Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule is an automated incremental backup plugin that backs up your website changes as per your schedule to Dropbox, Go …
WP Time Capsule was created to ensure peace of mind with WP updates and put the fun back into WordPress. It uses the cloud apps’ native file versioning system to detect changes and backs up just the changed files and db entries to your account.
You need to sign up for an account on our website https://service.wptimecapsule.com to get a 30 days full featured trial.
With WP Time Capsule you can
Backup in real-time
You can backup your site in real-time which means you will now be able to revert your site to how it was just an hour ago. Also, you can change the backup interval to every 6 hours or 12 hours or daily.
Staging
With a single click staging it’s a breeze to test any change you are planning to do on your site. Test your updates on staging with a single click
Auto backup and update
We automatically backup before each update, if an update causes any undesired change. You are a click away from restoring.
Encrypted DB backups & GDPR Compatible
You can encrypt your DB backups to add an extra layer of security and makes your backup GDPR compatible.
Clone/Migrate
You can now use the WPTC backup to clone or migrate your site to a new location at ease.
How is WP Time Capsule different than other backup plugins?
WPTC is unique in 4 ways –
1. It backs up and restores only the changed files & DB and not the entire site every time.
2. The files & DB are stored in your cloud storage app – Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze, Dropbox or Google Drive.
3. We have used the cloud apps’ native file versioning system to detect changes and maintain file versions. So backups and restores are as reliable as they get.
4. Most importantly, you can backup your site in real-time which means you will now be able to revert your site to how it was just an hour ago. Also, you can change the backup interval to every 6 hours or 12 hours or daily.
How does it work?
1. Sign up an account on our website https://wptimecapsule.com and you will get a 30 days full featured trial.
2. Install the plugin and login with your wptimecapsule.com account.
3. Next, connect the cloud app where you want to store the backup files. You can use Amazon S3, Wasabi, Dropbox or Google Drive.
4. Once you connect the cloud app, we will automatically begin backing up your complete website to your cloud app account.
After the first full backup is taken, you can schedule a time for WPTC to backup your websites. We will take care of your backups from here on.
This being done you will officially be disaster-ready. 🙂
Backup: Looks for files & DB changes since the last backup and uploads only the changes. The data is then stored securely in your cloud app account.
Restore: Checks revision history and displays the same. You can restore the site to any point in time or restore specific files & DB.
How is it better?
BACKUP METHOD
Traditionally – Backups are compressed and zipped. The Bad: Heavy server resource consumption.
WPTC – No zipping. Changed files are directly dropped into your cloud account. The Good: Uses considerably less server resources
BACKUP FILE
Traditionally – Multiple zip files are created every time you backup. The Bad: Precious storage space is wasted.
WPTC – Backs up incrementally. No multiple copies of files. The Good: Uses far less disk space
RESTORE
Traditionally – Unzip backup and restore the whole site. The Bad: Consumes time and server resource.
WPTC – Restores only selected files. The Good: Faster restore and you can restore even if you don’t have access to your site or plugin.
Check out our Knowledge Base
Visit us at wptimecapsule.com
Credits: Michael De Wildt for his WordPress Backup to Dropbox plugin based on which this plugin is being developed.
Installing WP Time Capsule is simple and easy. Install it like any other WordPress plugin.
Backup calendar view - You can view and restore files + database from a calendar view.
Restore specific files - View a list of files that have changed and been backed up and selectively restore them.
Warp back your site in time - You can restore the complete site back to a specific point in time.
One click staging - Set up your staging site in a single click.
Backup Before Update - Configure Auto and Backup Before Updates for your plugins, themes, and core to update automatically on the scheduled time.
Database Encyption - Encrypt your Database backup to add an extra security layer.
Cloning - Use the meta SQL file from your cloud storage to clone/migrate your site to a new location.
Release Date – 11 Jul 2024
Release Date – 03 Jul 2024
Release Date – 21 Dec 2023
Improvement : The MySQL DB table ‘wptc_current_process’ is now changed to InnoDB engine.
Fix : Replacing links on DB failed in rare cases during the staging process.
Release Date – 03 Oct 2023
Improvement : Tested upto WP 6.3.1.
Fix : Replacing links on DB failed in rare cases during the restore process.
Release Date – 17 Aug 2023
Release Date – 03 Aug 2023
Release Date – 01 Jun 2023
Improvement : Tested upto WP 6.2.2.
Fix : Relative URLs on the staging site was redirected to the live site.
Release Date – 15 May 2023
Improvement : WPTC now supports upto PHP v8.2.0.
