15 versions

Wp Staging Pro history.

Every release of Wp Staging Pro is archived here with its changelog, file size, and security scan result. Use the archive to roll back to a stable release or audit what changed between updates.

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v6.18.0Latest

October 21, 20264.0 MBScanned

Other

Enh: Apply security hardening. Updating is strongly recommended. #7051
Enh: Back up large databases much faster. #7011
Plus 40 more fixes. #7163
WP STAGING | PRO Backup & Cloning | Full Changelog:
[https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/](https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/)

Fixed

A backup restore no longer stops when the database is briefly unreachable. #5561
Backup plans keep their own schedule when edited, so saving one unchanged no longer makes it run hourly. (Pro) #6473
Create staging sites inside wp-content when the site root is not writable. #6846
Keep live media files intact when updating or pushing a Next-Gen staging site with symlinked uploads. #7017
Large backups uploaded to Dropbox no longer stay at 99%. (Pro) #6986
Long backup names and notes in Japanese, Chinese, Cyrillic or emoji no longer break the backup. #7014
Stop a push when its safety backup fails, instead of pushing without a restore point. (Pro) #6903

v6.17.0

October 10, 20263.8 MBScanned

Added

Add secure transfer sessions for backup downloads. Backups are no longer offered as permanent public URLs. Instead Download Backup and Share Backup Link create a short-lived, tokenized transfer link on click that the webserver serves statically, so PHP never streams the backup and large downloads can not run into PHP timeouts. #5449
Protect the permanent backup directory against direct HTTP access on Apache and IIS, and add a backup folder security self-test with a small, expandable notice that says what to ask the hosting provider when the folder is still reachable. #5449

Other

Enh: Advertise the Pro auto login feature below the button that opens a new staging site in the free version. #6360
Enh: Ask OneDrive for a whole page of entries when listing backups, instead of leaving Microsoft Graph on its default of 200 per request. (Pro) #5913
Enh: Limit "Create Blank WP Site" to the Business plan and above. (Pro) #6725
Enh: Show the ten newest remote backups first and keep the rest behind a "Show more" button, so a large remote backup folder does not slow the backup list down. (Pro) #5913

Fixed

A backup no longer fails when a theme, plugin or media file has a modification date before 1970 or after 2106. #6582
A second cancellation that starts while one is still running now waits for it instead of stopping it silently. #6623
Background jobs could fail to find their queue table on sites that use SQLite. #6756
Clone the subsite that source-blog-id names in the WP-CLI staging-site-create command instead of the current blog. (Pro) #6268
Correct the .htaccess rewrite base for multisite network clones. (Pro) #6137
Delete the Remote Sync settings when WP Staging Pro is uninstalled. (Pro) #6764
Finish deleting a split backup once every part was deleted, instead of ending the request without a reply. (Pro) #6784
Finish the remote backup list when one of several storages answers with an error, instead of leaving the loading indicator running and the "No remote Backups found" message out of date. (Pro) #5913
Hash the whole backup once instead of twice when a remote upload checks a file already on the remote storage. (Pro) #6498
Include Remote Sync logs and timestamps in bundled downloads. (Pro) #6640
Keep bundled log downloads inside the 14-day retention window instead of including logs of any age. #6713
Keep every job log entry on one line, so a line break in an error message can no longer forge log entries. #6758
Keep passwords out of corrupted staging sites reports and remove temporary report files. #6131
Keep storage access tokens out of the request error that reaches the job log and the debug log. (Pro) #6631
Keep the live site's database prefix while listing a push's tables, so the rest of that request no longer reads or writes the staging site's tables. (Pro) #6772
Keep the run day and the missed-run record of a backup plan when only its retention is changed. (Pro) #6479
Keep the staging creation screen open after pressing Stop instead of reporting the job as cancelled from another page or opening a status error popup. #6455
Let the Delete wpstg-restore.php button remove the restore tool without a Developer or Agency license. (Pro) #6706
Make wp wpstg status report running, finished and failed jobs correctly. (Pro) #6787
Name the failed backup in upload failure reports. (Pro) #6551
Offer the staging site's login page instead of a session-expired error when the license is not active. (Pro) #6708
Open the backup explorer on backups with many files instead of failing with an HTTP 500 memory error. #6667
Post every failed scheduled backup upload to Slack, a repeated one at most once per hour, and send Slack error reports even with error emails off. (Pro) #6551
Preserve clone settings when continuing past the database grant warning. (Pro) #6712
Preserve production wpstg_queue and wpstg_settings during Legacy Push. (Pro) #6693
Purge the LiteSpeed page cache after a restore, also when the restore replaced or deactivated the LiteSpeed Cache plugin. #6779
Read every page of the backup listing on Google Drive, OneDrive and the S3 storages, so the backup list and retention see every stored backup. (Pro) #5913
Reading and checking plugin settings could hang or come back empty on sites that use SQLite. #6751
Refuse a subsite backup whose blog ID names no subsite of the current network, or names one that is archived, suspended or deleted. #6403
Remote Sync push no longer logs a setTmpDatabasePrefix() TypeError on every queue tick. (Pro) #6773
Repair a missing queue column when the stored schema version is current. #6693
Report a backup file that reached the server's file size limit as such, with what to do about it, instead of as a full disk. #6862
Retry a scheduled backup report email that could not be sent. #6551
Retry opening the Google Drive upload session after a network error instead of cancelling

v6.15.1

September 24, 20263.7 MBScanned

Added

Enable multipart backups with compression. (Pro) #3423
Show whether each staging site still opens, with a diagnose dialog and a re-check button when it does not. #5645

Other

Enh: Add database table and file-part metadata to new backups using backup format 2.1.1. #5571
Enh: Offer WP Staging Pro on the Free first run once the first backup or staging site is ready, and link Pro pricing from the task selector. #6203
Enh: Provision only the WordPress sites a CI job actually uses so E2E rounds spend less time setting up. #6330
Enh: Remove duplicated markup and request code behind the backup, staging and command line screens. #6136
Enh: Replace scheduled backup plans with inline collapsible section on the backup tab. #2093
Enh: Rework the staging-creation screen into one understandable process with persistent stages, an activity indicator and on-demand diagnostics. #6205
Enh: Run an E2E round on Blacksmith when it would be second in the queue for our own runners. #6331
Enh: Share one copy of the database tasks used by backup restore, push and staging. #6134
Enh: Show the reworked staging process screen when updating or resetting a staging site. #6218

