You are developing things on a WordPress site and would like to have a snapshot of the current state of your site? SnapShots will help you save states of your WordPress environment.
Save snapshots of your site with a simple click.
Name your snapshots for easy distinction.
SnapShots stores current location and redirects after restore.
Stores and restores database tables and files in upload folder.
Automatically logs in current user.
Automatically clears old snapshots with same name.
Small footprint and minimal UI.
Options
All options are defined via constants and can get overwritten with a filter. The format of options is
SNAPSHOTS_[OPTION_NAME]
Best to define your custom option constants in the wp-config.php file.
// Default save location.
SNAPSHOTS_FOLDER : WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/.snapshots'
// add '--allow-root' to each command if you run the commands as root.
SNAPSHOTS_CLI_ALLOW_ROOT: false
// define the location of your 'wp' binaries.
SNAPSHOTS_CLI_PATH: '/usr/local/bin'
// Number of shots kept with the same name.
SNAPSHOTS_MAX_SHOTS: 2
// SnapShot includes files from content folder.
SNAPSHOTS_SAVE_FILES: true
// SnapShot includes location (URL) during creation to redirect on restore.
SNAPSHOTS_SAVE_LOCATION: true
You need WP CLI installed (at least version 2.2) and PHP must be able to execute external programs with PHPs exec
Does it work without WP CLI?
No, WP CLI is essential here and SnapShots will not work without it. You will not be able to activate the plugin without the addon.
Does it work with “Local”
Yes, the plugin has been tested with the amazing tool from WPEngine and works out of the box.
Snapshots requires the php in your PATH environment!
SnapShots tries to find the php binary on your system. If it can’t find it, you will get this error. You can define the location of your php binary by open your terminal and running
`
dirname $(which php)
`
This returns the directory of your php binary. Use this location to define the constant SNAPSHOTS_PHP_PATH in your wp-config.php file. For example:
Snapshots checks if the home URL of your site matches the one from wp option get home. If they are not equal it often that the DB_HOST variable is not defined correctly. This also happens if you use a socket for your MySql connection (Local WP).
Update your DB_HOST variable in your wp-config.php file to something like this: