=== Akeeba Backup CORE for WordPress ===
Contributors: nikosdion
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Tags: backup, restore, migrate, move
Requires at least: 3.8.0
Tested up to: 3.9
Stable tag: 1.0.b3
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

Easily backup, restore and move your WordPress site with the fastest, most robust, native PHP backup plugin.

== Description ==

Akeeba Backup Core for WordPress is an open-source backup plugin for WordPress, quite a bit different than its
competition. Its mission is simple: create a site backup that can be restored on any WordPress-capable server. Its
possibilities: endless. It creates a full backup of your site in a single archive. The archive contains all the files,
a database snapshot and a web installer which is as easy to use as WordPress' famous five minute installation procedure.
The backup and restore process is AJAX powered to avoid server timeouts, even with huge sites. Our vast experience
(the backup engine is being continuously developed and perfected since 2006) guarantees that. Alternatively, you can
make a backup of only your database, or only your files. If you want a reliable, easy to use, open source backup
solution for your WordPress site, try it out.

Features:

* You own your data. Hosted services hold your data only as long as you pay them a monthly fee. With Akeeba Backup you have full control over the backup archives you generate.
* The fastest native PHP backup engine. You don't need to upload Linux executable files on your server!
* Works on any virtually any server environment: Apache, NginX, Lightspeed, Lighttpd, IIS and more on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and more.
* No more timeouts on large sites. Our renowned engine is designed for big sites in mind. Largest successfully backed up site reported so far: 110Gb (yes, Gigabytes).
* It configures itself for optimal operation with your site. Just click on Configuration Wizard.
* One click backup.
* AJAX-powered backup (site and database, database only, files only or incremental files only backup)
* Choose between standard ZIP format, the highly efficient JPA archive format or the encrypted JPS format.
* You can exclude specific files and folders
* You can exclude specific database tables or just their contents
* Unattended backup mode (CRON job scheduling), fully compatible with Webcron.org
* AJAX-powered site restoration script included in the backup
* "Kickstart" restore: restore without extracting the backup locally
* Archives can be restored on any host. Useful for transferring your site between subdomains/hosts or even to/from your local testing server (XAMPP, WAMPServer, MAMP, Zend Server, etc).

and much, much more!

Indicative uses:
* Security backups
* Creating dev sites to test new ideas, make site redesigns or troubleshoot issues
* Transfer a site you created locally to a live server
* Create "template" sites and clone them to fast-track the development of your clients' sites

Do not miss out the complimentary companion desktop software (Akeeba SiteDiff and Akeeba eXtract Wizard) which are
available free of charge from our site. They make working with Akeeba Backup a breeze.

If you want advanced features, such as uploading your backup archive to Amazon S3, Dropbox, Box.com and 40+ other cloud
storage providers, import backups from S3, exclude files, folders and database tables using regular expressions,
integrated restoration and much more you can subscribe to the commercial Akeeba Backup Professional for WordPress plugin
on our site.

Note: The plugin is free of charge, its support is not. You need a valid subscription on our site to request support.
However, its documentation, the troubleshooting wizard and searching the public tickets is free of charge.

== Installation ==

1. Install Akeeba Backup for WordPress either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your
   server. In the latter case we suggest you to upload the files into your site's `/wp-content/plugins/akeebabackupwp`
   directory.
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
1. You will see the Akeeba Backup icon in your sidebar, below the Plugins section in the wp-admin area of your site.
   Click on it.
1. Click on the Configuration Wizard button and site back while the plugin configures itself *automatically*.
1. Every time you want to take a backup, click on the big blue Backup Now button in the plugin's interface.
1. That's it! Really, it is that simple!

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= I have spotted a bug. Now what? =

Please use [our Contact Us page](https://www.akeebabackup.com/contact-us.html) to file a bug report. Make sure that you
indicate "Bug report" in the Category selection. We will review your bug report and work to fix it. We may contact you
for further information if necessary. If we don't contact you be assured that if you did report a bug we are already
working on fixing it.

= I am trying to install the plugin but the upload fails =

The plugin is quite big (around 4Mb). Most servers have an upload limit of 2Mb. You can either ask your host to increase
the file upload limit to 5Mb or you can install the plugin manually. Please see the Installation section for more
information.

