Description
Allows you to optimise database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up, optimising and repairing of database.
General Usage
- Activate
WP-DBManager
Plugin - The script will automatically create a folder called
backup-db
in the wp-content folder if that folder is writable. If it is not created, please create the folder and ensure that the folder is writable - Open
Folder: wp-content/backup-db
- If you are on Apache, move the
htaccess.txt
file fromFolder: wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager
toFolder: wp-content/backup-db/.htaccess
if it is not there already - If you are on IIS, move the
Web.config.txt
file fromFolder: wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager
toFolder: wp-content/backup-db/Web.config
if it is not there already - Move
index.php
file fromFolder: wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager
toFolder: wp-content/backup-db/index.php
if it is not there already - Go to
WP-Admin -> Database -> DB Options
to configure the database options
Build Status
Development
Translations
Credits
Donations
- I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting these plugins. If you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks, I would really appreciate it. If not, feel free to use it without any obligations.
Disclaimer
- Note that this plugin passes your datababase password via –password in the command line of mysqldump. This is convenient but as a trade off, it is insecure.
- On some systems, your password becomes visible to system status programs such as ps that may be invoked by other users to display command lines. MySQL clients typically overwrite the command-line password argument with zeros during their initialization sequence. However, there is still a brief interval during which the value is visible. Also, on some systems this overwriting strategy is ineffective and the password remains visible to ps. Source: End-User Guidelines for Password Security
- If this is a concern to you, I recommend another database backup plugin called WP-DB-Backup
- To know about the difference between WP-DBManager and WP-DB-backup, checkout What is the difference between WP-DBManager and WP-DB-Backup? in the FAQ section.
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FAQ
- My database is not backed up / My backup file is 0Kb
-
- Ensure that your host allows you to access mysqldump. You can try to narrow the problem by Debugging via SSH:
- In
wp-dbmanager.php
- Find
check_backup_files();
on line 246 - Add below it
echo $command;
- Go to
WP-Admin -> Database -> Backup
- Click
Backup
- It should print some debugging statements
- Copy that line than run it in SSH
- If you need help on SSH contact your host or google for more info
- What is the difference between WP-DBManager and WP-DB-Backup?
-
- WP-DBManager uses
mysqldump
application to generate the backup andmysql
application to restore them via shell. - WP-DB-Backup uses PHP to generate the backup. In some cases WP-DB-Backup will work better for you because it requires less permissions. Not all host allows you to access mysqldump/mysql directly via shell.
- WP-DBManager allows you to have automatic optimizing and repairing of the database on top of backing up the database.
- WP-DBManager uses
- Why do I get the message “Warning: Your backup folder MIGHT be visible to the public!”?
-
- Ensure that you have renamed
htaccess.txt
to.htaccess
and placed it in your backup folder (defaults towp-content/backup-db/
) - If you are 100% sure you did that and have verfied that the folder no longer is accessible to the public by visiting the URL
http://yousite.com/wp-content/backup-db/
, you can safely disable the notice by going toWP-Admin -> Database -> DB Options
and setHide Admin Notices
toYes
.
- Ensure that you have renamed
Reviews
Perfect
Much appreciated. This should be integrated with the core.
😉
Good solution for Database Backup!
Highly recommended!
WP-DB Manager Recommended
I have added this plugin to every site I’ve built this year since it was recommended to me. It’s easy. AND IT WORKS!
Good
Very good plugin
Great plug-in
Have been using this for a long time and is still the most simple and effective DB backup tool.
Been using this for years
Has never done me wrong, and works as advertised. My one complaint is that I would love an option for MU for a global admin to only be available in the network. While each blog would only have an interface to tables specific to each blog.
Contributors & Developers
“WP-DBManager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“WP-DBManager” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
Version 2.79.1
- FIXED: Added default utf8 charset
Version 2.79
- FIXED: Proper check for disabled functions
Version 2.78.1
- NEW: Bump WordPress 4.7
- FIXED: Undefined index: repair and repair_period
Version 2.78
- FIXED: escapeshellcmd on Windows. Props Gregory Karpinsky.
- FIXED: Move wp_mkdir_p() up before if check. Props Scott Allen.
Version 2.77
- FIXED: Blank screen downloading backup
- FIXED: Remove MySQL Version check to display tables stats
Version 2.76
- NEW: Add wp_dbmanager_before_escapeshellcmd action just before escapeshellcmd()
- FIXED: Missing / for Windows
Version 2.75
- FIXED: When activating the plugin, copy index.php to the backup folder
- FIXED: If you are on Apache, .htaccess will be copied to the backup folder, if you are on IIS, Web.config will be copied to the backup folder
- FIXED: When choosing 1 Month(s) for Backup/Optimize/Repair, the next date calculation is wrong
Version 2.74
- FIXED: escapeshellarg() already escape $, no need to double escape it
Version 2.73
- FIXED: Unable to backup/restore database if user database password has certain special characters in them
Version 2.72
- FIXED: Use escapeshellcmd() to escape shell commands. Props Larry W. Cashdollari.
- FIXED: Do not allow LOAD_FILE to be run. Props Larry W. Cashdollari.
- FIXED: Uses dbmanager_is_valid_path() to check for mysql and mysqldump path. Fixes arbitrary command injection using backup path. Props Larry W. Cashdollari.
- FIXED: Uses realpath() to check for backup path. Fixes arbitrary command injection using backup path. Props Larry W. Cashdollari.
Version 2.71
- NEW: Bump to 4.0
Version 2.70
- New: Uses WordPress 3.9 Dashicons
- NEW: Allow you to hide admin notices in the DB Options page
- NEW: Allow Multisite Network Activate
- NEW: Uses WordPress uninstall.php file to uninstall the plugin
- NEW: Uses wp_mail() to send email instead of PHP mail()
- NEW: New From E-mail, From Name & Subject template
- FIXED: Issues with email from field if site title contains , (comma)
- FIXED: Notices
Version 2.65
- FIXED: Set default character set to UTF-8. Props Karsonito
Version 2.64
- FIXED: Use intval() instead of is_int() when checking for port number. Props Webby Scots
Version 2.63 (03-05-2011)
- NEW: Added Auto Repair Functionality
- NEW: Added nonce To All Forms For Added Security