Hello all,

was having the same issue with scheduled and manual backup not working and maybe I found something.

Until last mid december I was receiving weekly the backup, wich is about when WP 3.3 was released.

After reading the comments here and around, it seems as suggested by scruss that this is related to SQL file size.

When using the default WP-DB-Backup setting, the current SQL backup generated for my site is about 9mb. (have no idea what it was before WP3.3)

After checking my web host info I found a line with a PHP post_max_size limit to 8mb, I have no clue if this is related as I'm not really into that stuff, but here is the thing : when I exclude "spam comments" and "post revisions" from WP-DB-Backup settings, the SQL generated drops to less than 3mb, and all is working again (manual d/l, manual email and scheduled email).

Worth having a try.

I noticed that I have a ton of files in the wp-content/backup* folder.

But in January 2011, something changed:

I used to have sql.gz files processed until January 5th. As of January 12th, the plugin processed .sql files. I have 52 of them for 2011 and not a single one hit my inbox. Then again, I suspect that's to be expected; the gzipped files were 10MB and the .sql files are close to 100MB.

I just did a manual backup. The .sql file was created but again was not sent to me. I have no mail logs indicating that an email was even attempted. Maybe the files are too large to even be attempted.

It would be AWESOME if Austin could chime in on the issue here.

It was working just fine, until I upgraded to the latest version of WP (3.3). Now it stopped working. Manual download doesn't work either.

I am having the same problem with WP-DB Backup:

A manual backup to email works fine. But it will not backup automatically.

Any help would be appreciated.

I tried (;) as separator but apparently even this has not worked. The one other thing I have noticed is that the plugin is sending email only to the address associated with the admin account?

I use the plugin in at least 10 sites and I have the same problem only in one and, as scruss wrote, it happens 'cause it's the only one site with many many pictures and infos, so the plugin store the (big) B.U. file in the wp-content/backup folder.
Not too much terrible, but sometime I'm out of home and I can't use ftp programs like Cyberduck ('cause Filezilla give an error).
Can be resolved, please?
Sorry for my bad english.

Have you checked to see if there are a whole bunch of *.sql files in the wp-content/backup-* folder? It seems that - if you're on shared hosting with a small memory limit - the compressing/mailing stage fails, and leaves the uncompressed files lying around.

I have had exactly the same problem, as described by Valerie above. This worked like clockwork. I got a backup by email every day. Then all of a sudden it stopped. It may have been in January, I really don't know without checking back, but that would appear to be about right. It has been on my to-do list to get this sorted for months. Today have tried again to get it working, and it doesn't. It does seem to be a common issue ... but why doesn't anyone respond? Or more importantly, why isn't this issue being fixed?

It's 3 months since the last post and not even a reply. is anyone out there? Does anyone care? Is there any support? I have the same situation. The plugin seems to be working and backing up, and then tells me that the backup was sent to my email address, but it wasn't. By the way, I have donated.

Having a similar problem, but slightly different. The plugin was working perfectly fine up until the end of January apparently. I noticed all of sudden (several months later) that I had not been receiving the backup emails any longer. I checked back and saw that it was indeed January! So I checked the Tools section and it's all set up to backup daily and send via email, so I tried it manually once. It backed up but never sent it to my email account. It's just not functioning for me any longer. Please help.

By the way, did anyone else on this forum get replied to?

SAME PROBLEM!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

Having the same problem...Scheduling will be a life saver...

Same problem for me. Please help!

Although it didn’t correct the problem, I should have thought about the cache plugin. It’s something I very recently had to install due to problems with my host and just didn’t think about it.

Anyway, I cleared all the cache in WP Super Cache and tried it. No go. I turned it off. No go. I deactivated it and left it deactivated through the following test. No go. I cleared all the cache in IE7. No go. (I had IE8 on my computer until yesterday, and had tried it before I reverted to IE7. No go.) I cleared the cache in all of IE plugins. No go. I flushed the cache through the “Run”, “cmd” “ipconfig /flushdns” process. No go. And I did all this with the backup plugin page displayed so that I could clear the email address in both “Backup Options” and in “Schedule Backup” before I tried it again. I also have Firefox installed and tried it with Firefox. No go. However, Firefox does allow me to download to my computer.