Fixed

Build the log stream REST URL from the host and scheme of each request, so a running job no longer reports an error on sites served under several domains or over both HTTP and HTTPS. #6233
Count immediate scheduled backups and keep success open on Escape. #6434
Disable the backup modal when updating a staging site. #6401
Encrypt Google Drive OAuth tokens in the database. #6246
Give WP STAGING's navigation back on the screen that reports the first staging site or backup, instead of holding the screen until the first run is dismissed. #6381
Give a new staging site the database credentials in wp-config.php when the live site's wp-config.php is a symlink, as on Bitnami, or loads its credentials from another file. #6374
Honor the unit-test resource-threshold opt-out in legacy jobs. #6198
Keep MoveHandlerTest reliable on Windows permission checks. #6199
Keep WP STAGING's Backup & Migration page reachable during the first run, instead of showing the success screen there as well. #6381
Keep WP STAGING's own submenu on screen throughout the first run, and end the first run when one of its entries is picked. #6381
Keep a backup the remote refused to delete in the retention list. (Pro) #6338
Keep damaged staging site data intact while a staging site is deleted, so the repair notice still has something to repair. #5892
Keep delete-guard case-alias tests independent of request timeouts. #6125
Keep deselected tables when deleting a staging site. #6193
Keep the live site's license active after a Next-Gen push. (Pro) #6429
Keep the notification badge beside the WP STAGING menu label. #6400
Keep the separate administrator account after a Next-Gen update or reset of a staging site. (Pro) #6388
Keep the staging database credentials in wp-config.php after a Next-Gen reset or update of a staging site that uses an external database. (Pro) #6352
Let the staging site creation screen be closed with Escape or a click beside it once its job has finished. #6381
Let the unit test suite run again; FinalizeMultipartDatabaseTaskTest stopped it loading on every PHP version. #6265
Match CPU Load Priority defaults and restore the inline layout. #6109
Prevent Free feedback assets from loading on the front end. #5580
Prevent TypeError when reading backup DTO fields before they are set. #5636
Prevent invalid WordPress Home or Site URLs from crashing WP Admin. #6221
Prevent the empty-object warning when plugin information requests fail. (Pro) #3043
Regenerate Elementor CSS so layouts survive pushing staging to live. (Pro) #6090
Regenerate the English translation template so it matches the strings in the free backup modal. #6306
Regenerate the translation template so static_checks passes again. #6322
Remote Sync pull gets stuck waiting after the source site has finished preparing the backup. (Pro) #5218
Report a backup plan as overdue only when a run it was due to make did not happen, instead of judging the WordPress cron events, take the last run of a plan created before WP STAGING recorded its runs from the backups it produced, and stop the free version reporting backup plans created with WP Staging Pro as overdue. #6347
Report a finished event when a Next-Gen staging job ends, and record a staging job stopped by its requirements check as a requirement failure instead of as a finished job. #6275
Report a stable error code with a failed job, so failure causes can be counted across languages. #6276
Report the static checks of the fast-tests run in the pull request description too. #6324
Restore tables with long names across multiple requests. #5828
Restore the staging site list automatically when its stored data is damaged, instead of clearing it and asking y

v6.14.0

September 15, 20263.6 MBScanned

Added

Add parallel part upload and merge support for Remote Sync Push. (Pro) #5246

Fixed

Block IPv6 and DNS-rebinding bypasses of the backup download SSRF filter. #5991
Enable the Start Upload button when a storage is selected in the Upload Backup to Cloud popup. #6064
Generate job IDs with a secure random source so log stream tokens cannot be guessed. #5991
Include schemes in copied backup links and CLI restore commands. #5435
Let the subsites of a multisite use the WP Staging Pro licence activated in the network admin. #6162
Preserve native Element.prototype.closest and only polyfill it when missing. #6004
Prevent staging prefix reuse from destroying another staging site. #6146
Redact the installation root inside failed-move warnings. #6108
Refuse an invalid database table prefix when a staging site is saved, so pushing or resetting it cannot fail on it later. #6095
Reject invalid cloud download filenames before writing to the backups folder. (Pro) #5462
Remove every trailing issue reference from a changelog line before it appears in the newsfeed. #6171
Render the staging delete modal when the staging database is unreachable. #6181
Reopen the Upload Backup to Cloud popup after connecting a new cloud storage. #6064
Report the latest log line, not the whole log, when a job responds before it has logged anything. #6017
Stop logging a throttled request as an error during a healthy job. #6077
Stop the backup schedule cron event from flooding the error log when WordPress cannot save the cron option, and prevent copied network schedules from running on other sites without disabling cross-site backup plans. #6173
Stop the backups folder running scripts on Apache and IIS. #5462
Stop the fatal error in the network admin when WP STAGING Free and WP STAGING Pro are both active on the main site. #6152
Stop the scheduled-backup menu badge and cron warning from reporting a schedule row copied to a multisite subsite as overdue. #6161

Other

Dev: Keep the release changelog intact when the prepare phase runs more than once. #6126
Dev: Post the WordPress.org release notes in every release run instead of leaving them as an optional follow-up. #6169
Dev: Say which environment an E2E pass ran in, so a green job no longer ends on an all-skipped summary. #6096
Dev: Write a release announcement covering Free and Pro once both versions are published, so the team is told what shipped. #5916
WP STAGING | PRO Backup & Cloning | Full Changelog:
[https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/](https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/)

v6.13.1

September 11, 20263.6 MBScanned

Added

Back up a staging site automatically before you update it, so an update that goes wrong can be undone. (Pro) #1873
Repair a damaged backup from the command line. Everything still readable is written into new backup files you can restore. (Pro) #2255

