Title: Feature request: archive encryption
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Feature request: archive encryption

 *  [guttenburgerm3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guttenburgerm3/)
 * (@guttenburgerm3)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-archive-encryption/)
 * Hi!
    Thanks for the great plugin!
 * I think it would be very nice if you expanded the feature set of the Pro version
   by adding an encryption option, or at the very least (for the free version maybe)–
   password-protecting the zip archives.
 * In my opinion, the best encryption option for the task would be PGP / GNUPG, 
   like in this plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simplesecure/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simplesecure/)(
   although PHP implementation is definitely not the fastest option, so please consider
   relying on the other tools). I imagine this scenario: the user provides their
   public key in the settings, and the new option becomes available in the task 
   settings. I think it should be safe to assume that whoever would use that option
   know what they are doing and will be able to decrypt the backup file using tools
   available on the platform they use.
 * As another variation of this option (just like you have several options for storage),
   for the cases where no PGP tools are available in the system (and PHP version
   fails for some reason), AES encryption with user-provided password might be a
   good idea. I’m not completely sure, but I believe that some of the current crop
   of archivers provide this AES functionality natively. If not (and thus assuming
   you might opt for a home-grown solution), please provide users with a toolchain
   for decryption.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-archive-encryption/#post-7280198)
 * We have it on our eyes and we will discuss it in our team again.

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## Tags

 * [encryption](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/encryption/)
 * [password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/password/)
 * [PGP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pgp/)

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 * Last reply from: [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-archive-encryption/#post-7280198)
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