Title: [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Indefinite Zip Compiling
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Indefinite Zip Compiling

 *  [Gyrfalcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gyrfalcon/)
 * (@gyrfalcon)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-indefinite-zip-compiling/)
 * I installed the BackUpWordPress plugin on a WordPress site I’m performing maintenance
   on but I’m having trouble with the backup process. Once I begin the process, 
   it compiles the data and begins to create a zip, but it seems to freeze in the
   zipping process. I have tried multiple attempts but it continuously shows the
   zipping dialog and as soon as I cancel the process, I am left with an incomplete
   file that often ranges from 1 to 7 Mb (one time 20mb) regardless of the amount
   of time I’ve left the tab open for it to process- anywhere from ten minutes to
   many hours, and the site is about 170 MB. I have tried multiple attempts to deactivate
   and reactivate and even dele and reinstall the plugin to try again but I am left
   with the same problem.
 * I’m using the latest version of this plugin along with the latest version of 
   WordPress. Is there a method to troubleshoot this with?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * (@willmot)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-indefinite-zip-compiling/#post-2753928)
 * You could be hitting some kind of internal server resource limit.
 * Could you try switching to a database only backup and seeing if that will complete
   properly.
 *  [JFLemmens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jflemmens/)
 * (@jflemmens)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-indefinite-zip-compiling/#post-2754053)
 * I have the same problem, my site is 257MB.
    I tried the backup of the db only(
   by editing the file wp-config, because it does not save changes made in the listbox),
   successfully. But not possible to backup files.
 *  Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * (@willmot)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-indefinite-zip-compiling/#post-2754130)
 * Thats for the report.
 * I continue to improve the reliability of the files backup in low memory environments
   so do keep trying new versions as I release them.

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 * Last reply from: [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-indefinite-zip-compiling/#post-2754130)
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