Other

Enh: Describe the command line tool by what it does for Developer and Agency plans: pull a live site to your computer with one command. #6031
Enh: Never delay an update on a staging site. A staging site is where updates are meant to be tried out. #6028
Enh: Plugin updates now start the moment you click update. The recovery backup runs behind them and a panel in the corner reports it. #6028
Enh: Rename the free plugin on WordPress.org so people searching for a backup plugin find it. #5205
Enh: Run backups and cloud uploads through the same background engine, so a long job is less likely to be interrupted. #5950
Enh: Switch Update Protection off in one click from that panel. A backup the updates are waiting on is cancelled with it. #6028
UX: Make WP Staging Desktop easy to find on the Staging screen. Developer and Agency plans get a link beside the local site action, every other plan a discovery card. The label under the local site button reads "CLI" where that link sits next to it. #6046
Dev: A

Fixed

A restore no longer breaks sites whose plugins link database tables to one another. #5244
Block backups and restores on PHP versions we have not tested yet, starting with PHP 8.6. #5494
Create and push a staging site faster on tables whose rows hold a lot of data. #5986
Delete only the tables that belong to the staging site when it lives in its own database. #6088
Delete the temporary plugin folders a restore leaves behind once they pile up, instead of letting them fill the disk. #1598
Ignore tampered entries in the active plugin and login session lists while pushing. (Pro) #5411
Keep cloud storage credentials out of System Info and the log files, and check the storage settings before they are saved. #6001
Keep the licence section and other status messages visible when the Disable WP Notification plugin is active. #5880
Keep the list of plugins a push has to restore even when no plugin is active on the staging site. (Pro) #5411
Name the actual folder paths in the error a restore shows when it cannot move files, on every host. #5943
Name the operation that is actually running when Remote Sync is blocked, instead of always saying a sync is already in progress. #5456
Never delete a table of the live site during database cleanup, and handle table names that contain special characters. #6005
Never delete a table of your live site when a staging site is deleted or its creation is cancelled. #6088
Offer to carry on with a restore when the database refuses a table that has two automatic timestamp columns (MySQL error 1293), instead of stopping. #2063
Replace the site address in every row of a table when creating or pushing a staging site, including when the database search and replace limit is set low. #5986
Report a background job that failed on PHP 8, including a failure on the source site during a Remote Sync pull. #5967
Report a finished backup as finished on PHP 7.0 to 7.3, so the staging site update waiting for it can carry on. #6118
Save the FTP/SFTP settings when an SSH key is already stored. (Pro) #5920
Show an unexpected server response as plain text, so markup inside it cannot run in the WordPress admin. #5990
Show what is wrong with cloud storage settings in the page itself, where the message stays readable, instead of in a browser tooltip. (Pro) #5039
Start a backup from the Remote Sync window without having to close it first. (Pro) #5063
Stop a cancelled staging job writing an error into the browser console. #6011 #5613
Stop a fatal error on the staging site when the login form cannot start up. #6079
Stop an error when the progress window is closed while a job is still reporting into it. #6049
Stop backup, restore and Remote Sync logs repeating every line, which duplicated entries and made the log files far larger than they should be. #5330
Switch the database's foreign key checks back on after deleting tables, even when the previous setting could not be read. #6019
Update the Start Upload button as soon as a cloud storage is selected. (Pro) #5950
Use the correct table prefix when pushing with the Classic engine, keep the Desktop link inside its banner, and allow a backup to be cancelled only once preparation has finished. #6061
WP Staging Free now says the daily backup runs at 12:00 midnight, not noon. #6018
Wait as long as the cloud storage asks for when it limits the upload rate, instead of failing the upload. (Pro) #6038
Write settings and user data safely to the database when pushing, so an unusual value cannot change the query it is written with. (Pro) #5411

Improved

Show the background option only when a backup is being created. #6085

v6.12.0

September 7, 20263.5 MBScanned

Other

Enh: Redesign backup creation modal with Full Site / Custom Backup. #4924
Ux: Calculate the estimated backup size automatically when the backup window opens, and again whenever the selection changes. #5899
Dev: Allow Playwright to use a worktree's runtime URL. #5948
Dev: Announce each release in the WordPress.org support forum as a step of the release procedure. #5944
Dev: Assign every new pull request to its author. #5902
Dev: Diagnose a failed CI run before re-running it, and treat a *-failed label beside ready-for-review as a test to fix. #5904
Dev: Keep PR titles aligned with the issue they answer by pointing create-pr and work-on-issue at the pr-issue-titles skill. #5968
Dev: Keep the code review and simplifier passes running under Claude Code 2.1.219, and ship the post-push CI hook with the repository instead of one developer's home directory. #5930
Dev: Make code reviews blocking-only and give non-blocking findings somewhere to go. #5911
Dev: Point the review-pr skill at review-own-diff for the merge-base rule instead of restating it. #5933
Dev: Print a compact summary while tests pass and the full report only when one fails. #5980
Dev: Run PHP 8.5 fast tests only in the full matrix. #5894
Dev: Set the naming standard for methods and variables, and stop the review skills from dropping names that misdescribe what they name. #5974
Dev: Skip the reviewer request on rene-hermenau's own skill and infrastructure PRs; every other author still gets one. #5972
Dev: Stop a cancelled fast-test run from overwriting the verdict of the run that replaced it. #5988
Dev: Stop the Remote Sync tests putting their own license back on the remote site, which made a push look as if it had overwritten the license there. #5979
Dev: Stop the restore requirements test faking multisite on a single site, which crashed the whole single-site unit suite. #5952
Dev: Stop the review-pr skill from reviewing a pull request another reviewer was already asked to review. #5936
WP STAGING | PRO Backup & Cloning

