WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin – Migration Backup Restore

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3.8.2

• New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.6
• New: Add super admin role when creating login link. Existing staging sites need to be updated. (Pro) #3520
• New: Redesign process logs to make them more appealing and robust, ensuring they look good. #3281
• Security: Encrypt sensitive information when downloading the system info files. #3305
• Enh: Implement a mechanism that can be used to better log failure of jobs. #3436
• Enh: Add upgrade routine to enable email notifications for free version by default. #3491
• Enh: Add a tooltip to the backup modal explaining the function of „Validate Backup“. #3513
• Fix: Backup Restore failed to read the cache file of old object data when using PHP 7.2. #3539
• Fix: Make sure to backup all other files in the WP root directory when running background backup. #3564
• Fix: Ensure that backup process works properly when attempting to create multipart backup with free version. #3444
• Fix: Show correct timestamp when retrieving remote backup from an FTP storage provider. (Pro) #3499
• Fix: Google authentication throws exception when user cancels backup auth process. (Pro) #3510
• Fix: Fatal error on activation of WP Staging Pro on PHP 7.0. (Pro) #3580
• Fix: Sometimes warnings were generated during PUSH when trying to cleanup tmp directory for plugins and themes. #3588
• UX: Ensure smooth transition of HTML attributes in advanced options. #3535
• UX: Toggle Email Address and Slack Webhook URL fields when email and slack notifications enabled. #3532
• Dev: Don’t rerun CI workflows when one of the changelogs is adjusted. #3493
• Dev: Failing unit tests at \NoticesTest::shouldShowDisabledOptimizerNotice(). #3601

3.8.1

• New: Compatible to WordPress 6.5.5
• New: Enable remote backup loading for dropbox storage provider. (Pro) #3475
• New: Add ‚Upload to Cloud‘ button to upload existing local backups to cloud storage. (Pro) #3331
• New: Add option to backup custom directories in WordPress root path. #2903
• New: Add backup notifications via Slack. (Pro) #3297
• New: Add backup email notifications to WP Staging free version. #3297
• Enh: Show a message when ajax requests get blocked by a firewall rule. #3449
• Fix: Magic login link does not work when it is used more than one time. Requires updating existing staging sites to fix this. (Pro) #3512
• Fix: Handle staging and backup creation when file name contains new line character. #3417
• Fix: Make „copy to clipboard“ button works properly in all browsers, regardless of protocol (HTTP, HTTPS). #3443
• Fix: Show correct folder count if the staging site file structure contains multiple plugin and theme folders. #3419
• Fix: Prevent backup retention from being modified when scheduling backup. #3422
• Fix: Show ‚Settings form‘ after authenticating with storage providers Google Drive and Dropbox. #3356
• Fix: The site URL is not replaced correctly in the blog table on PUSH for network subsites that have a different domain than the main site. (Pro) #3501
• Fix: Several PHP warnings when using RESET on an existing staging site. #3438
• Fix: Optimize and clean up CSS. Fix X and Github icons. Remove of ‚!important‘ declarations in dark theme. #3448
• Fix: Validate new admin account email address before cloning. #3467
• Fix: Make sure appropriate message is displayed after successful backup. #3474
• Fix: Some files may not be scanned and/or copied during staging site creation if their relative path to ABSPATH contains the value of ABSPATH. #3476
• Fix: Use wp_kses instead of esc_html when logging backup message in logger, to keep json formatting for messages. #3536
• Fix: Error 500 when listing backup due to open_basedir restriction on ABSPATH. (Pro) #3548
• Dev: Add unit test to make sure file extraction task works for multiple requests. #3481
• Dev: Improve basic performance cest e2e and reduce flakiness. #3522
• Dev: Rename Compressor service to Archiver service to match what this service does. #3496
• Dev: DRY multipart code, so that compression feature can be used with it. #3498
• Dev: Add developer docs for the standalone installer script. #3235

