (light or dark).
* Updated: Translations template.
#### 2.2.0
* Fixed: Issue with download ZIP file in some cases.
* Fixed: Backup Summary destinations text.
* Fixed: UI fixes.
* Fixed: A folder could be left out of a backup by mistake when its name simply
started with the name of an excluded folder (for example „cacheplus” being treated
like the excluded „cache”). Exclusions now match the intended folder only.
* Fixed: Manual backups now always skip the cache, staging, and backup-storage
folders automatically – just like scheduled backups do – so an in-progress backup
can never accidentally be packed into itself.
* Fixed: Exclusion paths typed with a leading or trailing slash (e.g. „/wp-content/
cache/”) are now saved in a consistent form so they reliably exclude the right
folder.
* Fixed: Live backup log shows more accurate information.
* Added: Google Drive connection wizard.
* Improved: Added domain name to the backup files.
* Improved: Faster admin pages. The automatic check for leftover folders from other
backup/migration plugins now runs at most once per hour instead of on every admin
page load.
* Improved: Faster backups on sites with large excluded folders. Excluded folders
are now skipped entirely instead of being scanned file by file.
* Updated: Translations template.
#### 2.1.0
* Added: Every scheduled backup now shows a ready-to-paste cron line. If you have
SSH access to your server, you can run any backup schedule straight from your
server’s crontab – no PHP timeouts to worry about.
* Added: A new WP-CLI flag, `wp backupease run --schedule=`, runs any saved
schedule from the command line.
* Improved: Smarter auto-detection of leftover folders from other backup and migration
plugins (UpdraftPlus, Duplicator, BlogVault, WP Time Capsule, WPvivid, All-in-
One WP Migration). They show up pre-excluded in your exclusions list so they
don’t bloat your backups – un-check any of them if you want a fully comprehensive
backup.
* Improved: Friendlier wording when WP-CLI isn’t installed. Backups still run reliably
in pure PHP – that’s a normal, supported setup, not a fallback.
* Improved: The „How to enable WP-CLI” guide is tucked into an „Advanced” section
so it stays out of the way until you need it.
* Updated: Translations template.
#### 2.0.0
* Redesign release: Brand-new dark-theme admin UI with the „moss” accent palette
across the Dashboard, Manual Backup, Scheduled Backups, Backup Log, License,
and Settings tabs.
* Fixed: A backup that failed to upload to every configured storage destination
was incorrectly reported as „complete”. Such a backup is now correctly marked
as failed, so failure notifications fire and the local copy is kept for a retry.
* Fixed: A corrupted or zero backup-retention value (by count or by age) could
cause a cleanup to delete every backup for that storage provider. Retention now
falls back to safe defaults instead of removing everything.
* Fixed: Resuming an interrupted Google Drive upload could miscalculate the resume
position when Google did not return a progress header, stalling the upload. The
resume offset is now tracked reliably.
* Fixed: Database dump chunks are now verified to be fully written to disk. A partial
write (for example when the server runs out of disk space) is treated as an error
instead of silently producing a truncated .sql file.
* Improved: Backup progress is now read using a blocking lock and re-read once
on a partial read, so the live progress display no longer briefly resets while
a backup is updating its status.
* Fixed: Exclusions not showing on Scheduled Backups.
* Fixed: Google Drive integration using saved settings value instead of current
input.
* Added: Dedicated Backup Log screen separated from the dashboard, with its own
paginated table view.
* Added: New License tab introducing the BackupEase Pro upgrade path.
* Improved: More accurate server-capability detection: `ServerCapabilities` now
explicitly checks PHP `exec()` availability and reports whether WP-CLI `wp db
export` can run, falling back to PHP chunked mode automatically when it cannot.
* Improved: More reliable WP-CLI detection using a recheck transient so capability
changes on the host are picked up without manual reactivation.
* Improved: Hardened settings persistence.
* Improved: Better Pro plugin support.
* Updated: Translations template.
#### 1.0.0
* Initial release of BackupEase
## Meta
* Versiunea **2.2.2**
* Ultima actualizare **Acum 3 zile**
* Instalări active: **30+**
* Versiune WordPress ** 5.3 sau mai recentă **
* Testat până la **7.1**
* Versiune PHP ** 7.4 sau mai recentă **
* Limbă
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupease/)
* Etichete
* [backup](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup/)[database](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/database/)
[migration](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/migration/)[restore](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/restore/)
[scheduled backups](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scheduled-backups/)
* [Vizualizare avansată](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/backupease/advanced/)
## Evaluări
5 din 5 stele.
* [ 1 5 – recenzie (stele) ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupease/reviews/?filter=5)
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* [ 0 2 – recenzii (stele) ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupease/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 0 1 – recenzii (stele) ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupease/reviews/?filter=1)
[Recenzia ta](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupease/reviews/#new-post)
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## Contributori
* [ PrecisionWP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/precisionwp/)
## Suport
Ai ceva de zis? Ai nevoie de ajutor?
[Vezi forumul pentru suport](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupease/)