by
EverPress
3.7 (3 reviews)
SnapShots
Save and restore named WordPress development snapshots of the database and uploads from the admin bar or WP-CLI.
SnapShots ranks #27,833 among WordPress.org plugins with 20+ active installations, is #2,029 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Oct 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1.4
v3.0.0
Current Version v3.0.0
Updated 2 weeks ago
Last Update on 17 Oct, 2026
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- Version
- 3.0.0
- Last Updated
- Oct 17, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.6+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1.4
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- EverPress
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about SnapShots
You need WP-CLI 2.2 or newer, a php binary the web server can run, and PHP exec. Only users with the manage_options capability can create, restore, or delete snapshots.
No. SnapShots runs wp snapshot for every save, restore, and delete. If WP-CLI is missing, activation shows an error and those actions cannot run.
The web server must be allowed to run exec, find php, and run the wp binary. Hosts that disable those functions, including many WordPress.com plans, cannot use this plugin.
It has been tested with Local. Local often connects to MySQL through a socket. If WP-CLI reports that it cannot talk to the database, set DB_HOST to localhost: plus the socket path for that site: define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost:/absolute/path/to/mysql/mysqld.sock' ); Use the socket path from your Local site.
The default folder is wp-content/.snapshots. Change it under Settings → Snapshots or with the SNAPSHOTS_FOLDER constant. Files stay on this server. They are not uploaded to a remote service. Snapshots contain a full database export, so SnapShots places .htaccess and index.php files in the folder to block web access on Apache. On nginx, make sure your configuration denies dot-directories (for example location ~ /\. { deny all; }), as it does not read .htaccess files.
It restores the database export and, when that snapshot included files, the uploads directory. It does not restore plugins, themes, or WordPress core. After the import, tables with this site's prefix that are not in the snapshot are dropped.
It is a development tool for rolling a site back while you test. A restore overwrites data on the same server. Keep a separate off-site backup of anything you cannot afford to lose.
If the home URL stored in the snapshot differs from the current home URL, restore runs WP-CLI search-replace from the snapshot URL to the current one. SnapShots requires the php in your PATH environment The plugin looks up php with which php. When that fails, set SNAPSHOTS_PHP_PATH to the directory that contains the binary. This command prints that directory: dirname $(which php)
define( 'SNAPSHOTS_PHP_PATH', '/usr/local/bin' ); SnapShots requires the "exec" method SnapShots uses PHP exec to run WP-CLI. If the host disables exec, the plugin cannot run. There is no fallback that avoids the shell. SnapShots requires WP-CLI Install WP-CLI and make sure the web server can run wp. When wp lives outside the default search path, set the directory in wp-config.php: define( 'SNAPSHOTS_CLI_PATH', '/usr/local/bin' ); The value is the directory, not the wp file. Set CLI Allow Root (or SNAPSHOTS_CLI_ALLOW_ROOT) only when those commands must run as root.
Two, unless you change Max Shots. Saving a new snapshot with the same name deletes older copies beyond that limit.