3.7.1

• New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.5.4
• New: Automatic login to staging site after initial creation by creating a temporary login. #3198
• New: Add option to run backup in background without keeping browser open. #3286
• Security: Sanitize parameters in remote storage settings to prevent possible path traversal and executing of potential malicious code. #3461
• Enh: Add support for Wordfence 2FA authentication in the WP Staging login form. #3358
• Enh: Refactor dropbox and google drive sign in buttons. (Pro) #3405
• Enh: Reducing plugin size by minifying js and css files and removing map files. #3279
• Enh: Redesign plugin deactivation feedback form. #3000
• Enh: Hide sensitive values in system info. #3447
• Fix: Unable to restore backup when it contains huge number of files which requires extracting in multiple requests. #3477
• Fix: Improve reliability and robustness of the background processor: Stalled actions will automatically be cancelled if they are in processing state for more than 15 mins. #3454
• Fix: Backup by URl throws error „Invalid backup file content“. #3404
• Fix: Standalone restorer randomly terminated while restoring large files. #3348
• Fix: The backup version of WP Staging Restore is not up to date. #3425
• Fix: Refactor the contact form. New default options for sending backup log files and accepting privacy policy. #3370
• Fix: Ensure listing of remote backups and uploading of local backups to cloud storage works correctly. #3434
• Fix: Hide sensitive fields (secret key, access key…) in backup storages settings. #3389
• Fix: Don’t optimize the .htaccess as default any longer if server is litespeed. Revert to old behavior by using the filter wpstg.create_litespeed_server_config. #3409
• Fix: Table Renaming Task fails during Restore and Push if database prefix contains capital letter(s) and database is hosted on Windows based OS system i.e. Microsoft Azure. #3372
• Fix: Disconnect google drive account if it fails to refresh access token. #3388
• Fix: Cloud storage options are overlapped by other elements. #3343
• Fix: Don’t load and list remote backup for dropbox as it is not supported yet. (Pro) #3407
• Dev: Refactor BackupValidateTask to BackupSignerTask to match the action it does. Also move the signer related logic to separate service. #3367
• Dev: Add pre-requisite code for a new faster and more secure backup format. #2915
• Dev: Add option in UI to validate backup files during backup creation. #3368
• Dev: Auto eslint js files and format scss files during make watch. #3398
• Dev: Add phpcs rule to make each file ends with only one empty line. #3390
• Dev: Replace rollup-plugin-postcss with rollup-plugin-styles to have better control over source maps. #3429
• Fix: Unable to restore backup when it contains huge number of files which requires extracting in multiple requests. #3477

3.7.0 (Skipped)

3.6.0

• New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.5.3
• New: Implemented dark mode UX with options to switch between ‚Default OS Mode‘, ‚Lite Mode‘ and ‚Dark Mode‘ #3261
• New: Now you can restore backup of single site and/or multisite subsite to self or another multisite subsite. (Pro) #3240
• New: Allow user to push all folders under (/wp-content/). #2760
• New: Add the a new user role ‚visitor‘ to share login link option. (Pro) #3332
• Enh: Add type hinting for ProTemplateIncluder. #3337
• Enh: Make sure to prevent other plugins from injecting their messages into WP Staging UI. #3364 #3036
• Fix: Keep cloud storage connected to Google Drive even if files listing from remote storage fails. (Pro) #3347
• Enh: Revamped system-info page, ‚Purge Backup Queue‘ modal and moved JavaScript code to a separate file. #3262
• Enh: Automatically exclude uploads folder during push if it is a symlink. #2989
• Fix: Sync User Account feature duplicates existing user as administrator role. #3311
• Fix: Backup restore stuck on importing users for subsite when restoring an old backup on single site. #3373
• Fix: Make sure to handle fatal error due to missing COLLATE while creating ‚wp_wpstg_queue‘ table for scheduled backup. #3359
• Fix: Hide the ‚wp-content/wp-staging-sites‘ folder from staging site directory selection, as it is always excluded during cloning. #3267
• Fix: Show exact error message for open_basedir restriction error if destination directory does not have write permissions. #3116
• Fix: Memory usage of the staging site is higher than of the live site. #3307
• Fix: Make sure to only sync production site’s users fields that exist in cloned site’s users table. #3362
• Fix: Send log files from last 14 days and compress them before sending. Add Contact Us button to error messages. #3323
• Fix: Make sure to display default login link on custom login form if login is blocked by a security plugin with OTP or 2FA enabled. #3293
• Fix: Ensure that the All in One Security Plugin (AIOS) isn’t disabled by the wp staging optimizer when AIOS’s salt option is enabled. #3351
• Fix: Reconnect DB if mysql has gone away during update of queue table. #3354
• Fix: Create backup folder in google drive, if it does not exist, before uploading to backup cloud provider. #3381
• Fix: Make sure loading bar is removed once a WP Staging page is refreshed successfully #3365
• Dev: Add end-to-end tests for the standalone installer script. #3025
• UX: Make sure that backup cards always look good. #3345
• UX: Make sure that automatic backup icon looks good. #3338
• UX: Display backup name and cloud storage settings in ‚Edit Backup Plans‘ Modal. #3299