Fix : Staging did not work with sites having the “wp-config.php” file outside the WP root directory in Gridpane and other hosting providers.
Release Date – 25 Nov 2022
Release Date – 02 Sep 2022
Release Date – 05 Aug 2022
Release Date – 05 May 2022
Release Date – 13 Apr 2022
Improvement : Improved AWS S3 error messages.
Fix : Critical error when WPTC automatic update is turned ON while the Yoast SEO plugin is active.
Release Date – 17 Dec 2021
Release Date – 08 Dec 2021
Release Date – 19 Oct 2021
Improvement : Now Schedule backup failures will be notified to the WPTC account email.
Fix : BackBlaze cloud storage setup failed in some cases.
Release Date – 01 Oct 2021
Improvement : et-cache folder is now excluded by default.
Fix : Staging site failed in rare cases due to complicated htaccess file.
Release Date – 24 Sep 2021
Improvement : Backward Compatibility for sites having PHP v7.2.3 or lower.
Fix : Critical errors on other plugins due to conflict with WPTimeCapsule new S3 SDK.
Release Date – 17 Sep 2021
Release Date – 15 Sep 2021
Improvement : Gravity Forms upload folder is not excluded by default anymore during the backups for the newly added sites.
Fix : “Invalid handle provided” error while trying to connect S3, Wasabi or Backblaze.
Release Date – 05 Mar 2021
Improvement : Support for Backblaze EU regions.
Fix : wptc_current_process DB table crashed in a few cases.
Release Date – 09 Feb 2021
Feature: BackBlaze B2 Cloud Storage Support.
Improvement : Added new tables in the default exclusion list.
Improvement : Use existing Google Drive token on the second site.
Fix : After changing the Wasabi bucket only the changed files are backed up during the first backup.
Release Date – 12 Jan 2021
Improvement : Support for South Africa AWS S3 bucket region.
Fix : Divi builder was not working properly on WPTC staging sites.
Release Date – 13 Nov 2020
Release Date – 22 Oct 2020
Release Date – 14 Sep 2020
Release Date – 03 Aug 2020
Improvement : Tested upto WP version 5.4.2.
Fix : Exclude DB tables list failed to load.
Release Date – 17 Mar 2020
Improvement : Added new tables in the default exclusion list.
Fix : Files are uploaded twice in some cases.
Release Date – 09 Mar 2020
Release Date – 27 Feb 2020
Improvement : Removed .pdf files from default exclusion list.
Fix : Elementor sites’ CSS collapsed after the migration process in some cases.
Release Date – 10 Feb 2020
Release Date – 03 Feb 2020
Release Date – 20 Jan 2020
Release Date – 14 Jan 2020
Release Date – 08 Jan 2020
Release Date – 23 Dec 2019
Release Date – 13 Dec 2019
Release Date – 04 Nov 2019
Improvement : Warning notice will be displayed, when the query recorder table gets big during realtime backup.
Fix : Secure Auth Cookie warning is displayed in some sites, when IWP is installed.
Release Date – 30 Sep 2019
Improvement : Enable admin login is now disabled by default on the staging settings.
Fix: Rollback was not working properly when two plugins have simialr names.
Release Date – 27 Aug 2019
Improvement : Support for new S3 endpoints.
Fix: IWP plugin updates were not handled properly.
Release Date – 19 Aug 2019
Improvement : Plugin-Server communication method had been improved and security patches have been applied.
Fix: Sweet alert modal conflict with other plugins.
Release Date – 03 Jul 2019
Release Date – 27 Jun 2019
Release Date – 26 Jun 2019
Improvement: Reduced unnecessary API calls during Google Drive and Dropbox uploads.
Fix: DB backup failed on upper case WP prefix on windows server.
Release Date – 17 May 2019
Improvement: Amazon and Wasabi are the recommended storage options now.
Fix: No. of Trigger tables count check did not exclude staging tables.
Release Date – 17 Apr 2019
Feature: Logout link on plan page.
Improvement: After perform migration using WPTC backup, the site will be set as new.
Improvement: Automatic clearing of wptc_query_recorder table when it grows for more than a day.
Fix: Trigger table limitation for real-time backups did not consider excluded tables.
Release Date – 27 Mar 2019
Release Date – 13 Mar 2019
Release Date – 8 Jan 2019
Release Date – 16 Dec 2018
Release Date – 14 Dec 2018
Feature: Live site white-label settings are applied to your staging site.
Improvement: By default, WP Redis cache plugin files are excluded during the staging creation.
Fix: DB rows per batch limit value didn’t get updated after making the changes.