SiteVault – WordPress Backup, Restore, Migration & Cloning

1.5.5

• New: WordPress Playground live preview — click “Live Preview” on the plugin listing to try the Backups dashboard in a browser sandbox with 4 sample backup entries pre-seeded.
• New: Video walkthrough embedded on the plugin listing page.

1.5.4

• Compliance: Rewrote the “SiteVault Pro” admin screen to describe Pro as a separate plugin with additional features, removing the previous Lite vs Pro comparison table. No plugin functionality has changed; this is a documentation/presentation update to align with WordPress.org Plugin Directory Guideline 5.
• Compliance: Removed “Scheduled Backups” from the Pro feature list and rewrote the related FAQ answer to state only that this plugin creates backups on demand from the admin screen.
• Code: Removed two orphan wp_clear_scheduled_hook(‘sitevault_scheduled_backup’) calls from uninstall.php and the deactivation handler. The hook was never registered by this plugin.

1.5.3

• Tested: Verified compatibility with WordPress 7.0
• Improvement: Updated plugin description

1.5.2

• Fix: Removed backup storage limit for full WordPress.org compliance
• Fix: Replaced hardcoded ABSPATH reference with WordPress directory functions
• Fix: Scoped PHP ini_set() calls to specific operations instead of generic helper
• Improvement: Backup retention now uses configurable option (default 30)

1.5.1

• Fix: Settings link now navigates to correct admin page
• Fix: Replaced all inline styles with CSS classes for WordPress.org compliance
• Fix: Replaced all file_put_contents() calls with WP_Filesystem API
• Fix: Replaced file_get_contents() with WP_Filesystem in restore engine

1.5.0

• REBRAND: Plugin renamed to “SiteVault – Backup, Restore & Migration”
• Updated prefix from rbl to sitevault for WordPress.org compliance
• Updated text-domain to sitevault-backup-restore-migration
• Updated all admin menu labels and UI text
• Replaced hardcoded path constants with WordPress functions
• Scoped PHP limits to specific functions only
• Added “Built by Royal Plugins” footer branding
• Backup storage location: wp-content/uploads/sitevault/

1.4.6

• Renamed plugin to “RoyalPlugins Backup Manager” for WordPress.org compliance
• Changed slug to “royalplugins-backup-manager” to avoid naming conflict
• Updated text-domain to “royalplugins-backup-manager”

1.4.5

• FIX: Corrected admin menu slug
• FIX: Fixed backup exclusion path (prevents recursive backups)
• FIX: Replaced missing logo.svg with dashicon in dashboard header
• FIX: Settings link now correctly navigates to plugin dashboard
• Added View Details and Docs links to plugins page

1.4.4

• FIX: Downloads now properly resume instead of restarting
• FIX: Downloads are fast again – restored 64KB chunked streaming
• Added Last-Modified and ETag HTTP headers for resume validation

1.4.3

• FIX: Backup completion now auto-refreshes page reliably
• Added 3-tier redirect with fallback button

1.4.0

• MAJOR FIX: Backup completion auto-redirects reliably
• MAJOR FIX: Downloads no longer spin/stall in Chrome
• MAJOR FIX: Migration/restore shows real-time streaming progress
• Added HTTP 206 Partial Content support for resumable downloads

1.3.0

• MAJOR: Async reliability improvements for large site backups
• NEW: ZIP batching, keyset pagination, semaphore locking
• NEW: Gzip file list persistence, adaptive chunk sizing
• FIX: Large uploads/full backups complete reliably on shared hosting

1.2.0

• MAJOR: Complete backup engine rewrite for shared hosting
• NEW: ZIP streaming, primary key pagination, adaptive chunking
• FIXED: Out of memory and timeout errors on large sites

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Full site, database, and files backup types
• One-click restore with validation
• Site migration with standalone installer