=== Darwin Backup ===
Contributors: aguidrevitch
Tags: backup, backups, restore, back up, recover, recovery, restoration, migrate, duplicate, copy, mysql backup, database backup, db backups, website backup, wordpress backup, full backup, openstack backup, sicherung
Requires at least: 3.0.1
Tested up to: 4.6
Stable tag: 1.0.6
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Two-click recovery from the worst-case scenarios. Backup, restore and duplicate sites of any size.

== Description ==

Darwin Backup is the ultimate free backup and restoration tool.

No more site downtime or pain restoring WordPress after a disaster of any severity, no more money spent on developers fixing your WordPress site after a faulty upgrade.

There are many backup plugins but restoration has never been this simple, easy, or reliable until now. Darwin Backup is designed to make the restore process as easy as two clicks and, in most cases, you don't need even know what your FTP, mysql credentials or directory location. Just point your browser to the link Darwin Backup provides you with, authorize yourself using your WordPress administrator credentials and click 'Login' and click 'Restore'.

The plugin doesn't currently support scheduled backups. We are already working on it for a future release.

== Installation ==

**From your WordPress dashboard**

1. Visit **Plugins > Add New**
2. Type **darwin backup** in the search box and click on search button
3. Find **Darwin Backup** plugin.
4. Then click on Install Now after that activate the plugin.
5. The plugin adds a menu item **Darwin Backup**
6. Visit **Darwin Backup > Add New** and create your first backup. (You can always delete it later.)

**Installing Via FTP**

1. Download the plugin to your hardisk.
2. Unzip.
3. Upload the **darwin-backup** folder into your plugins directory.
4. Log in to your WordPress admin panel and click the Plugins menu.
5. Then activate the plugin.
6. The plugin adds a menu item **Darwin Backup**
7. Visit **Darwin Backup > Add New** and create your first backup. (You can always delete it later.)

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Do I need to backup uploads folder? =

Only if you are going to replicate the site. Otherwise - no, uploads folder does not contain files needed to restore your Wordpress to a working state, so feel free to not backup it for the restoration purposes.

= How to duplicate a site? =

Just download the archive, upload it to the new site and point your browser to it.

= I'm getting Fatal error: Allowed memory size ... exhausted ... =

* Increase memory_limit php ini setting to be around 2x archive size. Please consult your hosting provider documentation on how to do this.
* Sometimes archives are just too large to fit memory. In this case, download <a href="http://darwinapps.com/restore.php">restore.php</a> and upload to the same directory where you archive is.

**IMPORTANT**: You can hit this problem only when duplicating sites or pointing your browser directly to the archive file. Copied to clipboard or emailed links, provided after backup or from listing screen, are already wrapped with <a href="http://darwinapps.com/restore.php">restore.php</a>

= I'm getting blank page during duplication =

Most probably you are affected by 'out of memory' issue above. Please follow up the steps described in **I'm getting Fatal error: Allowed memory size ... exhausted ...** section

= Restore on a different host stops suddenly during duplication =

An observation shows that some hosting providers decrease memory_limit dynamically (for example GoDaddy), and even though you are able to open restore panel, it might fail with 'out of memory' on the subsequent requests. See **I'm getting Fatal error: Allowed memory size ... exhausted ...** section for possible solutions

= Why authorize during restore? =

The archives produced by Darwin Backup are world-accessible and do not depend on Wordpress code base so you can restore even if your Wordpress renders 500 Internal Server Error. If archives are not protected with username / password, a malicious user who has the link to archive can restore your site to some previous state w/o your permission. On restore, archive will check if it can authorize you against your current Wordpress installation, and if it can - it will prompt you for your Wordpress username / password. If your original Wordpress mysql instance is not accessible (eg when restored on a different host) - you will get directly to the recovery screen, no username/password asked, so do not forget to delete archive

= Where are scheduled backups =

Coming soon

== Screenshots ==

1. Backup before core, theme or plugin upgrade, progress meter

2. Backup before core, theme or plugin upgrade, complete

3. List of available backups

4. Restore panel


== Changelog ==

= 1.0.6, 16 Aug 2016 =
* Support for removal of backups in the site root (happens after duplication)
* FAQ updated
* Installation updated

= 1.0.5, 15 Aug 2016 =
* Minor improvements - size column added to backups list
* Minor bugfixes and improvements

= 1.0.4, 14 Aug 2016 =
* readme.txt fixed

= 1.0.3, 14 Aug 2016 =
* Multisite support - backup available to network admins only
* readme.txt FAQ section and description updated

= 1.0.2, 13 Aug 2016 =
* readme.txt updated

= 1.0.1, 13 Aug 2016 =
* readme.txt formatting fixes

= 1.0, 12 Aug 2016 =
* Initial release