Fixed

Close the placeholder tab when magic login fails. (Pro) #5553
Editing a backup schedule no longer reverts to the old time after a later re-cron. (Pro) #5616
End the Update Protection wait when the backup it started finishes, instead of leaving the popup stuck on a backup that already completed. #5909
Fail a restore loudly when a shortened table name is missing instead of writing broken SQL. #5634
Harden the staging site email reminder - its disable link is now authorised by a secret unique to that staging site, and secret tokens are compared in constant time. #5813
Include a reply-to address and site context in the corrupted staging sites report email. (Pro) #5893
Keep the restore alive when a preserved option is stored in a shape its sanitize callback rejects. #5857
Log which folders a backup restore deletes before it deletes them. #4418
Pad the random suffix of a shortened table name leftwards, so two different draws no longer collide. #5634
Preserve each subsite's domain and active plugins in network clones. (Pro) #5977
Prevent a critical error when opening WP Staging pages on hosting setups where another plugin conflicts with the optimizer. #5404
Prevent the staging login form from being processed on production sites, and improve compatibility with login security plugins. #5794
Reactivate every WP STAGING plugin after a restore, so Pro is not left disabled by its missing free plugin. #5857
Remember a failed magic login availability check for a minute. (Pro) #5553
Remove the competitor backup plugin notice that could get stuck on screen. #5923
Render process log messages as text so stored markup cannot run script in wp-admin. #5884
Require the Wasabi custom region to be filled in before the storage settings can be saved. (Pro) #5918
Restore the 15 second timeout of the magic login availability check. (Pro) #5553
Run a backup explorer search typed while the file list is still loading, instead of ignoring it. #6029
Safely handle wpstg_data_excl_rows filter values in Next-Gen cloning. #5845
Send the WordPress.com upgrade link to the localized pricing page with campaign tracking. #5939
Send the upgrade links shown when a backup cannot be restored to the pricing page in your own language. #5941
Show every backup stored on Dropbox, not only the first ones, so the backup list and the automatic clean-up of old backups both see all of them. (Pro) #5910
Show the memory exhaustion help in the process log as readable text with a link. #5884
Switching SFTP to FTPS no longer leaves the password field blurred and unclickable. #5919
Translate the hosting provider exclusion notice, the temporary login error, the reminder disable message, the admin footer links and the backup modal's cloud storage description, which were shown in English on non-English sites. #5929
Treat a 503 from the staging site as unavailable, not rate-limited. (Pro) #5553

v6.11.2

September 1, 20263.5 MBScanned

Added

Add notification badge to admin sidebar when a scheduled backup fails or is missed #1579

Other

Enh: Create staging sites with the Next-Gen engine again, now that the table prefix corruption that had it switched off is fixed. #5355
Dev: Add PHP 8.5 to the fast tests suite. #5497
Dev: Add a browsable, testable worktree. #5875
Dev: Describe in the release docs what a rollback restores and what it leaves behind. #5840
Dev: Extend work-on-issue and defer human review requests. #5865
Dev: Extract the self-review rule into a review-own-diff skill the other skills invoke, and prove any deletion a review agent proposes against the merge-base. #5866
Dev: Fail the guardrails when a file the standalone restorer bundles relies on a top-level import. #5818
Dev: Prove the rest_route staging bypass over HTTP instead of against a stub of WordPress core. #5878
Dev: Record in the PR workflow that Copilot reviews first and is answered before a human is asked. #5842
Dev: Remove the ready-to-merge label when a review finds blocking issues. #5890
Dev: Report any new direct read of the wpstg_settings option, so no reader can assume its stored shape unnoticed. #5835
Dev: Run the release suite's cloud storage stage three PHP versions at a time instead of one, within the providers' documented rate limits. #5848
Dev: Stop an unrelated label from cancelling the fast-tests run it was added beside. #5820
Dev: Stop the fast tests label claiming a full pass on a two-version run. #5872
WP STAGING | PRO Backup & Cloning | Full Changelog:
[https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/](https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/)

Fixed

Always store the WP STAGING settings as an array, so a stored object can no longer break saving, restoring or pushing. #5863
Cancel only the Remote Sync pull the request verified, never a job that replaced it. #5797
Clean up the temporary files and tables of a cancelled onboarding backup. #5796
End a background cancellation that cannot be prepared cleanly instead of with a PHP error. #5797
End a remote storage upload the provider refuses instead of retrying it on every request. #5822
Generate temporary-login link IDs server-side with a secure random generator and throttle the login-link path, so links can no longer be guessed from a predictable timestamp or brute-forced. #5810
Preserve WordPress metadata keys when cloning with the Next-Gen engine. #5354
Prevent duplicate processing when running consecutive staging site pushes. (Pro) #5364
Reject cloud storage OAuth callbacks that were not started from the plugin. #5809
Reject nested legacy object payloads during search-replace and stop a rest_route parameter from bypassing the staging site login form. #5625
Report MySQL as the database engine in usage analytics instead of leaving it undefined. #5508
Report a pCloud upload that the remote refused as failed instead of finished. #5822
Require administrator rights to complete Google Drive API authentication, so a low-privileged user can no longer trigger the OAuth token exchange. #5812
Retry a backup upload the storage provider refused for rate limiting instead of failing it, and stop reporting a throttled Google Drive as a full one. #5848
Safely handle custom excluded option names during Next-Gen cloning. #5354
Show the backup creation offer in Free and Pro staging modals. #5775
Stop BackgroundLogger showing a false "Something went wrong" error for background jobs that already finished successfully. #5777
Stop a superseded push setup response from replacing the open push modal. #5874
Stop the backup finalize step from writing an unsigned, corrupted backup after an interrupted request. #5374
Stop the browser console error guard from failing E2E tests on console noise it does not own. #5853
Stop the corner update-protection modal from swallowing clicks on the rest of the page. #5882

v6.11.1Unavailable

August 26, 20263.5 MBScanned

Added

Show backup prompt before updating plugins, themes, or WordPress core. The recovery backup then runs in the background, and further updates queue behind it instead of asking again. #4028

Other

Enh: Allow the free version to back up other folders in the WordPress root directory. #5532
Enh: Log the source and the destination table name while copying database tables, so the clone log no longer reads as if it copies staging tables. #5536
Enh: Record a generic analytics event when an upgrade CTA is clicked, so the plugin side of the upgrade funnel can be compared with the website arrivals it produces. #5640
Enh: Record a stable error code alongside the translated message so failure causes can be counted reliably. #5510
Enh: Record whether a site still has WP STAGING, by noting in the anonymous usage data when the plugin is switched on or off, together with the reason given when switching it off. #5586
Enh: Show the selected table count against the site prefix total when creating a staging site, so a plugin-heavy site no longer looks like it copies every database table. #5536
Enh: Show the task-selector first run to every new single-site WP STAGING Free installation. #5646

