{"id":1172,"date":"2012-01-17T12:38:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T18:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2024-05-24T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:37:31","slug":"checkpoint-and-restore-from-wp-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/checkpoint-and-restore-from-wp-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Restore Points From WP Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re deploying a new feature that makes it simple to restore your WordPress in case something goes wrong in your deployment.\u00a0 It\u2019s called Restore Points. <strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>It\u2019s a bit like Time Machine for WordPress.\u00a0 If something goes wrong on your site, or you deploy something that breaks everything, Restore Points allows you to restore your site back to its previous, pristine state.<\/p>\n<p>Think of this like being able to save your progress in Super Mario Bros on the original NES.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve put an hour or two of work only to have some punk turtle kill you right before you defeat Bowser.<\/p>\n<p>WordPress design shouldn\u2019t be all or nothing like that.\u00a0 Restore Points makes it simple to create a restore point and bring your site back to normal again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/my.wpengine.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1173\" title=\"my_wpe_restore_feature\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/my_wpe_restore_feature-523x580.png\" alt=\"How cool is this!?!\" width=\"523\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll notice Restore Points in the menu of your <a href=\"http:\/\/my.wpengine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My WP Engine<\/a> Account. Open it up and you\u2019ll see a history of checkpoints to which you can restore your site back.\u00a0\u00a0 New Restore Points are created automatically for your site at 3AM each morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/my.wpengine.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1174\" title=\"checkpoint_examples\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/checkpoint_examples-580x292.png\" alt=\"Really, isn't this awesome?\" width=\"580\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can create your own restore checkpoint as well.\u00a0 That way you can set a restore point right before you deploy new changes and have a coding safety net.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/environments\/\">staging feature<\/a> already meant you could try out new plugins and code changes without fear of a public failure.\u00a0 Now you can be even bolder with your public site since Restore Points means you\u2019ve always got a backup of our site and an easy way to return your site to working order if anything happens.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2018s peace of mind for WordPress \u2013 courtesy of WP Engine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re deploying a new feature that makes it simple to restore your WordPress in case something goes wrong in your deployment.\u00a0 It\u2019s called Restore Points. \u00a0It\u2019s a bit like Time Machine for WordPress.\u00a0 If something goes wrong on your site, or you deploy something that breaks everything, Restore Points allows you to restore your site<span class=\"tile__ellipses\">&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"tile__ellipses--animated\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[372,5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","category-development","category-product-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Announcing Restore Points From WP Engine | WP Engine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about WP Engine&#039;s checkpoint and restore feature, which can allow you to easily revert to a previous state of your WordPress site. 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