Where to find widget info in backup files?

  • Resolved Wendy Garrity

    (@wendy-garrity)


    5 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I lost most of my widgets in a recent spate of website issues.

    Most of my website is now working.

    Before I
    try to reconstruct the widgets from scratch, I’m wondering whether there
    are likely to be any files in my backups that would either reinstate
    them if re-uploaded, or give me reminders as to what I had and what the wording was?

    Many thanks,

    Wendy

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    5 years, 11 months ago

    What were you using to backup your site?

    Thread Starter Wendy Garrity

    (@wendy-garrity)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    BackWPup, which seems to give me mostly a file in sql. I also have all the public files from my Bluehost server which I had loaded into my laptop using Filezilla before removing 14 malware-affected files. I have used Kaspersky to disinfect/remove any problem files from that folder

    Thread Starter Wendy Garrity

    (@wendy-garrity)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    I’ve also looked through the list of 14 files I removed when I was informed they were infected with malware, and one of this mentions widget:

    /home2/textilg4/public_html/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-post.php: SL-PHP-BACKDOOR-GENERIC-anx.UNOFFICIAL FOUND

    Could deleting that file have affected my widgets?

    Thread Starter Wendy Garrity

    (@wendy-garrity)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    A screen shot of the contents of my 1 Jan BackWPup backup (wp-content files are empty):

    View post on imgur.com

    A screen shot of the files I backed up on my laptop from bluehost using FileZilla after malware was removed but before most recent fixes:

    View post on imgur.com

    Thread Starter Wendy Garrity

    (@wendy-garrity)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    Ooh! all the old widgets seem to be showing today in my unused widgets area!! I can just move them back into action 🙂

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