Title: UpDraftPlus Failed BackUps Last modified: September 5, 2023 --- # UpDraftPlus Failed BackUps * Resolved [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/) * I just started getting this message in UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore * Warning: WordPress has a number (9) of scheduled tasks which are overdue. Unless this is a development site, this means that the scheduler in your WordPress install is not working properly. [Read this page for a guide to possible causes and how to fix it.](https://updraftplus.com/faqs/scheduler-wordpress-installation-working/) * Warning: The scheduler is disabled in your WordPress install, via the DISABLE_WP_CRON setting. No backups can run (even “Backup Now”) unless either you have set up a facility to call the scheduler manually, or until it is enabled. [Go here for more information.](https://updraftplus.com/faqs/my-scheduled-backups-and-pressing-backup-now-does-nothing-however-pressing-debug-backup-does-produce-a-backup/#disablewpcron/) Would you know what I can do about this? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 45 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/) * (@bcrodua) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17029274) * Hi, * To help us work out the cause of your problem, can you please send us a copy of the backup log? This log can be found in the Existing Backups tab of the UpdraftPlus dashboard.If you cannot access the UpdraftPlus dashboard, then you can find the log file in the ‘wp-content/updraft’ directory via FTP or your hosts’ file manager. * Best Wishes, Bryle * Thread Starter [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17030084) * _[ 10,000 plus lines deleted ]_ * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17030178) * [@gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * Please do not post large code or responses like that here, it doesn’t work after ~10 lines or so. You sailed past that by about 10,000 lines. * If you need share that data please use [https://gist.github.com/](https://gist.github.com/) or [https://pastebin.com/](https://pastebin.com/) or the like instead and post the link to that paste. * [@bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/) You and the rest of the team need to start thinking about that. The forums just cannot handle people pasting logs here like that. 😉 * Thread Starter [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17030190) * Thank you – I appreciate you letting me know. I was trying to delete it and trying to find out if I could attach a file. Thank you again for the links. * Thread Starter [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17030210) * Just want to let you know I did go to this link and it is not working [https://gist.github.com/](https://gist.github.com/) * Thread Starter [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17030220) * I apopgize – it now working I needed to do the final launch code * Thread Starter [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17030236) * Hello Bryle Thank you – I appreciate your response.This is the log you had asked for **[log.544b2d1fe83a.txt](https://gist.github.com/gmprre4e/6f6ba22c24c537b0174dc53cb6a6cd83)** - This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/). * Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/) * (@bcrodua) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17030615) * Hi, * I am seeing this warning message “14390.051 (4) [Warning] Your website is visited infrequently and UpdraftPlus is not getting the resources it hoped for; please read this page: [https://updraftplus.com/faqs/why-am-i-getting-warnings-about-my-site-not-having-enough-visitors/”](https://updraftplus.com/faqs/why-am-i-getting-warnings-about-my-site-not-having-enough-visitors/”); * This warning message causes UpdraftPlus not able to create or complete backups. UpdraftPlus is only able to run when WordPress is loaded into memory, i.e. when the site is accessed. As such, UpdraftPlus is not able to resume the backups in good time. * I would recommend looking into this guide, which includes several suggestions to solutions and workarounds for the low visitor issue: [https://updraftplus.com/faqs/why-am-i-getting-warnings-about-my-site-not-having-enough-visitors/](https://updraftplus.com/faqs/why-am-i-getting-warnings-about-my-site-not-having-enough-visitors/) Regards,Bryle * Thread Starter [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17031090) * Hello Bryle, * I appreciate you letting me know, * I did review the document. Thank you. * The number of visitors has been about the same for months and this warning just started. Is it possible it is anything else?  I did notice in the link you sent that it may not be a problem. * The backend of the website does show the backup was finished. I can see the boxes for plugins, themes, uploads and others were all done. And I can see that it has started today’s backup (that one is saying not finished). * Does the log that I upload tell you that the backup was not complete? * I do get emails just recently that say the back up was not complete.  * If you think I still need to do something it does gives options. Do you suggest any of them?  * Thank you. * Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/) * (@bcrodua) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17033299) * Hi, * Another thing you could consider is to make your backups run quicker. It is possible that is taking a long time to complete the process and it reaches to a point where there is very minimal activity on your site. Though UpdraftPlus would resume the backup until the server reaches its limit. * Please see FAQ: [https://updraftplus.com/faqs/how-much-resources-does-updraftplus-need/](https://updraftplus.com/faqs/how-much-resources-does-updraftplus-need/) * Thanks, Bryle * Thread Starter [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17033760) * Hello Bryle, * I appreciate the document. I was doing full backups of my website in the C Panel at least 4-5 times a week. Is this too much? The host company told me to stop backing up because they back up. * Also, did the log that I uploaded tell you that the backup was not complete? I am asking because I can see the boxes for plugins, themes, uploads, and others were all done for the previous but not today yet. Thank you. * Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/) * (@vupdraft) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17034023) * I have checked your site for http2 using this tool: [https://http2.pro/check?url=https%3A//unleashyourteam.net/](https://http2.pro/check?url=https%3A//unleashyourteam.net/) * As your site supports http2, you should not enable minify or merging * When loading a website from an HTTP1.1 server, A single request is processed at a single time period. therefore, the browser will first download the CSS, then another CSS, then another JS, then an image, and then the page will be rendered. This happens one after another, until all assets are loaded on the page. If you check a waterfall chart for this type of website loading, you will see that one request ends, and another one begins. * That’s why the conventional wisdom is that merging all of these requests into a single larger request is true, and will speed up the loading time of your website. And this is absolutely true. A single HTTP request on an HTTP 1.1 based server will always load quicker thqn multiple files, as there is no waiting period. * With HTTP 2, All requests are loaded simultaneously. There is no waiting process, and there are the same number of connections for the number of assets being requested. Therefore, merging and minifying will simply create a larger file, taking a longer time to upload and download, leading to a longer render process for the website. By keeping all of your individual files unmerged and minified on WordPress, they can all load at the same time, and each upload and download is for a smaller file, resulting in a quicker loading time. * Thread Starter [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * (@gmprre4e3) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17034315) * I appreciate your information. I did do a little research. 1. When you say “should not enable minify or merging” is that something I do or the host company?2. I have been told before there is a problem with the waterfall when I go to GT Metrix and test certain pages and one person who said it has something to with the host company but the host company told me it was not due to them. Is there a way of knowing this? Thank you * Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/) * (@vupdraft) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17036496) * Sincere apologies, I posted this reply to the wrong thread * Plugin Support [vupdraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vupdraft/) * (@vupdraft) * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/#post-17036504) * Your log does show that the backup did not complete. * Often with sites with low visitor numbers, it takes a little while before the backups start failing. * pdraftPlus can only make a backup when WordPress is loaded into Memory.  This normally happens when someone visits the site.  * I would recommend setting up a number of dummy visits to the site via an external cronjob. * These are automated tasks performed by the server. * You will need to set up an automated task to visit your site (please set the cron job to visit: [http://yourdomain.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron](http://yourdomain.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron)) every 5 – 10 minutes (This will also keep the rest of your WordPress scheduler running): * Your hosts may have a tool to set up a cronjob, or you can use an online  tool such as EasyCron Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 45 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘UpDraftPlus Failed BackUps’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/updraftplus/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1686200) * [UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/reviews/) * 44 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [gmprre4e3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmprre4e3/) * Last activity: [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-failed-backups-2/page/3/#post-17114354) * Status: resolved