humanmade/BackUpWordPress — Issue #77: Backup clock out of synch with server
Author: janefw
Created: 2012-01-06 14:52:22+00:00
State: open

nikki@nikki.org to me

show details 04:56 (9 hours ago)

Hello,

I've just taken over maintenance and development of a site that was recently moved to a new server. I noticed that backups stopped working almost a month ago. I looked through your FAQ, and noted the following:

- scheduled posts are working
- we are hosted on Dreamhost
- manual backups work
- I tried adding define( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true ) to the wp-config file, but automatic backups still do not run
- the site is not private. It is on a virtual private server

Also, I noticed that the backup "clock" seems to be out of sync with the server time. Previously, the plugin said that the next scheduled backup was set to run at 11 pm on Jan 5. However, it's only 9pm PST Jan 5 on the server, and the plugin now already says that the next scheduled backup is set to run at 11pm on Jan 6 (no backup ran on the 5th). Are backups being skipped because of a possible time synchronization problem?

Thanks,

Nikki
compassionatecook.com