Fixed

A backup request left over from a staging site that never finished no longer blocks the backup offer on the next staging site you create. #5618
A backup schedule saved during the very minute it is set for now waits for its next occurrence, instead of being registered for a time that has just passed. #5617
A backup that was still waiting or running when the first-run setup finished now starts and is reported as completed. #5577
Cancel the backup scheduled after a staging site when that staging site creation is cancelled. #5737
Convert a raw byte count to megabytes so the backup speed index is no longer always zero. #5590
Drop the plugin dependencies from the shipped autoload classmap, which listed them at paths the build deletes. #5693
Fail the restore when a database table rename fails, instead of reporting success on a half-swapped database. #5756
Harden Classic staging row-exclusion filter values before SQL use. #5790
Hide the "Create a Staging Site" onboarding card and post-backup offer on WordPress.com-hosted sites, which do not support staging. #5709
Leave the hosting provider's own must-use plugin files out of the staging site when creating, updating and resetting it. #5643
Pass a string to esc_attr in the onboarding capability icon. #5562
Preserve unrelated subsite tables and user metadata during network site restores. (Pro) #5653
Prevent an error when opening Push Changes with legacy settings. (Pro) #5829
Provision a fresh test environment again when the WordPress template is a mounted folder. #5802
Push summary now reflects the configured file-size limit instead of always showing 8 MB. #5560
Refuse a second start that arrives while another request is already initializing a job, instead of letting both overwrite each other. #5516
Reject non-stdClass serialized objects in the Pro search-replace routine to prevent PHP object injection, and add a sniff requiring an allowed_classes option on unserialize(). #5668
Report a temporary or backup table that could not be dropped during cleanup, instead of logging it as deleted. #5756
Report smart exclusions as switched off in WP Staging Free, where they never run, instead of on with nothing excluded. #5635
Restore each multisite subsite with its own URLs instead of always the main site. #5633
Restore the light icon when dark mode requests a dark variant that does not exist. #5739
Retry a table drop that a lock blocked, and give the lock a bounded wait instead of holding the request open. #5756
Scheduled backups are now included in the usage statistics, which previously only counted backups started by hand. #5507
Show a notice instead of a critical error when the selected backup items contain no files. #5515
Show the backup creation button in the Next-Gen staging site creation process modal and make the Pro Next-Gen engine release a queued backup once the staging site is created. #5776
Skip the commit-lookup guardrail when the API does not answer, rather than failing it. #5673
Stop a restore before it imports the database when tables of an earlier restore could not be removed. #5756
Stop emitting a deprecation notice on PHP 8.4 and 8.5 for parameters that accept null. #5758
Stop renaming a backup created on Windows from reporting it as damaged. #5768
Stop sending Remote Sync analytics events before the job finishes, which left most syncs recorded without an outcome. #5504
Stop the Network Admin staging page from getting stuck on unresolved analytics consent. #5628
Stop the release publish phases from losing a successful prepare run. #5779
Type the database rows WordPress 7.1 now describes precisely, so static analysis passes again. #5754
Write one line terminator in t

v6.9.2Unavailable

July 10, 20263.7 MBScanned

Other

Enh: Add accessible labels to Pro upgrade badges and buttons. #5337
Enh: Improve the first-time staging experience by removing the redundant "Create Staging Site" button, sharing a single CTA between the listing and empty state. #5266
Enh: Route every in-plugin upgrade link to the wp-staging.com pricing table, localized to the current admin language (de, it, es, fr, pt, pl, ja), with unique UTM tags so each click is identifiable in analytics. #5337
Enh: Standardize Pro badge wording across the plugin — small locked controls now read "Pro", section badges "Available in Pro", and the upsell button "Upgrade to Pro". #5337
Enh: Suppress the dismissed CLI notice server-side instead of via localStorage, so it no longer briefly flashes before being hidden. #5266
Enh: Turn the Pro feature badges in the Create Staging Site modal and other upgrade prompts into links to the pricing table. #5337
Dev: Avoid lowering PHP memory limit when loading the restore tool as a library. (Pro) #5345
Dev: Streamline the release pipeline's test phase to avoid a long-running idle CI job that wasted runner time on every release. #5142
WP STAGING | PRO Backup & Cloning | Full Changelog:
[https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/](https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/)

Fixed

404 error when accessing a staging site created with a name containing spaces or special characters. #5321
A backup no longer fails when it hits a file outside the standard WordPress folders. The file is skipped and noted in the log instead of aborting the whole backup. #5325
Allow staging site names up to 100 characters while keeping the generated directory name capped at 16 characters. #5321
Broken auto login to the staging site when the staging site name contains spaces or special characters. #5321
Fatal error on the staging site caused by an invalid destination path when the site name contains spaces or special characters. #5321
Improve remote backup downloads when the remote file size cannot be detected. (Pro) #5222
Prevent backup restore from writing files outside the restore folder. #5299
Prevent site fatal error when plugin files are partially updated or missing during an upgrade. #5309
Prevent the loading bar from staying visible after a successful backup extraction, and improve the “Show logs” button styling. #5306
Prevent unsafe push when staging and production WordPress versions are incompatible. (Pro) #5286
Remove the security alerts popup from the welcome page. #5336
Sanitize the staging site directory name and URL so spaces and special characters no longer produce a broken path. #5321
Stop remote cloud upload immediately when user cancels instead of continuing in background. (Pro) #3891
Temporarily disable the Next-Gen staging engine to prevent staging-site data corruption (postmeta keys). Users are automatically reverted to the Classic engine and warned when they may have staging sites created with the Next-Gen engine. #5346
Temporary folders left by the restore tool are no longer included in backups when "Backup Other WP Root Folders" is enabled. (Pro) #5158

