Key-based login for SFTP / SCP

A small tweak for the next release of UpdraftPlus (Premium), for users of remote storage via SFTP/SCP: it is now possible to log in via a key rather than via a password, if you prefer. PCKS1 (as used by OpenSSH and many others), XML and PuTTY format keys are supported...

Re-scanning remote storage

One feature that a number of people have been looking for in UpdraftPlus is the ability to scan the remote storage (i.e. Dropbox, Amazon S3, FTP, etc.) and detect any existing backup sets. (i.e. for UpdraftPlus on a particular site to know about backup sets that it...

UpdraftPlus 1.8.13 (non-free users only)

If you are a user of UpdraftPlus Premium, or of other paid add-ons, then soon you should see version 1.8.13 available in your WordPress updates dashboard. This has only one difference to 1.8.12, and affects only Multisite (i.e. “WordPress Network”)...

UpdraftPlus 1.8.12

UPDATE (September 2017): AWS S3’s Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS) is being phased out lately. For this reason we removed this option from the S3 Enhanced add on settings panel. You can read more about this change in our blog. UpdraftPlus 1.8.12 has been...

Logging to syslog

If you are a server administrator and run a lot of websites, or if you just like the benefits of centralised logging, then this post may interest you. We’ve just added a new simple feature to our Reporting add-on (part of UpdraftPlus Premium). Just tick the log,...

Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage

UPDATE (September 2017): AWS S3’s Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS) is being phased out lately. For this reason we removed this option from the S3 Enhanced add on settings panel. You can read more about this change in our blog. The next release of UpdraftPlus...

UpdraftPlus 1.8.8

UpdraftPlus 1.8.8 is now being released – you should see it available in your dashboard during the next couple of days or so. As mentioned in our last blog post, this is basically a collection of small tweaks. As usual, we recommend everybody updates! David...

UpdraftPlus 1.8.5 on the way

Some time during the next few days, you should see UpdraftPlus 1.8.5 becoming available in your WordPress dashboard. What’s new? Not a lot – this is a roll-up of various small convenience tweaks and minor fixes. (Some of those minor fixes you may already...

UpdraftPlus 1.8.2

UpdraftPlus 1.8.2 has just been released, and adds a few more tweaks for reliability on the full variety of weird and wonderful WordPress installations we’ve seen out in the wild. As always, a recommended update for all. David Anderson (founder, lead developer,...