= I have a problem using the plugin. What should I do? =

The first thing you should do is [read our extensive documentation](https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/akeeba-solo.html)
and our [troubleshooter](https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter.html). If you'd like to receive
personalised support from the developers of the plugin you can [subscribe](https://www.akeebabackup.com/subscribe/new/backupwp.html?layout=default)
to our services. Due to the very specialised nature of the software and our goal of providing exceptional support we do
not outsource our support. All support requests are answered by the developers who write the software. This is why we
require a subscription to provide support.

= Does your software support WordPress MU (multi-sites a.k.a. blog networks)? =

Not very well. Even though you can backup and restore such sites, they cannot be automatically reconfigured if you move
them to a new server or a different location on the same server. For this reason we consider this to be an unsupported
environment.

= What are the requirements for your plugin? =

Akeeba Backup for WordPress requires PHP 5.3.4 or any later version. Older versions of PHP including PHP 4, 5.0, 5.1,
5.2 and 5.3.0 up to and including 5.3.3 are not supported. We recommend using PHP 5.4 or later for security and
performance reasons: PHP 5.4 is seven times faster than PHP 5.2 according to our benchmarks.

Akeeba Backup for WordPress is tested on WordPress 3.8 and later. It should work on earlier versions of WordPress but we
cannot guarantee this.

Akeeba Backup for WordPress requires at least 16Mb of PHP memory (memory_limit). We strongly suggest 64Mb or more for
optimal operation on large sites with hundreds of media files and hundreds of thousands of comments.

Some features may require the PHP cURL extension to be installed and activated on your server. If unsure ask your host.

Finally, you need adequate disk space to take a backup of your site. As a rule of thumb, that's about 80% the current
size of your site's public web directory (usually called public_html, htdocs, httpdocs, www or something in the like).

= Can I use this plugin on commercial sites / sites I am building for my clients? =

Yes, of course! Our plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or, at your option, any later
version of the license published by the Free Software Foundation. This license gives you the same Four Freedoms as
WordPress' license; in fact, GPLv3 is simply a newer version of the same GPLv2 license WordPress is using, one which
protects your interests even more.

= Weren't you Joomla! developers? What are you guys doing here? =

That's a fair point. Even though our company was building Joomla! components we have always considered ourselves to be
*PHP developers*. We've been using WordPress for client sites and personal sites for years. We were just not as involved
with the WordPress community. Our backup engine was designed to be compatible with any PHP-based site right from the
start. So, here's your answer: we are PHP developers specialised in backup, security and frameworks, spanning multiple
CMS.

== Screenshots ==

1. This screen shot description corresponds to screenshot-1.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif). Note that the screenshot is taken from
the /assets directory or the directory that contains the stable readme.txt (tags or trunk). Screenshots in the /assets
directory take precedence. For example, `/assets/screenshot-1.png` would win over `/tags/4.3/screenshot-1.png`
(or jpg, jpeg, gif).
2. This is the second screen shot

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.b3 =
* Configuration file changed from config.json to config.php – expect some turbulence after update
* You can now change the date/time format for the Start column in the Manage Backups page
* Support restoration of "split URL" WordPress sites (site root and WordPress root being different directories)
* Basic support for WordPress Multisite: multisite installations can be backed up only by the network admin and can only be restored on the same server / URL as the original blog network
* Much improved database installer / updater
* Use WordPress' timezone instead of asking you to specify it manually
* Update notifications are performed using AJAX to prevent a connection timeout from making Akeeba Backup for WordPress inaccessible
* [HIGH] CLI scripts not working when the wp-config.php file is above the site's root
* [HIGH] Fatal error when the session path is not writeable
* [MEDIUM] The entire backup output folder was excluded from the backup, breaking Akeeba Backup when restored from a backup
* [MEDIUM] It wasn't possible to link to Dropbox
* [LOW] Sometimes the ANGIE password warning would appear without a password having been set
* [LOW] The profile selection box wouldn't show in the Backup Now page
* [LOW] The remote file management button in Manage Backups page doesn't open the interface in a pop-up as it should be

= 1.0.b2 =
* Wrong name of Awf/Adapters/Curl.php file led to fatal error on some hosts
* Enable debug mode when WordPress' debug mode (WP_DEBUG) is enabled
* [LOW] Download through browser warning showing \n instead of newlines
* [LOW] Beta version shown with an ALPHA badge

= 1.0.b1 =
* First public release


== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.0 =
Initial version