Improved

Refresh backup content icons and improve their light and dark mode styling. #5315

v6.9.0

June 25, 20263.7 MBScanned

Added

Added the Next-Gen engine for creating, updating, resetting and pushing staging sites. It is up to 80% faster and more resilient against memory and timeout errors, while running in isolation to protect the live site. #5122
Zero performance impact on your live site — WP Staging now runs invisibly to frontend visitors, even during active staging operations. #602
Database restores are dramatically faster on large backups — multi-gigabyte sites restore in a fraction of the time previously needed. #3020
Major redesign of the staging workflows. The Create, Update, Reset, Push and Delete screens now use a cleaner, more consistent interface with live summaries, clearer table and folder selection, safer confirmation steps, improved advanced options and a unified two-column layout across all staging actions. #5122
Add offline asynchronous license registration for firewall-restricted sites. (Pro) #5146
Add option to preserve current user during remote sync pull job. #4934
Remote Sync now has its own independent API version, so sites running different plugin releases stay compatible during pulls and pushes. #5132
Backup file format upgraded to 2.1.0, laying the groundwork for per-file encryption and split backups in upcoming releases. All existing backups remain fully restorable — no migration needed. #5134
Snappier WordPress admin — admin scripts moved out of the critical render path with event delegation for noticeably faster page loads. #5024
A "WP Staging — Tips & Guides" widget on your WordPress dashboard with hand-picked links to docs and tutorials, so you can get more out of the plugin without leaving wp-admin. #5162

Other

Enh: Improved the staging creation experience in both Free and Pro by making default behavior clearer, showing what will be copied or skipped, grouping advanced settings more logically and removing wording that could make the free version feel unsafe. #5122
Enh: Log the missing-compatible-primary-key table message as a notice instead of a warning, since the table is locked automatically and no user action is required. #5015
Enh: Make the "skipped search & replace on large row" log clearer — report binary-data rows as a notice that needs no action and keep a reworded warning for large text rows, without dumping the raw query. #5015

Fixed

"Set Default" links for Destination Path and Target Hostname in Advanced Settings restored. #5055
"Unlock Remote Sync" button now links to the correct checkout URL when the license is expired. (Pro) #5067
"Unselect All" button now matches the other database table action buttons in dark mode. #5143
Analytics consent modal styling fixed in dark mode; raster logo replaced with a scalable SVG. #5068
Background restore and backup failures now show a clearer error message with actionable guidance, instead of a generic failure notice. #4606
Backup download URL now reflects custom directory set via wpstg.backup.directory filter. #5212
Backup queue self-heals when the worker's loopback HTTP trigger is silently dropped by Cloudflare, restrictive firewalls, or cURL-blocked hosts — jobs no longer stall after the first task. #5118
Clean up stale Remote Sync .wpstgtmp files left behind by crashed pulls on the initiator and, via a once-daily safety net, on both initiator and source sites. (Pro) #5101
Clear stale option caches after direct database option updates. #5173
Correct the dark-mode SweetAlert success icon — the masking wedges rendered as a white disc behind the checkmark on the dark popup. #5232
Do not run the new-administrator-account task when the option is disabled, which previously logged a misleading "missing email or password" warning. #5015
Do not show the "what's new" update modal to brand-new users on their first visit; it now only appears for existing users after an update. #5263
Enforce TLS certificate verification for restore tool requests. (Pro) #5175
Improve next-gen staging site creation and reset with clearer details and more reliable handling of site names that already exist. #5258
Keep background job live log buttons working after reopening the logs modal. #5203
Keep the "Staging" and "Backup & Migration" menu labels untranslated so community translations can't rename them. #5267
Live backup logs now stream end-to-end on the same host — the live log UI no longer freezes around 100 events while the backup itself completes normally. #5118
Live log UI no longer drops legitimate repeat lines (e.g. retried steps with refreshed progress numbers). #5118
Load the bundled translation before WordPress.org language packs in the free plugin so local translations win. #5267
Logs selector dropdown styling improved in dark mode. #5055
Missing top margin on the WordPress Playground warning callout (staging listing page) added. #5149
Multipart database-only backup no longer fails when the database is larger than the configured split size. #2624
Reduce CPU usage a

v6.8.1Unavailable

May 25, 20263.4 MBScanned

Added

Database restores are dramatically faster on large backups — multi-gigabyte sites restore in a fraction of the time previously needed. #3020
Zero performance impact on your live site — WP Staging now runs invisibly to frontend visitors, even during active staging operations. #602
Snappier WordPress admin — admin scripts moved out of the critical render path with event delegation for noticeably faster page loads. #5024
A "WP Staging — Tips & Guides" widget on your WordPress dashboard with hand-picked links to docs and tutorials, so you can get more out of the plugin without leaving wp-admin. #5162
Remote Sync now has its own independent API version, so sites running different plugin releases stay compatible during pulls and pushes. #5132
Backup file format upgraded to 2.1.0, laying the groundwork for per-file encryption and split backups in upcoming releases. All existing backups remain fully restorable — no migration needed. #5134

Fixed

Restore now retries temporary server errors automatically and shows a clear status instead of appearing stuck. #4909
Restore respects server retry-after timing on temporary limits and handles other server errors more gracefully. #5002
Backup queue self-heals when the worker's loopback HTTP trigger is silently dropped by Cloudflare, restrictive firewalls, or cURL-blocked hosts — jobs no longer stall after the first task. #5118
Background restore and backup failures now show a clearer error message with actionable guidance, instead of a generic failure notice. #4606
Live backup logs now stream end-to-end on the same host — the live log UI no longer freezes around 100 events while the backup itself completes normally. #5118
Live log UI no longer drops legitimate repeat lines (e.g. retried steps with refreshed progress numbers). #5118
Remote Sync pulls on the source site are now properly cancelled and cleaned up when the initiator becomes unresponsive. #4870
Throttle failed Remote Sync authentication attempts. (Pro) #5171
"Unlock Remote Sync" button now links to the correct checkout URL when the license is expired. (Pro) #5067
Security checks for backup-file uploads strengthened. #5160
Missing top margin on the WordPress Playground warning callout (staging listing page) added. #5149
Analytics consent modal styling fixed in dark mode; raster logo replaced with a scalable SVG. #5068
System info card layout no longer breaks when content exceeds the max allowed width. #5055
Logs selector dropdown styling improved in dark mode. #5055
"Unselect All" button now matches the other database table action buttons in dark mode. #5143
"Set Default" links for Destination Path and Target Hostname in Advanced Settings restored. #5055