3.5.0

• New: Tested on WordPress 6.5.2
• New: Add option to download and restore backup directly from cloud storage providers Google Drive, Amazon S3, OneDrive, FTP, SFTP. #1968
• New: First release of the standalone WP Staging Restore tool. Add the constant WPSTG_ACTIVATE_RESTORER to wp-config.php if you want to test it. #2435
• Fix: Generated create table DDL is corrupted during backup creation if table DDL contains multiple constraints with CASCADE, SET NULL, SET DEFAULT, RESTRICT or NO ACTION referentials actions. #3303
• Fix: Backup Type missing in scheduling options. Resulting in creation of entire multisite backup even for just subsite backup on multisite. #3312
• Fix: Resolve browser warnings due to invalid HTML syntax. #2490
• Fix: Make sure to remove the loading placeholder after 5 seconds if the server call experiences delays or fails due to any error. #3294
• Security: Use more secure implementation to invalidate expired login links. #3270
• Security: Prevent accessing the system info from unauthenticated users. #3290
• Security: Check if uploaded backup file is a valid WP Staging backup file before uploading it to the server. #3318 #3273

3.4.3

• New: Tested on WordPress 6.5.0
• Fix: If endurance-page-cache mu-plugin is installed (on Bluehost and Hostgator) a staging site shows white page error then. #3216
• Fix: Backup retention does not work for backups created on a staging site. #3138
• Fix: Backup log entries could contain log entries from staging processing under certain circumstances. #3079
• Fix: Moved tmp directory to wp-content/wp-staging/tmp to fix a cross-device link error on sites hosted on Azure. #3213
• Fix: Make sure that there are no errors in console after uploading backup to remote storages. #3258
• Fix: Handle complex table relation syntax on SQL dumper and restorer. #3259
• Fix: Validate and handle null values before invoking strlen() to ensure compatibility and prevent runtime errors. #3127
• Fix: Make network cloning more robust by supporting different combination of www prefix. #3230
• Fix: On some server files were not properly extracted. Using a fallback function now. #3272
• Fix: Fix condition to check custom destination path for staging site on basic version. #3282
• Fix: Warning „Indirect modification of overloaded elements“ of WP_Hook. #3155
• UX: Make sure the loading placeholders are rendered properly over all pages. #3207
• UX: Beautify „license invalid“ messages. #3237
• Enh: Don’t prefix html attribute ‚data‘ by ‚wpstg‘. #3048
• Enh: Add pro clone features as inactive items to Actions button in wp staging free version. #3228
• Enh: Show error message if custom selected destination path for staging site will be same as root of live sites folder. #3204
• Enh: Show better backup logs and warnings if backup fails. #3263
• Dev: Add support for retrying failed tests in codeceptione2e suites. This is done to counter test flakiness. #3118
• Dev: Update outdated code of wpstg uncomment command. #3245
• Dev: e2e_backup_test make command was not using basic plugin when running basic tests. #3225
• Dev: Adding improved logging. #3252
• Dev: Make sure the debug.log is kept clean from unwanted logs when running e2e tests. #3202
• Dev: Refactor ‚ThirdParty‘ namespace changing Framework/Support/ThirdParty to Framework/ThirdParty. #3224

