SavedPixel Remote Backup

Create manual or scheduled WordPress backups, keep local artifacts, and optionally deliver them to remote storage.

What It Does

SavedPixel Remote Backup is a WordPress backup workspace for database dumps, file archives, and plugin archives. It supports manual runs, scheduled runs, retention limits, remote delivery, download and deletion controls, and pull-token access for a paired monitor site that wants to collect finished backup artifacts.

Key Workflows

• Run a one-time backup for the database, files, or both.
• Schedule database and file backups independently with configurable times and weekly options.
• Keep backups local only or deliver them to remote storage after they finish.
• Download or delete artifacts from the backup history table.
• Expose a pull token so a monitor site can read backup status and fetch completed artifacts.
• Accept authenticated remote trigger requests to start backups on demand from a paired monitor site.

Features

• Backup scopes for database, files, and both.
• Manual backups from wp-admin with asynchronous job handling and progress feedback.
• Dismissible backup progress modal that hands off to a full-width inline progress row.
• Scheduled database and file backups with separate frequency, time, and weekday controls.
• Per-scope scheduled delivery mode for database and files independently.
• Retention controls for how many database and file backups to keep.
• Local artifact storage for compressed database dumps and ZIP archives.
• Separate plugin-archive handling alongside full file backups.
• Download actions for database, files, and plugin artifacts.
• Delete actions for stored backups.
• Remote storage provider architecture with pluggable provider interface.
• Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox cloud storage providers with OAuth 2.0.
• AJAX lazy-loading folder tree with checkbox cascading for granular file selection.
• Pull-token API for remote catalog access and artifact downloads by a monitor site.
• Pull-token-authenticated REST endpoint for remote backup triggering by a paired monitor site.
• Automatic migration of settings from older prefix on upgrade.
• Trigger metadata response for monitor-side run tracking.
• In-dashboard transfer/progress state for long-running backups.
• Summary cards showing backup counts, remote status, and storage usage at a glance.

Admin Page

The admin page uses a monitor-style layout with summary cards at the top and modal-based settings. Header action buttons provide quick access to Backup Now, File Selection, DB Schedule, Files Schedule, Remote Storage, Pull Access, and Save Settings. Each settings area opens as a popup modal. Active backups open a progress modal that can be dismissed into a full-width inline progress row above the history table, while the backup history table and debug log remain as inline sections below the summary cards.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.5 or later
• PHP 8.1 or later

Installation

1. Upload the savedpixel-remote-backup folder to wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate the plugin from the WordPress Plugins screen.
3. Open SavedPixel > Remote Backup.
4. Configure manual delivery mode, backup schedules, retention limits, and any SSH or FTP settings you want to use.

Usage Notes

• This plugin creates and exports backups; it does not provide a full guided restore wizard.
• Remote delivery is optional. The plugin can be used in local-only mode.
• Pull-token access is intended for SavedPixel Remote Backup Monitor or other trusted internal tooling.

Author

Byron Jacobs
GitHub

License

GPL-2.0-or-later