Settings

This section allows you to configure and finetune JetBackup for WordPress settings.

General Settings

Timezone

Set the timezone that JetBackup will use to schedule its tasks and base the timestamps in the logs. Default: UTC (+00:00)

Email Notifications

Toggle the Email notification ON to receive status updates for your backup and restore processes. You can then specify the email address(es) you would like to send notifications to (separate with commas when specifying multiple email addresses).

Reloads Enabled

This option enables you to backup your WordPress site by chunks with reload callbacks. You can also set the chunk size that JetBackup will split your backups into. This option is useful especially on hosting environments with a low execution time limit. This helps mitigate execution timeout errors. Default: ON

Delete Local Backup After Upload

Delete local copies of your backups each time they have been successfully uploaded to the cloud destinations you have configured. Default: OFF

Alert Before Update

Get alerts to backup your website prior to updating any of your WordPress plugins. Default: OFF

Backup Deletion Will Also Delete from Cloud

Deleting backups via the plugin will automatically remove copies stored in the cloud destinations you have configured. Default: OFF

Show Statistics

Get JetBackup statistics from your WordPress Dashboard. Default: ON

FTP Passive Mode

With FTP passive mode enabled, data connections are initiated by the client rather than the server. It may be needed if the client is behind a firewall. Default: OFF

Disable Ads

Disable all advertisements within the plugin. Default: OFF

Download Mode

Select the method you prefer JetBackup uses when downloading backups. Default: Hard link

Available Options:

• Hard link
• Via PHP
• Symlink

Exclude Paths (Separated by Commas)

This setting allows you to exclude specific directories and files from being backed up with the JetBackup for WordPress plugin. e.g., wp-content/cache,wp-content/w3tc-cache

Tables to Exclude (Separated by Commas)

This setting allows you to exclude specific database tables from being backed up with the JetBackup for WordPress plugin. e.g., wp-content/cache,wp-content/w3tc-cache

Backup Retention

Set the number of backups JetBackup will keep on your WordPress site. Once the set number has been reached, JetBackup will automatically cycle through the available backups starting from the oldest backup. Default: 100

Number of Rows to Backup at Once

Set the number of database rows JetBackup will process when backing up databases. It is recommended to adjust this setting if you are having issues with your system memory (RAM). Default: 10000

Upload to Cloud Chunk Size

In conjunction with the Reloads setting, you can also set the chunk size that JetBackup will split your backups into when uploading to the cloud.

Reload Method

Choose the PHP Library JetBackup will use for the reload method. Default: Curl

Available options:

• Curl
• Stream
• Socket

Backup File Name

Specify the prefix that JetBackup will use to name your backups. Default: example.comopt(full)_20230915041348

Request Frequency

Set how frequently JetBackup will send requests when uploading/downloading backups from the cloud. This typically needs to be adjusted if you receive rate limit errors from your cloud destination. Default: 2 seconds

Backup Destination Path

Set the path where JetBackup will store local copies of your backups. Default: wp-content/uploads/jetbackup

Clear DB Actions Table

Stops all ongoing processes (backup/restore).

Add/Remove Cron

Add/Remove the cron job that is used for schedules. The crontab contents can be viewed in the System Info page.

Clear DB Schedules

Remove all schedules from the database and Schedules page.