Other

UX: Polished the staging-site delete confirmation modal. #5055
Dev: Add separate CI workflow for remote sync tests covering single-site and multisite. #5155
Dev: Derive Playwright PHP version checks from the selected test environment. #5192
Dev: Extend /release slash command with operator-critical pre-flight checks and cross-references to rollback, branch naming, and publish-permission rules. #5186
Dev: Fix release pipeline failure when triggered for a release branch. #5141
Dev: Storage identifier handling consolidated; remote-storage option-name migration now runs via a persistent feature flag instead of version_compare so it executes exactly once even when the stored plugin version is missing or corrupt. #3081
Dev: New releases now land in the correct spot on the refreshed wp-staging.com changelog pages. #5184
Dev: Release pipeline now detects when the deploy API on the release server is outdated. #5188
Dev: Network-dependent tests moved from the unit suite to the integration suite for better test reliability. #5165
Dev: Replace amd64-only FTP Docker image with multi-arch alternative to fix FTPS test failures on Apple Silicon. #5034
Dev: Update db version in database seed files for e2e testing. #5182
WP STAGING | PRO Backup & Cloning | Full Changelog:
[https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/](https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/)

v6.8.0Unavailable

May 6, 20263.4 MBScanned

Added

Add analytic events logging for Backup Explorer. #4954
Add filter configuration support for the standalone restore tool via JSON config file. #5051
Add option to create remote sync profiles which allow one click remote sync process. #4668
Add option to receive remote sync success notifications via emails and slack. #4668

Other

Enh: Add Remote Sync promo video composition (EN + DE) under promo-video/. #5088
Enh: Add filter for custom search/replace in encoded database values (e.g. base64 JSON). #4931
Enh: Added a notification on backup download to verify the downloaded file size. #1786
Enh: Redesign remote sync flow to be smoother. #4668
Enh: Remove deprecated wpstg.backup.restore.exclude_plugins filter. Use wpstg.backup.restore.exclude_paths instead. #4892
Enh: Show "Not enough disk space" error when backup file archiving fails due to a disk-full condition, instead of a generic write-failure message. #3034
Dev: Add logic to log generic analytic events. #4954
Dev: Add translation-audit helper script to find orphaned msgids and missing translations across .po files. #5106
Dev: Bump phpunit/phpunit, symfony/process, phpseclib/phpseclib, eslint, @typescript-eslint, and flatted dependencies. #5017
Dev: CI release prepare seeds dist/newsfeed-{en,de}.json from dev/releases-history/ / when present, and skips newsfeed:generate-json regeneration in that case so manual edits to the EN newsfeed and translated DE newsfeed survive across re-runs and reach the deploy artifact. #5138
Dev: Decouple general/ Playwright tests from staging GitHub workflows into dedicated basic_general, pro_general, and pro_thirdparty_general workflows. #5125
Dev: Fix failing "Pro Integration" test on CI for PHP 8.3+. #5082
Dev: Fix syntax error in CI release prepare workflow that caused the post-commit "mark required checks" step to crash. #5137
Dev: Keep `fast-tests-passed` / `fast-tests-failed` labels across commits; let next test run swap them. #5087
Dev: Refactor Staging Site e2e tests to be more robust and stable. #5077
Dev: Remove binary .mo translation files from git to prevent merge conflicts. #5072
Dev: Revert PHP 8.6 SplFileObject runtime detection until PHP 8.6 is officially released. #5115
Dev: Skip AuthTempCertFileTest file permission check on Windows as it does not support Unix permissions. #5069
Dev: Update dependencies related to building assets to reduce time taken to build assets. #4880
WP STAGING | PRO Backup & Cloning | Full Changelog:
[https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/](https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/)

Fixed

Add per-request cron integrity check that self-heals missing, orphaned, or wrong-recurrence WP Staging cron events (backup schedules, daily/weekly maintenance, queue processing) so scheduled backups keep running even when WP-Cron itself is broken. #5090
Cron warning shows only when scheduled backups are actually failing. #5058
Fixed edge cases that could cause some settings or backup information to load incorrectly, and improved validation and error handling in backup and staging workflows. #5070
Improved backup reliability on some hosts by ensuring backup progress continues correctly between requests. #5112
Preserve WP Staging Free plugin during backup restore when using Pro version. #4892
Prevent background backups from processing the database twice. #5009
Prevent fatal error and full-site crash when plugin files are missing or corrupted. #5074
Reject empty token on /wpstg/v1/sse-logs REST route to prevent unauthenticated log-stream connections when no job is active. #5097
SFTP connection test fails when run more than once. (Pro) #5029
Show actual Remote Sync error in UI instead of generic failure message and identify which server caused it. #5011
Skip optimizer copy when the destination (mu-plugins directory) is not writable. #4545
Staging delete modal overflows viewport when staging site has many database tables. #5071
Stored SFTP credentials, including SSH private keys, are now saved securely by default. #5048
Undefined variable notice of jobId from AnalyticsServiceProvider. #1503

v6.7.3Unavailable

April 14, 20263.4 MBScanned

Other

Enh: Add new UI components: custom dropdown select, input groups with inline prefix, callout notifications, and card primitives. #4830
Enh: Add responsive settings layout with auto-collapsing grid for general settings cards and email notification fields. #4830
Enh: Add storage provider tab navigation with gradient hover effects matching the main menu. #4830
Enh: Add two-column sidebar navigation layout for the settings page replacing horizontal tab navigation. #4830
Enh: Improve maintenance process logging with dedicated entries for clone update/reset, backup extraction and remote sync, and skip scheduled backup completion entries. #4877
Enh: Redesign FTP/SFTP settings with SSH key file upload, FTPS certificate support, and server host key fingerprint verification. #4830
Enh: Redesign all storage provider settings with card-based layouts and consistent dark mode styling. #4830
Enh: Redesign dark mode with cohesive bluish palette, updated header gradient colors, and CSS custom properties. #4830
Enh: Redesign staging, backup modal, license, restorer, system info, and temporary login pages with new design system. #4830
Enh: Replace .checksum-dist CI cache key with GitHub Actions hashFiles() on source files for more reliable cache invalidation. #4830
Enh: Show more precise error messages when user account synchronization fails. (Pro) #3334
Enh: Standardize page headers across all settings tabs with consistent typography and spacing. #4830
UX: Improve button alignment and spacing consistency in advanced settings. #5043
Dev: Add cleanup folder support for pCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox integration tests. #4978
Dev: Add custom wpstg_settings database table with CRUD operations, WordPress object cache integration, reusable CustomTable base class, and SettingsTable facade for static access. #5027
Dev: Add unit tests for backup schedule email and Slack notification methods. #4778
Dev: Make fast tests label-triggered instead of auto-run on every push. #4989
Dev: Migrate all Linux CI workflows to Blacksmith runners. #4991
Dev: Remove Playwright keyword from Make targets and workflow commands, add run-mode support to pro workflows, restructure release test suite for parallel execution, remove Selenium dependencies, and upgrade primary CI PHP version to 8.3. #5004
Dev: Remove obsolete dist checksum step from CI release pipeline. #5056
Dev: UI options and CLI support for Refactored Staging and Push feature. #4825
WP STAGING | PRO Backup & Cloning | Full Changelog:
[https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/](https://wp-staging.com/wp-staging-pro-changelog/)