Not sure what’s happened. The problem with not being able to download started about 4 months ago or so, but this is the first month I’ve not been able to email it to myself, and the first month I’ve noticed not being able to change my email address. And looking at the dates of the other two folks’ post above, it appears it just started with them. I can’t recall the exact date I did it, but I upgraded my WordPress to version 3.0.1 as soon as it was available, as I always do with that and all my plugins. As I said, I don’t know the exact date, but it seems to me it’s just been within the last 2 to 4 weeks.

If you cannot change the recipient backup email address, are you using some sort of caching plugin?

I cannot reproduce this behavior.

This is exactly what I came looking for, but I see neither of you have a response from anyone yet. Hopefully the problem will be addressed soon, as trying to download the backup doesn't work anymore.

Hello, this plug in's backup scheduling does not working. Nothing is being backed up on schedule although the manual backup works fine. What could cause the scheduling not to work? Thanks.

I am having the same issue as noted above, but it does not work for me on backup now either...
Thank you in advance for your assistance in this.

I have five (5) new websites on which I've installed your wp db backup plugin.

Backups are created; and it does send backups to the correct email address -- ONLY with Backup Now.

Scheduled backups are created as scheduled; but, the plugin insists on sending them to an email address to which I DO NOT want backups sent.

Dozens of times, I have changed the email address under Scheduled Backup, and clicked Schedule Backup. When I go to any other page and come back, the email address know to your plugin is stubbornly back to that email address to which I DO NOT want backups sent.

Please, advise.

Thank you.

I'd like to know how to do this too.
I tried comma separating but no dice.

Can i email backup to 2 email addresses? If so, what is the format required in the email box?

thx,
lee hodgson

It used to automatically save the databases on my serve but it just stopped recently.

I'm not sure what you mean. WP-DB-Backup has never had the option to automatically save backups to the server.

Could you be using another plugin?

I am having a problem getting this plugin to work. It used to automatically save the databases on my serve but it just stopped recently. I am using 2.8.6 with All In One SEO and Contact Form as well. I tried disabling these plugins but still didn't work. Any suggestions?

I had this issue (initiate manual backup and was being redirected to home page)

The problem for me was a plugin called wordpress-firewall. I added an exception to its rules and all was well.

About 2 weeks ago, I stopped getting the automated email backup.

When I tried to backup the database manually, using any option (save to server, download, email), it would not work. The progress bar would eventually stop showing progress even if I left the window open for hours.

After reading this forum, I deactivated the Contact Form 7 and All in One SEO plugins, and the WB DB Backup plugin would successfully save the backup to the server manually. I never received an email with the database backup, but it could be that it has grown too large to send in email. The site has about 5600 posts and about 37,000 comments.

I have had the three plugins (WB DB Backup, All in One SEO, Contact Form 7) working together for a few months now. I'm not sure why the combo would quit playing together nicely two weeks ago.

Here are the versions that I'm using.

Wordpress v2.8.6
WP DB Backup v2.2.2
Contact Form 7 v2.1.1
All in One SEO v1.6.10.1

Hi filosofo,
the plugin works perfectly when downloading the backup file to my pc, when using browser Firefox.
But! It does not work in Opera!!!
Cheers, Josef

After upgrade the plugin doesn't work anymore. Whenever i try to backup it redirects me to my homepage.

I have reinstalled it several times but still. Any suggestions?

jokkesvin, are you extracting the gzipped file with a gzip tool, before trying to open it in a text editor?

Have you tried the version I linked to above? What was the result?

I get the same bug. Just a 4 kb back-up file :( Any posibility of a fix? This is what the file contains upon opening it in text edit:

# WordPress MySQL database backup
#
# Generated: Tuesday 27. October 2009 15:43 CET
# Hostname: xxxxxxxxx
# Database: xxxxxxxxxxx
# ----------------------------------

However, it's working when I set it to mail me the file. What gives?

I have a similar problem. I got an email just fine from two sites that have Contact Form 7 -- even though the backup page seemed to hang at the "preparing email" stage.

But on a very large site I'm trying to backup, both email and download hung at that point with no evidence that it was completed.

I can't find the backup_81a5d folder you all are referring to. Where is this located?