SnapShots

Description

You are developing things on a WordPress site and would like to have a snapshot of the current state of your site? SnapShots will help you save states of your WordPress environment.

• Save snapshots of your site with a simple click.
• Name your snapshots for easy distinction.
• SnapShots stores current location and redirects after restore.
• Stores and restores database tables and files in upload folder.
• Automatically logs in current user.
• Automatically clears old snapshots with same name.
• Small footprint and minimal UI.

Options

All options are defined via constants and can get overwritten with a filter. The format of options is

SNAPSHOTS_[OPTION_NAME]

Best to define your custom option constants in the wp-config.php file.

You can use filters options like

add_filter( 'snapshots_[option_name]', function( $default_option ){
    return $my_option;
});

Default Options

// Default save location.
SNAPSHOTS_FOLDER : WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/.snapshots'

// add '--allow-root' to each command if you run the commands as root.
SNAPSHOTS_CLI_ALLOW_ROOT: false

// define the location of your 'wp' binaries.
SNAPSHOTS_CLI_PATH: '/usr/local/bin'

// Number of shots kept with the same name.
SNAPSHOTS_MAX_SHOTS: 2

// SnapShot includes files from content folder.
SNAPSHOTS_SAVE_FILES: true

// SnapShot includes location (URL) during creation to redirect on restore.
SNAPSHOTS_SAVE_LOCATION: true