Title: Multisite – subsite restore Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Multisite – subsite restore * Resolved [wasanajones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wasanajones/) * (@wasanajones) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/) * Thanks for all your great plugins, I’m a big fan * On a WP Multisite installation, can you explain how to set it up so that: * SuperAdmin can back up everything and * SuperAdmin can restore subsite db tables only and not the whole DB or as an alternative Subsite admin can restore only their db tables (ie not the whole DB) * Thanks * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-scheduler/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-scheduler/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Sed Lex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedlex/) * (@sedlex) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744067) * Err … do you mean * > where is the conf page to configure that ? * If so, it is in the main site (i.e. the one with id 0 which is supposed to be the main blog for the SuperAdmin). For technical reason, this page is NOT is the network backend * Thread Starter [wasanajones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wasanajones/) * (@wasanajones) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744096) * Thanks * but… * instructions say something like: To restore the backups, and if you have backuped only some folders, you will have to execute the following steps: Install a fresh version of WordPress on your webserver. * and after forcing a few backups from primary site it certainly doesn’t look like it is capturing subsite tables separately * if backup on a per site basis it does create a separate subsite sql file which is nice, but I was hoping to do all from super admin / primary site and generate separate subsite sql files without involving subsite admins. I didn’t see anything that looked like you can set that * Plugin Author [Sed Lex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedlex/) * (@sedlex) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744097) * Oh … I see ! You mean that from a superadmin backup you want to extract an sql file for each subsites ? For now the process is not configured this way but you may still do it mannually as sql file are text file and you could search for table with the name of the subsite … * Why do you want differents name for each backup ? * Thread Starter [wasanajones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wasanajones/) * (@wasanajones) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744100) * I have a lot of different subsite owners and it would be just easier to have their backups separate without relying on them to do a backup but in reality I’m not sure how often just one subsite would fail, but just trying to plan ahead for support * it really is acceptable to find the subsite tables in the master and restore that way, I was just hoping for a button click solution * thanks * Plugin Author [Sed Lex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedlex/) * (@sedlex) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744101) * If I “try” to create differnt SQL file for sub site would it be more convenient? * Thread Starter [wasanajones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wasanajones/) * (@wasanajones) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744103) * I really appreciate your positive response. * I think it would, for this simple reason dealing with subsites – on my network we offer a ton of theme options and many themes have dummy data – as I’ve played with them and tried them out, I often end up just deleting the subsite account and starting over from scratch. that is not an option for someone that is a subsite admin, they might end up with a bunch of junk permanently messing up their site just because they were testing which theme they wanted to use. * so yes, Please, it would be really great to be able to roll someone back quick and easily without hunting and editing the master file (especially if you could work some magic and name the sql file with the site ID) … * see you offer a centimeter and we ask for a meter… * Plugin Author [Sed Lex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedlex/) * (@sedlex) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744104) * No guarantee it will be done and no guarantee it will be done in the week 🙂 * Plugin Author [Sed Lex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedlex/) * (@sedlex) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744191) * Could you try 1.5.4 ? it should do what you need * Thread Starter [wasanajones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wasanajones/) * (@wasanajones) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744192) * that works great * I am both truly impressed and appreciative, thanks * Plugin Author [Sed Lex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedlex/) * (@sedlex) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744193) * You are welcome… I add features when I believe they could be useful for users * [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744233) * That’s right: I’m new here and I was looking for backup solution that would be able to work that way on MU – seems I found it! * Plugin Author [Sed Lex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedlex/) * (@sedlex) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744234) * And the next version will be improved * Indeed, the blogs.dir directory has been modify into /upload/sites/ and the plugin will take into account this modification * [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744235) * Many thanks for the update! Glad to hear that. * [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744237) * Just installed and looks fine: can you please explain how the plugin will act if it is Network Activated or if it is only activated at main site please? * I see it has an option to save the contents of each site separately, so I presume there is no need to network activate but would like to have your opinion about that. * Thanks. * [imagefact](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imagefact/) * (@imagefact) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/#post-4744239) * I’m truly impressed. I’m looking around at all sorts of multisite backup solutions and one of the features I’m seeking is resolved by you just this month! How wonderful an Author you are and how fortunate my timing! * If I do wind up using your plugin you’re the kind of author I would certainly donate to… Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Multisite – subsite restore’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/backup-scheduler_f8f7f7.svg) * [Backup Scheduler](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-scheduler/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-scheduler/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backup-scheduler/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backup-scheduler/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backup-scheduler/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backup-scheduler/reviews/) ## Tags * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/) * [subsite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subsite/) * 17 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-subsite-restore/page/2/#post-4744241) * Status: resolved