With the MainWP BackWPup Extension, you can control the BackWPup Plugin settings for all your child sites directly from your MainWP Dashboard. This includes giving you the ability to create your child site backups and even set Backup schedules directly from your MainWP Dashboard.
Important Notes:
MainWP BackWPup Extension does not support the auto restore feature for the BackWPup backups. Backups created by the BackWPup plugin can be restored only manually. If you need to restore your site from a BackWPup backup, please check this help document.
Backups created by the BackWPup plugin are not suitable for the MainWP Cloning and MainWP Auto Restore feature.
MainWP BackWPup Extension requires the BackWPup plugin installed and activated on your child sites.
MainWP BackWPup Extension supports the free and paid version of the BackWPup plugin.
Install and Set the MainWP BackWPup Extension
Installation of the MainWP BackWPup Extension requires two important steps:
Installing the Extension itself on your MainWP Dashboard site
Installing the BackWPup Plugin on Child Sites
Installing the Extension
The MainWP BackWPup Extension needs to be installed only on your MainWP Dashboard site. You can install it as any other MainWP Extension.
Installing the Plugin
For the proper use of the MainWP BackWPup Extension, you need to install the BackWPup Plugin on your child sites.
Install from MainWP Dashboard
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Plugins > Install page
In the Search field, enter the plugin name (BackWPup)
Press enter on your keyboard
After the search results appear, locate the Plugin
Select the Install this Plugin option
Select your child sites
In the Installation Options box, make sure that the Activate after installation option is selected
Click the button to complete the installation
Once the installation is complete, Sync your MainWP Dashboard.
For additional help with installing WordPress plugins from the MainWP Dashboard, please review this help document.
Install directly on Child Site
Login into your child site
Go to the WP > Plugins > Add New page
In the Search field, enter the plugin name (BackWPup)
After the search results appear, locate the Plugin
Click the Install button
Click the Activate button
For additional help with installing WordPress plugins, please review this help document.
Important Notes:
After installing the BackWPup Plugin, it is required to Synchronize your sites, so your MainWP Dashboard becomes aware that the Plugin has been installed and activated.
BackWPup Dashboard
From the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Overview page, you can monitor all of your child sites where you have the BackWPup plugin installed. In the sites list, you will be notified if the plugin has an update available or if the plugin is deactivated.
In case the plugin is not activated, the Activate action will appear in the corresponding site row
In case there is a new version of the plugin, the Update action will appear in the corresponding site row
Available Actions
From the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Overview page, you can hide/unhide the BackWPup plugin on your child sites, quickly access the plugin settings on a child site or the WP Admin section. Actions are provided in the Actions menu.
Important Notes:
If you know that you have the plugin installed on a child site, but the child site doesn’t appear in the list, try to re-sync your sites.
Manage BackWPup Backups
The BackWPup Extension allows you to manage the BackWPup plugin backups directly from your MainWP Dashboard. This includes:
Creating new backup jobs
Edit created backup jobs
Triggering backup jobs
Deleting backup jobs
Downloading existing backups
Deleting existing backups
Create BackWPup Job
Create a Global Job
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Add New Job page
In the Job Name option box:
Enter a Name for the Backup Job
In the Job Tasks option box:
Set tasks that you want to include in this Job
Next, set the backup file creation preferences in the Backup File Creation option box:
First, set the backup archive name
After that, choose a backup archive format
The next step is to set where do you want to keep your backup files
You can select one or multiple destinations
Note: Due to security reasons imposed by the providers of remote storage options, some of them may need to be authenticated or configured initially on the child site itself.
In the Email Logs option box
Click the Save Changes button
After pressing the Save Changes button, the extension will create this backup job on all your child sites that don’t have the Individual Settings in use.
Create Schedule on a Single Site
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Sites > Manage page
Locate the site where you want to create a Backup Job
Click the Edit action and go to the BackWPup tab
Click the Add New Job tab
In the BackWPup Site Settings option box, set the Overwrite General Setting option to YES and click the Save button
In the Job Name option box:
Enter a Name for the Backup Job
In the Job Tasks option box:
Set tasks that you want to include in this Job
Next, set the backup file creation preferences in the Backup File Creation option box:
First, set the backup archive name
After that, choose a backup archive format
The next step is to set where do you want to keep your backup files
You can select one or multiple destinations
Note: Due to security reasons imposed by the providers of remote storage options, some of them may need to be authenticated or configured initially on the child site itself.
In the Email Logs option box
Enter your email address to receive logs
Set the Email From settings
Choose if you want to receive logs only when errors occur during job execution.
Click the Save Changes button.
After pressing the Save Changes button, the extension will create this backup job on the child site.
Job Additional Settings
Once the job is successfully created, a new set of options will appear for you, depending on your previous settings.
The extension will allow you to manage schedule settings, selected job tasks settings, and selected destination settings.
Schedule Settings
Select if you want to run the job manually, via WP-Cron, or with a URL.
Important Notes:
Excluding tables from a database backup and excluding files and directories from a files backup task are not available in Global Jobs, only in Individual Jobs.
Edit BackWPup Job
Edit Global Job
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Backup Jobs page
In the list of existing jobs, locate the one you want to edit
Click the Edit action
Edit job settings
Click the Save Changes button
Edit Job on a Single Site
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Sites > Manage page
Locate the site where you want to edit a Backup Job
Click the Edit action and go to the BackWPup tab
Go to the Backup Jobs page
In the list of existing jobs, locate the one you want to edit
Click the Edit action
Edit job settings
Click the Save Changes button
Trigger BackWPup Job
Trigger Global Schedule
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Backup Jobs page
In the list of existing jobs, locate the one you want to trigger
Click the Backup now action
Trigger Schedule on a Single Site
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Sites > Manage page
Locate the site where you want to trigger a Backup Job
Click the Edit action and go to the BackWPup tab
Click the Backup Jobs tab
In the list of existing jobs, locate the one you want to trigger
Click the Backup now action
Delete BackWPup Job
Delete Global Job
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Backup Jobs page
In the list of existing jobs, locate the one you want to trigger
Click the Delete action
Delete Job on a Single Site
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Sites > Manage page
Locate the site where you want to delete a Backup Job
Click the Edit action and go to the BackWPup tab
Click the Backup Jobs tab
In the list of existing jobs, locate the one you want to delete
Click the Delete action
Manage BackWPup Backup Files
Download Backup Files
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Existing Backups page
In the list of existing backups, locate the one you want to download
Click the Download action
Delete Backup Files
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Existing Backups page
In the list of existing backups, locate the one you want to delete
Click the Delete action
Manage BackWPup Settings
The MainWP BackWPup Extension allows you to manage the BackWPup plugin settings from your dashboard. If you are using the Paid version of the BackWPup plugin on your child sites, on the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Settings page, set the Use premium version to YES and Save it. This will display additional settings for you that are available only in the premium version.
Manage BackWPup Global Settings
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Extensions > BackWPup > Settings page
Set your preferences
Click the Save Changes button
Manage BackWPup Settings on a Single Site
Login in to your MainWP Dashboard
Go to the MainWP > Sites > Manage page
Locate the site where you want to trigger a Backup Job
Click the Edit action and go to the BackWPup tab
Click the Settings tab
Set the Overwrite General Settings option to YES and click the Save Changes button
Set your preferences
Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page