3.4.2

• [skipped]

3.4.1

• Enh: Remove files that were false-positive detected as malicious. #3184
• Fix: Remove two css files accidentially loaded on the frontpage. #3208
• Fix: Make sure to not encode single and double quotes while downloading log files. #3168

3.4.0

• New: Add option to create a new admin user account for your staging site during it’s creation. #3087
• New: Add option to use non-blocking process for uploading to FTP storage when using FTP extension for backup upload. #3103
• New: Add advanced excludes option at WP CLI backup-create command. #3114
• New: Add ‚Delete Settings‘ button within the backup storage provider interface to facilitate the removal of the cloud provider configuration. #3108
• New: Add support for Search Replace of urls in content of network subsites. #2960
• New: Add option on edit staging site page for testing database connection. #3106
• New: If uploads folder is symlinked exclude it from disk space calculation before creating a staging site. #3092
• Enh: Update look and feel of backup scheduling modal. #3090
• Enh: Add page loader for each page of the user interface. #3142
• Enh: Add new upgrade buttons to header and license page. #3135
• Enh: Add more information like database name to system information. #3125
• Enh: Avoid scanning of excluded directories during the push and backup process. #3049
• Fix: Fatal error on old WordPress 4.4.32 due to using of get_current_network_id(). #3174
• Fix: Base prefix wrongly replaced for users and usermeta tables in views when creating backup of views in multisite subsite. #3128
• Fix: Prevent error while directory listing protection due to open_basedir restriction. #3180
• Fix: Update free version plugin meta description to „Required by WP Staging Pro“. #3171
• Fix: Remove redundant admin notices for invalid license keys during activation. #3139
• Security: Fix a potential security error and add better sanitizing for backup title. #3152
• Fix: Make sure EDD license checks are triggered only once. #3179
• Fix: Google drive authentication not working properly under all circumstances. #3156
• Fix: Selected custom tables on a staging site that had a different prefix than the prefix in the wp-config.php could not be pushed anymore. #3170
• Fix: Prefix for user capabilities was not replaced when creating a backup of network subsite. #3129
• Fix: The „Prefix“ field was empty for listed staging sites if they were created in an external database and the prefix was not specified. #3166
• Fix: The optimizer setting was shown as disabled, even if it was still active. #3151
• Fix: Add loading icon beside ‚Refresh License Status‘ button and adjusted loading bars on licensing page. #3185
• Fix: Super (network) admins were not able to login with when network subsite backup was restored on a single site. #3191
• Fix: Reference Error wpstgPro is not defined during staging site creation on FREE version. #3136
• Fix: Make sure that backup plugin notice doesn’t overlap Create Staging Site button in UI. #3148
• Fix: List of active plugins in system info is misleading. #2996
• Fix: Make sure that mail setting page looks good on all screen resolutions. #3094
• Fix: Incorrect process modal title for preserving data task. #3130
• Fix: DRY properties in BackupMetadata and remove error message „trying to hydrate dto errors BackupMetadata::setCurrentNetworkId()“ #3199
• Dev: Update DI52 library to latest version for small performance gain. #3146
• Dev: Fix missing adminer host on wpstg command. #3120
• Dev: Load Basic or Pro service provider once other dependencies are loaded. #3160
• Dev: Populate dev hosts from env variables to add to hosts file. #3122
• Dev: Add adminer to dev tools for database management. #3112
• Dev: Fast test fails on GitHub due to the missing of ‚wpstgBackupHeader.txt‘ file, checksum needed to be updated each time. #3110
• Dev: Update Github actions to latest version that uses Node 20 to avoid deprecation message Github CI. #3200