Fixed

Apply filters and actions for hooks starting with "wpstg_" as well as "wpstg.". #4982
Disallow spaces in remote storage backup location field for all providers. (Pro) #5019
Fix broken privacy policy links in storage provider settings where translators embedded HTML in placeholder strings. #4830
Fix duplicate HTML IDs from CLI integration modal being rendered multiple times per page. #4830
Fix empty changelog in GitHub release descriptions created by release tag workflow. #4986
Fix main navigation header bottom border not visible due to zero-width border declaration. #4830
Fix temporary login actions dropdown clipped by overflow hidden on settings content area. #4830
Fix wrong translations for "Email as HTML", "Remove Google Drive Settings", "Customize these settings", and "Restore in Progress" across all 11 languages. #4830
Improved input handling in `Google Drive` settings to prevent empty submissions and enhance validation. (Pro) #5019
Issue where the apostrophe in the Backup Browser upsell modal title was displayed incorrectly. #5047
Prevent PHP 8.1+ undefined variable warnings when detecting REST requests. #5036
Prevent backup restore issues caused by temporary WPForms data by skipping this cache data in database backups. #4956
Prevent importing or downloading backups from unsafe internal addresses. #4277
Prevent path traversal in directory listing endpoint. #5032
Resolved incorrect display of SSH private key UI after switching connection types and reloading saved settings. (Pro) #5042
Show HTTP status code and error response when uploading a backup via form fails. #4619
Show Logs link layout in backup restore success modal. #5050
Show validation error when backup folder path is empty in remote storage settings. (Pro) #5019
Simplify sanitizeString by removing the redundant shouldUrlDecode parameter. #4936
Skip float memory_limit test on PHP 8.3+ to prevent CI failure from invalid INI value warning. #4994

v6.7.0Unavailable

March 12, 20264.4 MBScanned

Added

Browse and inspect the contents of any backup — view included files, folders, and database tables. In Pro, extract specific items from a backup to another folder without restoring the entire website. #2523
Add support for sites protected with HTTP Basic Authentication. Scheduled backups and external crons now work on password-protected sites. Remote Sync can also connect to remote sites with HTTP auth protection. (Pro) #4884
Automatically create missing directories on the remote server during SFTP/FTP backup uploads. Previously, the destination path had to exist on the server beforehand. (Pro) #4654

Other

Enh: Add Test Connection button for HTTP Basic Auth settings to verify credentials before saving. #4939
Enh: Add option to change the database table prefix when extracting a backup with the WP Staging Restore Tool, allowing SQL imports into any database. (Pro) #4677
Enh: Move CLI banner outside AJAX container on backup page. #4819
Enh: Replace alarming WordPress version warning banner with a calm, neutral compatibility status notice inside the plugin UI. #4917
Enh: Show CLI integration banner in free version as upsell for Docker environments feature. #4910
Enh: Simplify Pro activation banner with one-click AJAX activation and standardize border-radius across all notices and banners. #4949
Enh: Add validation to prevent staging prefix conflicts. Blocks using wpstg_ as a staging-site table prefix. Prefixes like wpstg0_, wpstg1_, etc. are still allowed. (Pro) #4799
UX: Add Close button on success modal of remote storage backup delete option. #4772
UX: Improve sticky sidebar position on System Info page to stay at the top while scrolling. #4903
Dev: Add support for skip-tests label in CI workflows to skip test execution. #4900
Dev: Fix playwright tests failing for thirdparty site structure. #4890
Dev: Integrate SolidJS in our dev environment to build reactive components. #4798
Dev: Optimize make dev_dist build time and skip unit tests on macOS. #4879

Fixed

Allow deletion of orphaned staging sites that no longer exist in the file system but are still listed in the WP STAGING interface. #4610
Drop-in files like object-cache.php and advanced-cache.php are now properly removed during push when “uninstall plugins and themes” is selected. Previously, an incorrect file path could leave these files behind, potentially causing fatal errors. (Pro) #4799
WP STAGING options no longer get corrupted during Push. A prefix-replacement bug could accidentally rewrite wpstg_* option names to wp_*, breaking configuration and stored staging data. (Pro) #4799
During full network restore, subsites’ URLs are not replaced in the options table. #4752
Ensure WP STAGING admin notices display correctly in dark mode on WordPress 7.0. #4929
Fixed an error that could cause the Backup page to crash. #4906
Fixed an error that could prevent the Backup page from loading. #4901
Prefix not replaced inside serialized option and meta values during database normalization. (Pro) #4676
Prevent WP STAGING admin notices from appearing on third-party plugin pages with similar slug prefixes. #4823
Prevent backup modal from jumping when expanding collapsible sections beyond viewport height. #4787
Creating a temporary login link no longer invalidates the creator’s own user session. (Pro) #4806
Remote Sync pull gets stuck at “Initializing” when the SSE connection is not established due to a race condition in job detection. (Pro) #4895
Resolve false-positive backup validation error caused by skipped files not being counted in the total. #4933
Restore the General Settings UI by removing duplicate CSS that overrode page styling. #4926
Show detailed log entries when filtering logs by “all” or “info” during backup and staging operations. #4876

Why archive

Sometimes the latest release isn't the one you need. The archive lets you pin Wp Staging Pro to a known-good version, or roll back while a bug is investigated. Every release stays scanned and reachable.