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Do you receive emails when someone comments on a post? If so, then the email is fine, in which case it sounds like your WordPress "cron" has stopped working. You'll want to try to fix that because it will mess up your pingbacks and future posts as well.

There could be a number of things wrong, but try this and see if it works: replace line 229 of wp-includes/cron.php, which looks like this:

wp_remote_post( $cron_url, array('timeout' => 0.01, 'blocking' => false, 'sslverify' => apply_filters('https_local_ssl_verify', true)) );

with this:

wp_remote_post( $cron_url, array('timeout' => 1, 'blocking' => false, 'sslverify' => apply_filters('https_local_ssl_verify', true)) );

That makes the timeout longer.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I created a test post, and got an email through, so it looks like the email is still working (PHEW!).

Will try the change you suggested to cron.php. Hopefully that will help.

It's interesting to note that my other blog, which I upgraded at the same time, does backup ok. They use the same theme, and the same plugins as well.

Any idea what might be the problem if a manual backup works, but a scheduled one ceases to email me?

Comments and new posts email to me ok, as do manual backups.

Thanks

I am having the same problem - automatic backups are not being emailed since the upgrade. I made the change to wp-includes/cron.php suggested but still no joy.

Also, when I try to set the date and time for the automatic backup, the time doesn't 'stick' and instead resets to a later time unpredictably. I'll set 3am and it will show 9:57am or some such.

I am getting the same problem as Michiamamo, the time does change, as if the backup has been done, but it's not the time I would expect.

Strange thing is that I upgraded 2 blogs at the same time from, 2.8 to 2.8.1. Both have the same theme and plugins, and one works perfectly.

I even removed this plugin and added it again, changed the backups to be scheduled every hour, but it makes no difference.

Is there a way to easily remove all traces of the plugin and add it again? I had deleted the folder, but it looks like some settings may have got left behind.

@poddys - I'm pretty sure this is unrelated and that Autosave refers to WP's automatic save while editing.

This problem is browser-independent.

WordPress 2.7 changed the way it does "cron" tasks, which means how it takes care of periodic jobs, in this case sending out the backed-up files. WordPress 2.8 changed it again. Both sets of changes broke the functionality for a number of people.

It's a problem that needs to be fixed, but it's a WordPress problem, not a problem with this plugin.

If someone with this problem were to grant me access to their site, I could probably track down the problem, but otherwise I don't know what else to suggest.

Hmmm i'm having my same problem and my email notification upon awaiting moderation isn't working as well.

This is still the most respected backup plugin for WP, and it does everything I want very nicely. I hope they manage to fix things soon. It's tedious having to remember to take manual backups.

poddys, as I mentioned above, this is a WordPress problem, not a problem with my backup plugin.

Even still, as I've mentioned above, I have volunteered to try to diagnose it. I'll do it for free. My email address is austin [at] pressedcode.com.

For this to get fixed, someone like me needs to be able to reproduce the problem to trace it to its cause, and so far no one has offered to let me try.

Waiting around for WP to change back to the way it was so this plugin works again seems backward to me.

I'm not waiting for WordPress to change. Read the rest of my comment that you quoted. See how I volunteer to diagnose the problem for free, and I provide my contact information?

I'm waiting for someone who has this problem to let me have FTP or SSH access to their site so I can diagnose the problem. A couple of people have said they would, but when I contact them I never hear back.

Until I can reproduce the problem, I can't fix it.

Yes, I would love to see the problem in action. My email is austin@pressedcode.com

Thanks

Looks like my most recent comment might dovetail with this thread, though I assign blame to moving servers, not to a WP upgrade (we're at 2.8.4 and I don't tie the upgrade date to the server move date and the problems starting, but then I could be wrong :( )

Let me know if you need access to my site for any insight into what is or isn't working here; sounds like you did get access upthread though.