3.3.3

• New: Support for WordPress 6.4.3
• New: Add filter wpstg.push_excluded_directories to exclude specific folders during push. #3050
• New: Add ‚Do review link‘ to backup success modal after staging site and backup creation. #3085
• Enh: Reduce number of API calls to wp-staging.com for version number checking. #3091
• Enh: Add option to use APPEND Mode for uploading backup using FTP from settings UI. #3044
• Enh: Add loading icon during activation of the free version. #3041
• Enh: Improve the message when backup has been created with older version of WP Staging. #3033
• Enh: Make sure the checkbox icon appears at centre on all system. #2920
• Enh: Make sure that font size and view layout is consistent in staging and reset modal. #3104
• Fix: Can not update email address for sending error reports. #3109
• Fix: Deprecation message about dynamic properties thrown by Google Drive Api Model class. Show exact error message when unable to get resume URI for Google Drive backup upload. #3076
• Fix: Make sure to not check external DB credentials in free version while creating staging site. #3054
• Fix: Editing the backup schedule sometime re-creates the schedule cron at a wrong time. #3101
• Fix: Add filter to hide primary key changes message and include primary key details in the system information. #2972
• Fix: Not all files are sometimes pushed under certain situation. #3082
• Fix: Scheduled Backups unable to run when a manually created backup exists. #3089
• Fix: The backup retention number of Google Drive backups isn’t honored. #3063
• Fix: Handle issues when unable to fetch information for external database during cloning requirements. #3029
• Fix: Show correct version of WP Staging in backup and staging log files. #3010
• Fix: Type error when passing multiple parameters using hooks methods. #3064
• Fix: Reduce height of the delete staging site modal. #3058
• Tweak: Keep only wp-staging* plugins active during database renaming process on backup restore to avoid conflict. #3095
• Tweak: Deprecate Filter ‚wpstg.ftpclient.forceUseFtpExtension‘ as we already provide alternate option in FTP settings UI. #3053
• Tweak: Improve success message after push about clearing site and theme cache, which may be required if the front page appears different than expected. #3003
• Dev: Add initial level logic to support Backup Compression and Restore of Compressed Backups. #2555
• Dev: Reduce number of manual e2e dispatch call by adding wp cli and cloud storages e2e in full PRO e2e suite and run them in parallel. #3073

3.3.2

• Fix: Catch type errors on properties hydration for Backup Metadata and other backup related tasks. #3072

3.3.1

• Fix: Handle warnings when unable to unserialize serialized data during cloning. #3004
• Fix: Don’t logout when restoring backup wp.com site on last step when database was not restored. #3031
• Fix: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError when using Litespeed server. #3060

3.3.0

• New: Add backup and restore support for sites hosted on WordPress.com. #2433
• New: Add input form for backup URL directly migrate a backup to another site. #2752
• Enh: Allow to re-authenticate if current session expires during creating staging site, backup or push process. #2285
• Enh: Show all network site host-names in system info. #2953
• Enh: During PUSH, use temp directory outside of plugins and themes directories to avoid plugin duplication and conflicts in case of a failure. #1595
• Enh: Refactor and DRY backup cache class. #2991
• Enh: Show admin message if user has another backup plugin installed and tell how amazing the WP Staging feature is:-) #2966
• Enh: Add dev filter activation. #2976
• Enh: Don’t reload all staging sites after creating staging site for smooth user experience. #2940
• Enh: Show better error message when cloning process stops due to memory exhaustion. #2935
• Fix: Although all tables were renamed correctly during backup restore, the backup restore log sometimes show incorrect number of tables restored. #2974
• Fix: Can’t serialize unserialized data that has an instance of a class in the object. Relevant for backup and backup restore. #2981
• Fix: Make sure to execute backup performance javascript only when creating a backup. #3019
• Fix: Installing the required free version when installing the pro version might disable all network active plugins on a multisite network. #2997
• Fix: Improve cleaning up of cache files after pushing and backup. #3021
• Fix: If only one file is selected for pushing, that file is not copied. #3011
• Fix: Under rare circumstances a push could miss to copy the last file of a queue. #2901
• Fix: On Bitnami Hosted WordPress Sites, Plugins and Themes are not replaced during PUSH due to symlinked wp-content folder. #2692
• Fix: Undefined index of databaseSsl #2995
• Fix: Notice „Free version required“ may show up on network admin page while backup free version is not network activated. #2949
• Fix: Don’t show „Customized uploads folder notice“ when host is flywheel. #2970
• Fix: Make sure javascript events are only registered when the corresponding element is loaded in the DOM. #3039
• Dev: Fix reauthentication e2e when creating backup. #3006
• Dev: Add a windows based docker setup to run all backup and staging e2e and unit tests on a real Windows environment. #2699
• Dev: Update nodejs docker image for building and compiling assets.#3016

