Trying to update the Yoast or UpdraftPlus plugins gets me the following error message:

ERROR 504 - GATEWAY TIMEOUT

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This server (Web Front-End) received an invalid response from an upstream (Web Back-End) server it accessed to fulfil the request.

In most cases this will not mean that the upstream server is down, but rather that the upstream server and the gateway/proxy do not agree on the protocol for exchanging data.

This problem is most commonly caused when there is a problem with IP communications between the Web Front and Back-Ends. Before you attempt to resolve this problem you should clear your browser cache completely.

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I get this for 5-10 minutes until I can get back into my website, and even then, there are 504 errors and pictures not loading. I talked to my host and they passed the buck to the developer...I'm putting in a support ticket but was wondering if anyone here had any suggestions. Thanks!

http://www.rebekahstewartphotography.com

I usually use the same settings for other sites that I manage on different VPS, this setup (supposedly backingup to S3) fails to finish and nothing to be found on S3.
Here is the log, thank you for any help you can give me:
https://db.tt/txXMebCV

ps: a simple database backup works fine.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

Hi,

98558 is an astonishingly large number of files to have in your themes directory - any idea what they are?

David

Hi Tina,

The same answer as in that thread applies:

If that's logged, then that means the mail was successfully handed over to the mail delivery server on the webserver that the website's on. To find out what happened to it next, you'd have to ask whoever runs the webserver - it's beyond UD's reach at that point.

What happened when asked your web hosting company on the last one?

David

Hi, thanks for the answer,
I have indeed a node_modules folder for my build which is almost 500mb, this one got large unfortunately. It is located at the root of the theme I use.

Here is the exclusion line I have setup:
upgrade,cache,updraft,backup*,*backups,node_modules

Isn't this supposed to work? Is this the proper way to exclude a folder in theme root?

Hi Anton,

That's the setting for excluding files from the backup of your wp-content folder. There isn't one exposed in the UI for excluding themes directly, since that's not normally needed. What you can do is create a file with name:

.donotbackup

inside any folder you don't want to back up. Then it will be skipped.

David

That did it! Thanks a lot David, it is in my memo.

You're welcome!

If you find UpdraftPlus useful, then please give us a positive review, here: https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/updraftplus?rate=5#postform

(If we're not yet worth 5 stars, then please don't review, but instead reply here to let us know why not - reviews less than 5 stars bring our average down!).

Best wishes,
David

5 stars indeed.

Hi,

I have used UpdraftPlus before with no issue, however I've recently had to wipe my laptop and wanted to put copies of the websites I'm working on on my computer to use with localhost/wampserver. All was fine with the transfer except when uploading the database into phpmyadmin. Here is an error I received for one website:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'evl_options-transients', 'a:3:{s:14:"changed_values";a:1:{s:15:"evl_css_content"' at line 103

This particular website is running on a child theme of the Evolve theme.

I'll also add that I then downloaded the database via my cpanel, made the necessary url and database name changes and uploaded it locally with no hassle. So, I wonder what the above error refers to and why it only happened with UpdraftPlus?

Thanks

https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

Hi Karen,

wanted to put copies of the websites I'm working on on my computer to use with localhost/wampserver

The wordpress.org version of UpdraftPlus doesn't have a facility to clone a site at a different URL. Did you buy a commercial version? If so, please open a support ticket here: https://updraftplus.com/paid-support-requests/

Best wishes,
David

While running UpdraftPlus Backup I am getting a warning about Table wp_ajvb_wfConfig. Does anyone know what to do about this? This site is not even launched yet.

Warning: Table wp_ajvb_wfConfig has very many rows (851226) - we hope your web hosting company gives you enough resources to dump out that table in the backup

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/

Hello jjazzbel,
that does not look like a normal wfConfig. It has way too many rows. I would suggest you delete all Wordfence tables and then reactivate it. Something has gone wrong. If you look at the "Diagnostics" page in Wordfence does everything look ok there?

Hi wfasa

Thank you for responding. I will try this.

I understand you saying to delete wordfence tables in database.

Should I uninstall WordFence first? Then delete all wordfence tables in database, then reinstall?

Hi jjazzbel,
at the bottom of Wordfence "Options" page you can choose to "Delete Wordfence tables and data on deactivation". Check that, then deactivate Wordfence. Let me know how it goes!

i use cpanel as my FTP client how do i get the remote path that updraft requires??

Having issues using Updraft for my restores.

The backup was from MySQL 5.5.44 and the Restore is on the same version.

