Title: wp Time Machine Feedback Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # wp Time Machine Feedback * [paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/) * (@paulgpetty) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/) * Just soliciting some general feedback… * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-time-machine/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-time-machine/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [abrupt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrupt/) * (@abrupt) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456838) * This plugin is simple but quite effective. I had never worked with Dropbox, but as a result of installing the plugin, I signed up and am really liking it. (Yes, I used your referral link — you’re welcome!) It’s quite cool to click the backup button on the plugin page and almost instantly see the files downloading to my local computer (and knowing they’re on Dropbox as well). * Now, I haven’t had to put the restore procedure to the test, but just having the backup is reassuring. * So there are only 2 things I can think of that would improve the tool: 1. Backup wp-config.php — but this may be a security issue which might be addressed in the plugin docs, which I should re-read. 2. Add an interface to schedule a recurring backup. I realize this could be done manually with cron jobs etc., but I’m sure many people would appreciate the feature. * Really great work here — simple and elegant, but does the job. Thanks! * — abrupt [http://www.abrupt.org](http://www.abrupt.org) * Thread Starter [paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/) * (@paulgpetty) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456856) * abrupt, * Thanks for feedback (and Dropbox referral sign up). * I will add a note about wp-config.php to the documentation. My recommendation is to back that up to Dropbox or S3 manually or maybe not at all. That’s a pretty critical security issue that I’m treading lightly on … * Scheduling is on the list, too. * As well as “time stamped” backups, meaning an option to have 7 daily, 4 weekly& 12 monthly backups available … * Paul * [blitz999](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitz999/) * (@blitz999) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456911) * I cannot get the content files zip to open as it says there Error 1 operation not permitted. * Thread Starter [paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/) * (@paulgpetty) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456920) * blitz999, this was most likely resolved a few revisions ago (I was able to reproduce it). * Please let me know if you try the plugin and again & whether or not the issue still occurs. * Paul * [blitz999](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blitz999/) * (@blitz999) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456935) * Hi there Paul, yes looking good now – all working. Thanks for letting me know. * One question, why does the the zip file contain another zip file inside? On the server I use the folder structure ends up about 20 folders deep. * It isn’t a problem, just a lot of directory navigation! * Thread Starter [paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/) * (@paulgpetty) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456962) * blitz999, * The ‘layers’ have been peeled back a little …. now only the wp-content archive has the nested directory structure which actually mirrors the directory structure from your host — this is done so that expanding the archive can actually restore to the right place … * Paul * [hunsford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hunsford/) * (@hunsford) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456975) * I’d love to see multisite support. The ability to backup and restore a single blog on multisite would be ideal — especially to backup a single blog from one multisite installation and restore it into another multisite location. No plugin out there is doing it, so I’m sure it’s fraught with danger and intrigue. 🙂 * Advanced support for multisite backups and restoration would be an excellent Pro feature for which I’d gladly pay. (I’ve even set up a Google alert to monitor cyberspace for me so that I can know the moment a product is released to handle that sort of thing.) * [Beer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beer/) * (@beer) * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456983) * **Dropbox** Dropbox limits files to 300Mb. You could split the .zip or .tar. gz into multiple 300Mb chunks before uploading. At least, a filesize check in the uploader loop, to let you know if this was the issue or not. * It wasn’t immediately apparent, but since it defaults to Dropbox my browser thought the email/password was for logging in and automatically filled it out with incorrect credentials. Maybe add a fieldset legend that says “Dropbox” and it’d be obvious. Not really important, as I figured it out a few seconds later, but thought a first-time user feedback would help in this case. * Scheduling would be great. I like wp-dbmanager and it has a way to add scheduling for 1 week for example. Of course, it’s easy enough to use the curl method. * [moikirsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moikirsch/) * (@moikirsch) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456989) * I would love to see a “manual backup”… so I can download a file directly. * [stephen h](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephentheh/) * (@stephentheh) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456991) * Just tried out the plugin for the first time – a quick note… * The show/hide links for the instructions and plugin options do *not* seem to work on the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox. The plugin does work though– I was able to enter my user/pass/folder info and it backed up to Dropbox just fine. Am I missing additional options, or do those links just not work? * Mostly, I’d just like to be able to schedule backups so I can set it and forget it – so to speak. Is that in the current functionality or coming soon? Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘wp Time Machine Feedback’ is closed to new replies. * 10 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [stephen h](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephentheh/) * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-time-machine-feedback/#post-1456991) * Status: not a support question ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics