WP-DBManager

Contributors: GamerZ
Donate link: http://lesterchan.net/site/donation/
Tags: database, manage, wp-dbmanager, manager, table, optimize, backup, queries, query, drop, empty, tables, table, run, repair, cron, schedule, scheduling, automatic
Requires at least: 3.9
Tested up to: 4.2
Stable tag: 2.78

Manages your WordPress database.

Description

Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up, optimizing and repairing of database.

Build Status

Development

https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-dbmanager

Translations

http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-dbmanager/i18n/

Credits

Plugin icon by Freepik from Flaticon

Donations

I spent most of my free time creating, updating, maintaining and supporting these plugins, if you really love my plugins and could spare me a couple of bucks, I will really appreciate it. If not feel free to use it without any obligations.

Disclaimer

Note that this plugin passes your datababase password via --password in the command line of mysqldump. This is convenient but as a trade off, it is insecure.
On some systems, your password becomes visible to system status programs such as ps that may be invoked by other users to display command lines. MySQL clients typically overwrite the command-line password argument with zeros during their initialization sequence. However, there is still a brief interval during which the value is visible. Also, on some systems this overwriting strategy is ineffective and the password remains visible to ps. Source: End-User Guidelines for Password Security
If this is a concern to you, I recommend another database backup plugin called WP-DB-Backup
To know about the difference between WP-DBManager and WP-DB-backup, checkout What is the difference between WP-DBManager and WP-DB-Backup? in the FAQ section.

Changelog

Version 2.78

FIXED: escapeshellcmd on Windows. Props Gregory Karpinsky.

Version 2.77

FIXED: Blank screen downloading backup
FIXED: Remove MySQL Version check to display tables stats

Version 2.76

NEW: Add wp_dbmanager_before_escapeshellcmd action just before escapeshellcmd()
FIXED: Missing / for Windows

Version 2.75

FIXED: When activating the plugin, copy index.php to the backup folder
FIXED: If you are on Apache, .htaccess will be copied to the backup folder, if you are on IIS, Web.config will be copied to the backup folder
FIXED: When choosing 1 Month(s) for Backup/Optimize/Repair, the next date calculation is wrong

Version 2.74

FIXED: escapeshellarg() already escape $, no need to double escape it

Version 2.73

FIXED: Unable to backup/restore database if user database password has certain special characters in them

Version 2.72

FIXED: Use escapeshellcmd() to escape shell commands. Props Larry W. Cashdollari.
FIXED: Do not allow LOAD_FILE to be run. Props Larry W. Cashdollari.
FIXED: Uses dbmanager_is_valid_path() to check for mysql and mysqldump path. Fixes arbitrary command injection using backup path. Props Larry W. Cashdollari.
FIXED: Uses realpath() to check for backup path. Fixes arbitrary command injection using backup path. Props Larry W. Cashdollari.

Version 2.71

NEW: Bump to 4.0

Version 2.70

New: Uses WordPress 3.9 Dashicons
NEW: Allow you to hide admin notices in the DB Options page
NEW: Allow Multisite Network Activate
NEW: Uses WordPress uninstall.php file to uninstall the plugin
NEW: Uses wp_mail() to send email instead of PHP mail()
NEW: New From E-mail, From Name & Subject template
FIXED: Issues with email from field if site title contains , (comma)
FIXED: Notices

Version 2.65

FIXED: Set default character set to UTF-8. Props Karsonito

Version 2.64

FIXED: Use intval() instead of is_int() when checking for port number. Props Webby Scots

Version 2.63 (03-05-2011)

NEW: Added Auto Repair Functionality
NEW: Added nonce To All Forms For Added Security

Version 2.61 (30-04-2011)

FIXED: Checks File Extension And Sanitise File Name That Is Pass Through The URL When Downloading Database File. Props to Joakim Jardenberg, Jonas Nordstram, Andreas Viklund

Version 2.60 (01-12-2009)

FIXED: Bug In Cron Backup On Windows Server

Version 2.50 (01-06-2009)

NEW: Works For WordPress 2.8 Only
NEW: Uses jQuery Framework
NEW: Ensure That .htaccess Is In Backup Folder By Informing The User If It Is NOT There
NEW: Use _n() Instead Of __ngettext() And _n_noop() Instead Of __ngettext_noop()
FIXED: Uses $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] With plugin_basename(FILE) Instead Of Just $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

Version 2.40 (12-12-2008)

NEW: Works For WordPress 2.7 Only
NEW: Load Admin JS And CSS Only In WP-DBManager Admin Pages
NEW: Added database-admin-css.css For WP-DBManager Admin CSS Styles
NEW: Uses admin_url(), plugins_url() And site_url()
NEW: Better Translation Using __ngetext() by Anna Ozeritskaya
NEW: Right To Left Language Support by Kambiz R. Khojasteh
FIXED: SSL Support
FIXED: Bug In Downloading Backups In Other Languages by Kambiz R. Khojasteh
FIXED: Bug In Backup/Restore On Windows Server When Path To mysqldump/mysql Or Backup File Contains Space Kambiz R. Khojasteh
FIXED: In database-manage.php, $nice_file_date Was Calculated More Than Once by Kambiz R. Khojasteh
FIXED: Returning Only DBManager Cron Schedules

