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BTFU — Back The Files Up

Name: BTFU — Back The Files Up
Author: jkirker

One-click file + database checkpoints for WordPress development. Snapshot, experiment, roll back. (The F stands for Files.)

BTFU ranks #71,345 among WordPress.org plugins with 0+ active installations, is #4,499 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, and was last updated Oct 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v0.10.1 Current Version v0.10.1

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 12 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.10.1
Last Updated: Oct 12, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Author: jkirker

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about BTFU — Back The Files Up

In a .btfu-store-<random> directory — outside the web root when possible, otherwise inside wp-content guarded by .htaccess/web.config and verified by an actual HTTP canary check (nginx ignores .htaccess, so we prove protection instead of assuming it).

Core tables cross-reference each other by ID. Restoring posts without postmeta produces silent corruption, not a smaller backup. Non-core tables (analytics, logs, queues) can be excluded — they are stored structure-only, restore leaves their live data untouched, and strict-mode restores will never drop them.

A safety snapshot is taken automatically before every restore, so you can roll back the rollback. If WordPress itself won't load, the rescue script restores from the CLI: php btfu-rescue-xxxx.php --list then --restore <id>.

No — and the UI never claims it does. Snapshots share unchanged files via hardlinks. Each snapshot's listed "unique" size is what deleting it actually reclaims.

It's designed for development. It will run in production, but it warns you persistently, and you should listen to it.

Yes. BTFU snapshots live on the same server as the site — they protect you from your own changes, not from disk failure, a compromised server, or a hosting disaster. Keep your normal off-server backups, and have one before your first restore.