3.2.0

• New: Support up to WordPress 6.4.2
• New: Adding feature to create backup of individual network site in multisite installations. #2795
• New: Add backup settings in backup logs. #2969
• Fix: Automatic backup repair if the backup file index is corrupted. #2861
• Fix: Saves remote storage backups in the database for use when calculating the number of backup to keep on remote storage. #2856
• Fix: Prevent accessing the content of backup cache files created during cloning and pushing jobs. #2984

3.1.4

• New: Add smart exclusion options for backup creation and allow exclusion of cache files, post revisions, spam comments, unused plugins and themes and deactivated plugins with a single click. #2758
• New: Add ‚Refresh License Status‘ button beside ‚Activate License‘ and ‚Deactivate License‘ button. #2809
• New: Show modal in free version when there are performance issues after creating backup. #2721
• New: Add option to upload already created backup to a cloud storage. This feature will be disabled by default. But can be enabled by defining WPSTG_ALLOW_REMOTE_UPLOAD constant to true. #2610
• Enh: Formatting and cleaning up legacy backup related core/utils code. #2910
• Enh: Improve the admin notice about the required free version during plugin installation to make it more visually striking. #2885
• Enh: Add placeholders for pipe and colon characters in file and path names so that they can easily be extracted from backup file index. #2575
• Enh: Disable the ’start backup‘ button when no storage is selected. #2921
• Enh: Formatting and clean up for WPStaging PHPCS Sniff code. #2851
• Fix: Page loading wrapper was overlapping elements on staging page. Add a loading bar below the header menu when switching between staging and backup main tabs. Adjust the delete modal! #2952 #2938
• Fix: Exclude unused themes filter doesn’t work properly for entire multisite backup. #2927
• Fix: Urls containing port i.e. example.com:8080 were not correctly replaced during using backup for site migration if destination site has different port. #2919
• Fix: Due to presence of www prefix in constant DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE on the destination site during backup restore, both source and destination weren’t considered same site for updating subsites related URLs. #2954
• Fix: Remove Type strictness from custom wp_mail function used in staging site when mail sending is blocked to avoid „Uncaught TypeError“. #2932
• Fix: Unable to create directory with correct permissions in ABSPATH when ABSPATH has wrong or custom permission i.e. 0170 but ABSPATH is writeable during staging site creation. #2925
• Fix: Upsell welcome page shows up when pro is installed and free activated. #2939
• Tweak: Show a proper message on FREE version why the backup cannot be restored if backup has same site url with a different url scheme. #2841
• Dev: Some e2e tests were still using old checksum file for comparing plugin dist package, which leads to plugin not being latest for those tests. #2916
• Dev: Add PHPCS rule improvements for return type hint. #2899
• Dev: Moved backup cloud storage related e2e tests to separate suite and DRY workflows generation for e2e tests. #2951
• Dev: Don’t run storage related tests on basic e2e backup tests. #2930
• Dev: Add digitalocean backup dev credentials into dev doc. #2963

