Title: Backup stuck at wp posts database table
Last modified: November 10, 2023

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# Backup stuck at wp posts database table

 *  Resolved [tonyqm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonyqm/)
 * (@tonyqm)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-stuck-at-wp-posts-database-table/)
 * Hello,
 * I have been trying to create a backup for my site for about a month now, but 
   every time I try it is not successful to backup the database. I do not recieve
   an error message, it just always stops at the same place every time and never
   finishes (I’ve left it running for a very long time several time). The backup
   always gets stuck when trying to create a backup of the wp posts database table(
   in my case called “wp_s_k_a_se_posts”). What can I do here to bypass this error?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbackup-stuck-at-wp-posts-database-table%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-stuck-at-wp-posts-database-table/#post-17191733)
 * Hi,
 * To help us work out the cause of your problem, can you please send us a copy 
   of the full backup log?
   This can be found in the UpdraftPlus Existing Backups
   tab.The contents will be too long to post here directly, but you can use an online
   service such as Dropbox or Pastebin, and post the link here.
 * Kind Regards,
 * Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [tonyqm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonyqm/)
 * (@tonyqm)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-stuck-at-wp-posts-database-table/#post-17191763)
 * Hello, yes here:
 * [https://pastebin.com/PCiKKt4y](https://pastebin.com/PCiKKt4y)
 *  Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * (@vupdraft)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-stuck-at-wp-posts-database-table/#post-17192599)
 * Can you install the free plugin WPCrontrol and take a screenshot of your Cron
   Events?
 *  Thread Starter [tonyqm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonyqm/)
 * (@tonyqm)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-stuck-at-wp-posts-database-table/#post-17232439)
 * Hi, thanks for getting back to me. I am sending a screenshot of the Cron events,
   although it is in Swedish and I found no way to translate it to English:
 * [https://pasteboard.co/zeAj5WarJO4A.png](https://pasteboard.co/zeAj5WarJO4A.png)
 * When I open the Cron events, I am also getting these two errors (as you can see
   at the top of the image):
   “One or more cron events have missed their schedule”
 * “Could not initiate a call to the WP-Cron system on your site. This means that
   WP-Cron actions on your site may not work. The error message was: Unexpected 
   HTTP response code: 403”
 * Thanks for your help.
 *  Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/)
 * (@vupdraft)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-stuck-at-wp-posts-database-table/#post-17233627)
 * Can you try adding the following to your wp-config.php
 * define(‘ALTERNATE_WP_CRON’, true);
 * This should activate the alternate cron
 *  Thread Starter [tonyqm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonyqm/)
 * (@tonyqm)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-stuck-at-wp-posts-database-table/#post-17250068)
 * Hello, thanks for the advice.
 * Implementing the define(‘ALTERNATE_WP_CRON’, true); did trigger some error (HTTP
   500) which primarily stopped wp-admin from working. Also, there is no where it
   says that cron job has been disabled, so I believe that this configuration is
   not specific and hence would achieve anything.
 * Is there anything else I can try?

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