by udadmin | Nov 18, 2020
When you enter SFTP settings in UpdraftPlus, if you choose to use a key (rather than a password), then UpdraftPlus will only accept a non-encrypted key. Why is this? Simply, because an encrypted key cannot be used to login to your SFTP server. “Encrypted”...
by Dee Nutbourne | Jun 12, 2020
In order to upload backups to your server via SFTP or FTP, a security token is required to give the plugin access. In the case of FTP, this is a password, while SFTP can use a password or security key. To allow the plugin to access the server unattended, this password...
by udadmin | Jul 11, 2014
On some WordPress setups, you might see something like this when you try to restore your backup, or when you try to install or update UpdraftPlus: This happens if (and only if) WordPress does not have sufficient file permissions to write to the directories which it...
by udadmin | Jan 23, 2014
Here’s a check-list to help you… 1. Has your backup finished? If you visit your UpdraftPlus settings page (refresh it if it’s already open, just to be sure), then does it show the backup as having finished? 2. Did you save your settings before...
by udadmin | Feb 12, 2013
Note (July 2015): previous releases of UpdraftPlus showed plain text by default. Though starring adds nothing to security and isn’t best for usability (as explained below), so many people expect stars, that we decided it’d be better to acquiesce, and say...