Four new features this month: Access Vault within UpdraftCentral and more…
We’re excited to share several new features that have been added this month. Here’s what’s new:
UpdraftCentral enhancements
Section titled UpdraftCentral enhancements1. Advanced tools upgrades
Section titled 1. Advanced tools upgradesYou can now transfer settings between websites easily. For instance, if you’ve configured UpdraftPlus for one site, you can transfer these settings to other sites without configuring each one individually.
We’ve added a tool to clear settings, enhancing your ability to manage configurations effectively.
2. New Vault browser
Section titled 2. New Vault browserThe new Vault Browser allows you to view, download, or delete individual files saved within the Vault, making the UpdraftCentral ecosystem more fluid and integrated.
UpdraftPlus improvements
Section titled UpdraftPlus improvements1. Directory browser feature
Section titled 1. Directory browser featureA new directory browser has been introduced, allowing you to navigate through your folders quickly without manual input of pathways.
2. Large database encryption
Section titled 2. Large database encryptionWe’ve implemented a method to encrypt large databases by encoding them in sections. This ensures that your website data remains secure, even if the database is very large.
Additional tweaks and Fixes
Section titled Additional tweaks and FixesBug fixes and minor updates
Section titled Bug fixes and minor updatesA fix has been applied for issues related to downloading backups from Dropbox on servers with outdated PHP components. UpdraftPlus now includes a work-around for this problem.
Update recommendation
Section titled Update recommendationTo benefit from these new features and improvements, make sure to update both UpdraftPlus and UpdraftCentral today.
Changelog
Section titled Changelog- Feature: Add UpdraftCentral UpdraftVault listener
- Feature: Encryption and decryption is now chunked, meaning that large databases of any size can be encrypted without being prevented by memory limits
- Fix: Fix a bug whereby if a backup set containing a manual ‘More files’ element was imported via a remote scan, then an error would show concerning it when attempting to restore.
- Fix: On certain combinations of changing the ‘More files to back up’ settings, these changes might not be reflected in the ‘Backup Now’ dialog without a page reload
- Fix: Remove a PHP 5.5+-only construction that crept into 1.12.31
- Tweak: Allow UpdraftCentral command classes to provide commands via the
__call
method - Tweak: Move the existing backups table into the templating system
- Tweak: When trying to restore before cleaning up a previous restore, the detailed error message shown needed tweaking
- Tweak: Some refactoring of the dashboard JavaScript, to abstract/harmonise all AJAX calls
- Tweak: Removed the triple click and replaced it with standard double click
- Tweak: Some refactoring of the UpdraftCentral command interface, to facilitate reduction of duplicated dashboard control code
- Tweak: One less HTTP round-trip when deleting from the dashboard
- Tweak: Updated advanced tools to allow UpdraftCentral to use wipe settings and export / import
- Tweak: Revamped the ‘Premium / Extensions’ tab in the free version
- Tweak: Work around HTTP 400 error from Dropbox on servers with several-year old version of curl, caused by bad interaction between curl and Dropbox over a specific header
- Tweak: Add a notice advising of WP-Optimize to the available notices
- Tweak: Prevent an unwanted PHP log notice when using Google Drive
- Tweak: More file directories are now added using a directory browser
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David Anderson
David is the owner and founder of TeamUpdraft. David released the first version of UpdraftPlus back in 2011. Today, David is still our lead developer, ensuring quality runs through everything we do. David is passionate about quality coding, privacy and doing the right thing by our users and the WordPress community.
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