3.1.3

• Fix: There was a potential security vulnerability due to which a malicious user could eventually exploit and access the wp staging cache folder. This issue is now fixed. The security issue was found by Thanks to Dmitrii Ignatyev from cleantalk.org. #2908
• Fix: Siteground related issue: file_put_contents() doesn’t free up resource automatically immediately, which caused error 500 during backup extraction on SiteGround hosting (due to limited resources). #2868
• Fix: For domain based subsites during backup restore, home and site_url were not adjusted properly automatically. #2857

3.1.2

• New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.4.1
• New: Add latest cloning, pushing, backup and backup restore logs when the user downloads the log files or opens support ticket and share debug information. #2806
• Fix: Warnings in WordPress 6.4 because WordPress removed property $wpdb->use_mysqli. This could lead to a backup error. #2881
• Dev: Add missing twentytwentyone theme to multi_tests to make backup tests work. #2888
• Dev: Add a Sniff rule to check for proper use of esc_html_e in backup related code. #2875
• Dev: Use cache and run unit tests in parallel to reduce time taken by fast backup tests. #2862
• Dev: Fix DB version in DB seed file for multisites backup tests. #2891
• Dev: Fix issue with WP CLI e2e backup test not running due to missing core plugin. #2896
• Dev: Add make command to update DB backup seed files. #2893
• Dev: Make sure that the .gitignore file remains intact and doesn’t get deleted when running ./wpstg changelog:update command. #2873
• Dev: PHPCS rule for adding a newline after „for, foreach, if“ block statements. #2831
• Dev: Use constants for job type for cloning/pushing backup process instead of hard coding them. #2850

3.1.1

• New: Make WP Staging compatible up to PHP 8.3 RC. #2543
• New: Add option in settings UI to force use FTP extension over FTP curl method for remote uploading backup using FTP. #2731
• New: Add constant WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE with value all to new staging site. WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE constant was added in WordPress 6.3. #2792
• New: If the „wpstg_push_excluded_tables“ filter is used to exclude tables from the push process, these tables are deactivated in the push table selection. #2776
• Enh: Make sure pro upgrade button font color can not be overwritten by third party. #2846
• Fix: Improve design of the „delete staging site“ modal. #2843
• Fix: Existing previously created backup files may be invalid under certain circumstances and can lead to a faulty website after restoration. This is a highly recommended update! Please create a new backup after installing this update to ensure that this potential error does not affect your backup file. #2861
• Fix: Remove warnings in debug.log that say „WP STAGING: Another instance of WPSTAGING active…“. #2849
• Dev: Use 7zip instead of zip to achieve better compression ratio to create smaller plugin zip packages. #2854
• Dev: Make Flywheel e2e tests pass that were failing due to missing file in flywheel structure. #2871

3.1.0

• New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.3.2
• New: Exclude GoDaddy mu-plugin by default when creating a staging site. #2744
• New: Add modal to opt-in for diagnostic monitoring after first installation. #2391
• New: An active installation of the free core plugin will be mandatory for pro version 5.1.0 and later. #2612
• Enh: Added information into system info logs to indicate whether the site is a single site or a multi-site. #2790
• Enh: Show notice that permalinks won’t work on WP Engine sites. #2142
• Enh: Add Contact Us button to the main menu bar. #2763
• Enh: Update license updater and fix a small error that can lead to broken API requests. #2817
• Enh: Remove type strictness from optimizer plugin functions which are used with wp hooks to avoid conflict with other plugins. #2830
• Fix: Backup uploading to FTP fails if ftpclient is used and ssl enabled. #2750
• Fix: Staging login doesn’t work if Wordfence Activated option exists in the database but there is no Wordfence plugin active. #2812
• Fix: Magic login link does not work if only the free version is active on the staging site. This requires updating WP Staging Free and Pro plugin on staging site. #2781
• Fix: Custom WP content paths inside ABSPATH were not correctly cloned for newly created staging site. This could led to missing images and …