I'm getting these errors:

n error (1) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_options\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_options\"
An error (2) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_options" ( "option_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "optio' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_options" ( "option_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "option_name" ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_users"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_users"
An error (3) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_users\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_users\"
An error (4) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_users" ( "ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "user_login" va' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_users" ( "ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "user_login" varchar(6 ...
An error (5) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_users' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_users VALUES (1, 'lafwpadmin', '$P$BROrdWohzA8IzBClITWjERRxhyc2TA1', 'lafwpadmin', ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_usermeta"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_usermeta"
An error (6) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_usermeta\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_usermeta\"
An error (7) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_usermeta" ( "umeta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "user_' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_usermeta" ( "umeta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "user_id" big ...
An error (8) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_usermeta' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_usermeta VALUES (1, 1, 'nickname', 'lafwpadmin'), (2, 1, 'first_name', ''), (3, 1, ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_commentmeta"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_commentmeta"
An error (9) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_commentmeta\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_commentmeta\"
An error (10) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_commentmeta" ( "meta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "com' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_commentmeta" ( "meta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "comment_id ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_comments"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_comments"
An error (11) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_comments\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_comments\"
An error (12) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_comments" ( "comment_ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "com' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_comments" ( "comment_ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "comment_po ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_links"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_links"
An error (13) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_links\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_links\"
An error (14) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_links" ( "link_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "link_url"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_links" ( "link_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "link_url" varcha ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_postmeta"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_postmeta"
An error (15) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_postmeta\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_postmeta\"
An error (16) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_postmeta" ( "meta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "post_i' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_postmeta" ( "meta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "post_id" bigi ...
An error (17) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_postmeta' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_postmeta VALUES (42, 42, '_edit_last', '7'), (43, 42, '_wp_page_template', 'default ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_posts"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_posts"
An error (18) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_posts\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_posts\"
An error (19) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_posts" ( "ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "post_author" b' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_posts" ( "ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "post_author" bigint(2 ...
An error (20) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_posts' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_posts VALUES (42, 4, '2016-06-28 17:39:33', '2016-06-28 17:39:33', '[et_pb_section ...
An error (21) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_posts' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_posts VALUES (653, 4, '2016-06-28 19:51:44', '2016-06-28 19:51:44', '[et_pb_section ...
An error (22) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_posts' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_posts VALUES (690, 4, '2016-06-28 22:37:29', '2016-06-28 22:37:29', '[et_pb_section ...
An error (23) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_posts' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_posts VALUES (783, 6, '2016-07-26 20:27:28', '2016-07-26 20:27:28', '[et_pb_section ...

Thank you

Devon

Having issues using Updraft for my restores.

The backup was from MySQL 5.5.44 and the Restore is on the same version.

I'm getting these errors:

n error (1) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_options\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_options\"
An error (2) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_options" ( "option_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "optio' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_options" ( "option_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "option_name" ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_users"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_users"
An error (3) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_users\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_users\"
An error (4) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_users" ( "ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "user_login" va' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_users" ( "ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "user_login" varchar(6 ...
An error (5) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_users' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_users VALUES (1, 'lafwpadmin', '$P$BROrdWohzA8IzBClITWjERRxhyc2TA1', 'lafwpadmin', ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_usermeta"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_usermeta"
An error (6) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_usermeta\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_usermeta\"
An error (7) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_usermeta" ( "umeta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "user_' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_usermeta" ( "umeta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "user_id" big ...
An error (8) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_usermeta' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_usermeta VALUES (1, 1, 'nickname', 'lafwpadmin'), (2, 1, 'first_name', ''), (3, 1, ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_commentmeta"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_commentmeta"
An error (9) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_commentmeta\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_commentmeta\"
An error (10) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_commentmeta" ( "meta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "com' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_commentmeta" ( "meta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "comment_id ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_comments"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_comments"
An error (11) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_comments\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_comments\"
An error (12) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_comments" ( "comment_ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "com' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_comments" ( "comment_ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "comment_po ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_links"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_links"
An error (13) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_links\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_links\"
An error (14) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_links" ( "link_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "link_url"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_links" ( "link_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "link_url" varcha ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_postmeta"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_postmeta"
An error (15) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_postmeta\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_postmeta\"
An error (16) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_postmeta" ( "meta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "post_i' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_postmeta" ( "meta_id" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "post_id" bigi ...
An error (17) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_postmeta' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_postmeta VALUES (42, 42, '_edit_last', '7'), (43, 42, '_wp_page_template', 'default ...
Restoring table ((?)): "wp_posts"
Table to be implicitly dropped: "wp_posts"
An error (18) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '\"wp_posts\"' at line 1 - the database query being run was: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS \"wp_posts\"
An error (19) occurred: - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"wp_posts" ( "ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "post_author" b' at line 1 - the database query being run was: CREATE TABLE "wp_posts" ( "ID" bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "post_author" bigint(2 ...
An error (20) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_posts' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_posts VALUES (42, 4, '2016-06-28 17:39:33', '2016-06-28 17:39:33', '[et_pb_section ...
An error (21) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_posts' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_posts VALUES (653, 4, '2016-06-28 19:51:44', '2016-06-28 19:51:44', '[et_pb_section ...
An error (22) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_posts' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_posts VALUES (690, 4, '2016-06-28 22:37:29', '2016-06-28 22:37:29', '[et_pb_section ...
An error (23) occurred: - Table 'wordpress.wp_posts' doesn't exist - the database query being run was: INSERT INTO wp_posts VALUES (783, 6, '2016-07-26 20:27:28', '2016-07-26 20:27:28', '[et_pb_section ...

Thank you

Devon

https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

You can delete this post.. I posted the same thing at this location.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updraftplus-restore-issue-1?replies=1

Hi,

Could you send us a copy of the original backup log? This log can be found in the Existing Backups tab of the UpdraftPlus settings page, or in 'wp-content/updraft' via FTP.

The contents will be too long to post here directly, but you can use an online service such as Pastebin, and post the link here.