Title: [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] automatic backup only sometimes
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] automatic backup only sometimes

 *  Resolved [shady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shady/)
 * (@shady)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-automatic-backup-only-sometimes/)
 * Hi, i am using v 1.6.8 and i am only getting the automatic backups only intermittently.
   Using ‘back up now’ will work as a manual backup.
    I have tried the cron statement
   in wp-config, and tried altering the number of backups saved, but even when i
   specify 8 backups to save, it will sit at 6 or 7 until i manually hit the button.
   What is odd, is that sometimes the automatic backup will fire as it should. I
   like this simple backup plugin and will continue to use it manually, but the 
   auto feature would be nice.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  [Handoko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handoko-zhang/)
 * (@handoko-zhang)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-automatic-backup-only-sometimes/#post-2795131)
 * I like BackUpWordPress too, it’s simple and easy. But unfortunately, it can’t
   backup as scheduled correctly on my computer. I get several backups in a day,
   no matter I choose daily or weekly.
 * For example, I set it to weekly auto backup and to keep the last 14 backups, 
   but I get all the 14 backups on 22 June 2012 with the time: 1:33 am, 1:24 am,
   1:21 am, 1:20 am, 1:03 am, 1:00 am, 12:54 am, 12:51 am, 12:40 am, 12:38 am, 12:
   33 am, 12:25 am, 12:24 am, 12:21 am.
 * There must be some bugs in the scheduling (auto) backup feature. Hope someone
   can help to fix it soon.
 *  Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/)
 * (@willmot)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-automatic-backup-only-sometimes/#post-2795181)
 * Hi Handoko Zhang,
 * Could you try de-activating and then re-activating the plugin, it sounds like
   you might have multiple schedules somehow. Let me know If that doesn’t resolve
   the issue.
 * **shady**
 * For the auto backups to work someone has to visit your site to trigger the backup,
   if your site doesn’t have anyone visit it on a particular day then you won’t 
   get a backup for that day.
 *  [Handoko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handoko-zhang/)
 * (@handoko-zhang)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-automatic-backup-only-sometimes/#post-2795182)
 * The schedule now is working correctly by de-activating and re-activating the 
   plugin. Thanks.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-automatic-backup-only-sometimes/#post-2795182)
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