Wp Backup

Snapshot and backups for WordPress in pure Bash

Create backups or restores on your WordPress using a simple Bash script and don't rely on plugins or WP-CLI.

Why should I use it?

• Easy.
• Very fast.
• Multi-site compatible.
• Docker compatible.
• Working with cron and any unix utility.
• Maintains settings, plugins and any important elements.
• Compatible with Linux, MacOS and BSD.

Use

Backup ⬇️ 📁 ➕ ⬇️ 📓

Create a zip file with important files and backup of the database.

./wp-backup.sh backup-all

Backup only database ⬇️ 📓

./wp-backup.sh backup-database

Restore only files ⬇️ 📁

./wp-backup.sh restore-files [{backup}.zip]

Restore only database ⬆️ 📓

./wp-backup.sh restore-database [{database}.sql]

Restore files and database ⬆️ 📁 ➕ ⬆️ 📓

./wp-backup.sh restore-all [{backup}.zip]

Check the connection to the database ✅ 📓

./wp-backup.sh check-database

Connection to the database 🔌 📓

./wp-backup.sh connect-to-database

Requirements

• bash 4.0 or higher
• curl
• zip
• Only macOS users, gsed: brew install gnu-sed

Install

Go to the WordPress directory (Where are all the files and folders like wp-admin, wp-config, wp-content ...).

cd wordpress-folder

Download script.

curl -o wp-backup.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tanrax/wp-backup/master/wp-backup.sh

Grant execute permissions.

sudo chmod +x wp-backup.sh

Run.

./wp-backup.sh

Are you using Docker?

Enter the container with bash. For example wordpress_web_1.

docker exec -it wordpress_web_1 bash

You will need to enter the WordPress container and install a minimum of unix commands.

• zip
• unzip
• mariadb-client

apt update && apt install -y mariadb-client zip unzip

Run wp-backup.sh inside container.

./wp-backup.sh

Disclaimer

The author is not responsible for any loss of information or side effects. Use at your own risk.