Title: Method 1
Last modified: July 2, 2026

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# Method 1

 *  [vilo1968](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vilo1968/)
 * (@vilo1968)
 * [2 days, 23 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/method-1/)
 * Hi again,
 * I performed some additional testing on a **public website** (not an intranet),
   and I found another issue that seems to be related to **Method 1**.
 * Here are the results:
    - The website is publicly accessible.
    - It uses **Wordfence**.
    - Initially, Wordfence reported a false positive for one of the Backup Migration
      AJAX requests. I accepted the suggested allowlist rule.
    - I tried creating another manual backup using **Method 1**, but it failed again.
    - To completely rule out Wordfence, I disabled the Wordfence plugin and tested
      Method 1 again. It still failed.
    - Then I switched Backup Migration to **Method 2**, and the manual backup completed
      successfully.
 * I also reviewed the generated log and found something interesting.
 * The backup process actually starts and later reports:
 * > **“Backup file created successfully via backup-process.php”**
 * However, during Method 1 the frontend AJAX request receives a **404 response 
   containing the full HTML of the website’s 404 page**, instead of the expected
   AJAX response. After that, several AJAX requests report “NetworkError”.
 * This makes me think that the backup itself is actually being created, but the
   frontend reports it as failed because one of the AJAX requests unexpectedly returns
   a 404 page.
 * Could you please check whether this is a known issue with Method 1?
 * Debuge code: BMI-4BSCbO48-72012
 * Thank you!

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 * Last activity: [2 days, 23 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/method-1/)
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