David Anderson on "[Plugin: UpdraftPlus - WordPress Backup and Restoration] Getting "Restore failed..." error message, from UpdraftPlus"

Hi CarynG,

Here's something you can do to test your WordPress setup on this problematic site:

1) Create a file, called z.php (actually anything ending in .php) and put it in the root folder of your WordPress install. Contents of file:

<?php
require('wp-load.php');
$x = mkdir(WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/upgrade/');
var_dump($x);
$y = mkdir(WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/upgrade/testing');
var_dump($y);
?>

2) Then visit that file in your browser, i.e. go to (having changed the URL to match your site):

http://example.com/z.php

3) Then please tell me what the output is!

If it shows errors and/or says "false", then you've got a file permissions problem. If not, then the problem is elsewhere.

David