[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50937: Auto-backup in core

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#50937: Auto-backup in core
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 Reporter:  davelo           |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General          |    Version:  5.5
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 We have auto-updates in core since 5.5.
 Is there ever been thought about the idea of (optional) auto-backups?

 And now: like doing an auto-backup before an auto-update. And as extra:
 the possibility of planning a daily backup in WordPress.

 As someone noted in the dutch WP Slack channel: "have been seeing 10 years
 the notice in WordPress about backing up database and files. Why isn't
 WordPress itself capable of doing that"

 So, that message sparked my attention.
 Never thought of that before, cause i'm kinda confident to get (bad) stuff
 fixed.

 But i can assume that a lot of non-tech users haven't got a clue about
 wether their backups are running okay or not. Or that they even tested
 setting back a backup. Or that user assume's it's the task of their
 hosting company.

 So, auto-backups in core:

 - yes, WordPress should take care
 - no, it's not for WordPress to take care of that

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50937>
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