WordOps-Backup: Your All-in-One Backup & Restore Solution for WordPress Sites 🛡️

mayur_chavhan

Hey WordOps community! 👋

After countless hours of testing and refining, I’m excited to share WordOps-Backup – a script designed to simplify backups and restores for WordPress sites managed via WordOps. Whether you’re safeguarding a personal blog or managing client sites, this tool adds peace of mind to your workflow.

Why I Built This

As a WordOps user, I loved the stack’s simplicity but found myself manually cobbling together backup solutions. Existing tools either lacked notifications, struggled with incremental backups, or made restores cumbersome. This script fills those gaps while staying true to WordOps’ "simplicity meets power" ethos.

Key Features You’ll Love

Flexible Backups
- Full backups (files + database)
- Database-only snapshots
- Incremental backups (only changes since last full backup)
- ZSTD compression for faster, smaller backups
Smart Automation
- Schedule backups via cron (daily/weekly/monthly)
- Auto-cleanup of old backups (configurable retention)
- Parallel compression with pigz for multicore systems
Restore Made Easy
- One-command restores for full/database/incremental backups
- Interactive menu for stress-free recovery
Real-Time Alerts
- Telegram, Email (SMTP), or ntfy notifications
- Backup success/failure alerts with size and duration metrics
WordOps-Friendly
- Works with existing WordOps installations (no stack modifications)
- Preserves your Nginx/Redis/MariaDB configurations

How to Get Started

git clone https://github.com/mayur-chavhan/WordOps-Backup.git  
cd WordOps-Backup  
chmod +x wordpress-backup.sh  
# Edit configs at the top of the script (notification tokens, paths, etc.)  
./wordpress-backup.sh  # Interactive menu mode

Full documentation: GitHub README

Why This Beats Manual Backups

Time saver: Schedule once, forget forever (until you need a restore 😉)
Transparency: Detailed logs and notifications keep you informed
Space efficiency: Incremental backups + ZSTD compression reduce storage needs by ₇₀%
Disaster-ready: Tested restore process to avoid "oh no" moments

Call for Feedback & Support

I’d love for the community to test this and share:

Bugs/feature requests: Open a GitHub Issue
General feedback: Reply here!
Contributions: PRs welcome (especially for additional notification methods)

Let’s make WordOps backups bulletproof together! 🔥

P.S. If you find this useful, a GitHub star ⭐ helps others discover the tool. Happy backing up!

portofacil

Wonderful!

How is the restore procedure? What if I need to restore a database and the domain's plugins directory?

Thanks!

mayur_chavhan

Currently, there are only two methods of restoration available. If you take a full backup, the incremental backup will only include the changed files. This way, if something goes wrong, you can restore only the modified files.

At this time, specific directory restoration is not yet available. However, I am planning to add options for backing up and restoring WordPress themes, plugins, and uploads separately in the restore menu, as these are common points of concern for WordPress users.

BSDSystems

Wau..

I'll have to try that because I've been thinking about taking a backup.

Soylolo

Great script, thank you for sharing
Do you plan to add external backups? S3, Google Drive, etc?

mayur_chavhan

Soylolo Yes, sending backups to external storage, such as S3 or Google Drive, using RClone is effective, especially in the CLI, which is already a very good tool. I'm building a GUI for RClone similar to this to integrate with it, so hopefully, it will be available soon.

Endda

nice little project. any updates on the progress?