Blog Undergoing Reconstruction

1. Kirk M September 11, 2008

   Sorry to hear your blog blew up. I’m wondering if you use the WP DB Backup plugin and might have downloaded a recent DB backup to your computer maybe? If not, it might be worth considering installing this plugin since you never know when a restore done by your host might blow up as well (not the first time I’ve heard this happening to folks). This plugin has saved my bacon more than once since I always have a recent local backup to restore my DB manually via phpMyAdmin. That is if I actually remember to do a backup now and then. :P
2. Scott Allen September 11, 2008

   Hey Kirk. Thanks for the sympathy. :) That plugin may actually have been part of the problem. We had it installed and it started acting up before our database imploded. There may be a security hole in the plugin. I’d actually recommend people not use it after that. We don’t know for sure and probably never will. Someone needs to look into that though.

   It’s easy enough to manually back things up and restore them in phpMyAdmin. It’s just a matter of making it part of the weekly schedule now.

   Automated is nice, but I’ll probably never trust automated DB backups again.
3. Kirk M September 13, 2008

   Now that’s strange. I’ve been using the WP DB Backup plugin for 3 years now to do manual backups of my entire DB without a hitch. Granted, it only does a backup of the entire WordPress core tables (plus selectable plugin tables) so I have to use phpMyAdmin to work the individual tables themselves but I’ve never had a problem with the plugin itself.

   You’ve got my curiosity up though. I’ll have to do a bit of research on the possibility of a security risk. I’m not a programmer by any means but that’s never stopped me from finding out needed info. I’ll let you know if I find anything.
4. Svetainiu kurimas October 8, 2008

   Automated is nice, but I’ll probably never trust automated DB backups again.

   br,

   svetainiu kurimas

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