Backblaze is a popular offsite storage location for website backups due to it’s consistently low pay-as-you-go storage fees. In fact, we recently recommended creating a WordPress backup with Backblaze for this very reason. XCloner has long-supported creating WordPress backups with Backblaze. Access to Backblaze has always been through the use of API keys or application […]
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Critical update required for all users of XCloner for WordPress 4.2.152 and earlier
Recently, we were informed of a serious vulnerability affecting the XCloner WordPress plugin. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 4.2.152. We take security very seriously at XCloner and Watchful and within 2 days of the report we had patched the most serious issue. Over the coming days we would add additional fixes. […]
What is the Cheapest Backup Storage for WordPress Sites?
If you have a large WordPress site, or take regular backups, it’s important to find an affordable and reliable place to store backup files. Obviously, cost probably isn’t the only consideration. For example, you are probably looking for a platform with a good user interface. Some storage platforms seem to have been designed in around […]
XCloner Now Supports WP-CLI and Microsoft OneDrive
XCloner 4.2.10 is available from WordPress.org. XCloner is the easy, free and reliable way to backup your WordPress sites. This version has several new integrations and features. Let me give you a tour of 5 improvements you’ll see in this latest release. #1. Microsoft OneDrive support Last month, we reviewed the most affordable storage options […]
How to Send WordPress Backups to Amazon S3 Glacier
XCloner allows you to send your WordPress backups to Amazon S3. That is just one of many remote storage locations available in XCloner. You can also send backups to FTP, SFTP, DropBox, Google Drive, WebDAV, Backblaze, Azure and more. We compared storage prices for website backups and found that Amazon S3 was more expensive than […]
Why We Chose Docsify for the New XCloner Documentation
XCloner is the easy, free and reliable way to back up your WordPress sites. In April this year, XCloner joined the Watchful team. Ever since then, we’ve been hard at work on improvements for XCloner users. Previously, there wasn’t any documentation available for XCloner, so we’re building a new documentation site. […]
Welcome to the New XCloner Website and Documentation
XCloner is the easy, free and reliable way to back up your WordPress sites. In April this year, XCloner joined the Watchful team. Since that time, we’ve been hard at work on improvements for XCloner users. First, we released several updates for the XCloner plugin. The biggest update was version 4.2, which had several new […]
XCloner Requires PHP 7.1
This week, we released XCloner 4.2.9 which you can download from WordPress.org. One important change in this release is that you’ll need at least PHP 7.1 to use XCloner. This change was required because we use WebDAV to help manage files and that library requires PHP 7.1. If you don’t have PHP 7.1, nothing bad […]
XCloner 4.2 Has New Features, Fixes and a CLI
XCloner 4.2 is now available from WordPress.org. XCloner is the easy and reliable way to back up your WordPress sites. This new version has some new features, fixes a lot of bugs and introduces a CLI (command-line interface). Let me give you a tour of 7 improvements you’ll see in this latest release. #1. Manual […]
Security release available for archived Joomla version
Today we have made available a new release — version 3.5.4 — for the unmaintained Joomla version of XCloner. Prior versions of XCloner for Joomla contained an Authenticated Local File Disclosure vulnerability that has been patched in the latest version. Any users of the unmaintained XCloner for Joomla package should upgrade immediately. Details of the exploit […]