Version 2.31 (16-07-2008)

NEW: Works For WordPress 2.6
FIXED: Unable To Optimize Or Repair Tables If Table Name Contains - (dash)

Version 2.30 (01-06-2008)

NEW: Uses /wp-dbmanager/ Folder Instead Of /dbmanager/
NEW: Uses wp-dbmanager.php Instead Of dbmanager.php
NEW: Added Minute(s) Option To Backup And Optimize Cron Jobs
NEW: Uses GiB, MiB, KiB Instead Of GB, MB, KB

Version 2.20 (01-10-2007)

NEW: Added --skip-lock-tables Argument When Backing Up Database
NEW: Limit The Maximum Number Of Backup Files In The Backup Folder
NEW: Ability To Uninstall WP-DBManager

Version 2.11 (01-06-2007)

NEW: Sort Database Backup Files By Date In Descending Order
NEW: Added Repair Database Feature
NEW: Automatic Scheduling Of Backing Up And Optimizing Of Database

Version 2.10 (01-02-2007)

NEW: Works For WordPress 2.1 Only
NEW: Removed database-config.php
NEW: Localize WP-DBManager
NEW: Added The Ability To Auto Detect MYSQL And MYSQL Dump Path

Version 2.05 (01-06-2006)

FIXED: Database Table Names Not Appearing Correctly
NEW: DBManager Administration Panel Is XHTML 1.0 Transitional

Version 2.04 (10-05-2006)

FIXED: Unable To Download Backup DB Due To Header Sent Error
FIXED: Some XHTML Code Fixes

Version 2.03 (01-04-2006)

FIXED: Run Query Box Too Big
FIXED: Header Sent Error
FIXED: Extra Slashes For Mysql/Mysql Dump Path
FIXED: Mismatch Date Due To GMT

Version 2.02 (01-03-2006)

NEW: Improved On 'manage_database' Capabilities
NEW: Added GigaBytes To File Size
NEW: Added ALTER Statement To Allowed Queries
NEW: Able To Empty/Drop Tables
NEW: Able To EMail Database Backup File
NEW: Splitted database-manager.php Into Individual Files
NEW: Merge Restore And Delete Backup Database
NEW: Included .htaccess File To Protect Backup Folder
NEW: Checking Of Backup Status
FIXED: Using Old Method To Add Submenu
FIXED: PHP Short Tags
FIXED: Redirect Back To The Same Page Instead Of Manage Database Page After Submitting Form

Version 2.01 (01-02-2006)

NEW: Added 'manage_database' Capabilities To Administrator Role

Version 2.00 (01-01-2006)

NEW: Compatible With WordPress 2.0 Only
NEW: GPL License Added

Installation

Open wp-content/plugins Folder
Put: Folder: wp-dbmanager
Activate WP-DBManager Plugin
The script will automatically create a folder called backup-db in the wp-content folder if that folder is writable. If it is not created, please create the folder and ensure that the folder is writable
Open Folder: wp-content/backup-db
If you are on Apache, move the htaccess.txt file from Folder: wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager to Folder: wp-content/backup-db/.htaccess if it is not there already
If you are on IIS, move the Web.config.txt file from Folder: wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager to Folder: wp-content/backup-db/Web.config if it is not there already
Move index.php file from Folder: wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager to Folder: wp-content/backup-db/index.php if it is not there already
Go to WP-Admin -> Database -> DB Options to configure the database options

Upgrading

Deactivate WP-DBManager Plugin
Open wp-content/plugins Folder
Put/Overwrite: Folder: wp-dbmanager
Activate WP-DBManager Plugin
Go to WP-Admin -> Database -> DB Options to re-configure the database options.

Upgrade Notice

N/A

Screenshots

Admin - Backup DB
Admin - Empty/Drop Tables In DB
Admin - DB Information
Admin - Manage DB
Admin - Optimize DB
Admin - DB Options
Admin - DB Options
Admin - Repair DB
Admin - Run Query in DB

Frequently Asked Questions

My database is not backed up / My backup file is 0Kb

Ensure that your host allows you to access mysqldump. You can try to narrow the problem by Debugging via SSH:

In wp-dbmanager.php
Find check_backup_files(); on line 230
Add below it echo $command;
Go to WP-Admin -> Database -> Backup
Click Backup
It should print some debugging statements
Copy that line than run it in SSH
If you need help on SSH contact your host or google for more info

What is the difference between WP-DBManager and WP-DB-Backup?

WP-DBManager uses mysqldump application to generate the backup and mysql application to restore them via shell.
WP-DB-Backup uses PHP to generate the backup. In some cases WP-DB-Backup will work better for you because it requires less permissions. Not all host allows you to access mysqldump/mysql directly via shell.
WP-DBManager allows you to have automatic optimizing and repairing of database on top of backing up of database.

Why do I get the message "Warning: Your backup folder MIGHT be visible to the public!"?

Ensure that you have renamed htaccess.txt to .htaccess and placed it in your backup folder (defaults to wp-content/backup-db/)
If you are 100% sure you have did that and have verfied that the folder no longer is accessible to the public by visiting the URL http://yousite.com/wp-content/backup-db/, you can safely disable the notice by going to WP-Admin -> Database -> DB Options and set Hide Admin Notices to Yes.