2022 for the UpdraftPlus family

It’s been a busy year across the WordPress world, including here at Team UpdraftPlus.

With WordPress releasing 3 new versions this year (5.9 through to 6.1) we’ve been kept on our toes to ensure everything continues to work well for the 5+ million of you that trust our plugins to keep you secure, optimised, and free of worry.

53 releases

Across the family of WordPress plugins, we added 38 new features, carried out 177 fixes and made 267 tweaks so that your plugins are as secure, robust and reliable as they can be.

Growth

We released All-In-One Security (AIOS) 5.0, our first release since acquiring the plugin in 2021. We added important security features for free, like two-factor authentication to help keep your website(s) safe and sound. 

We also launched AIOS Premium to provide even higher levels of protection for your WordPress site at a competitive price point.

Plus, the UpdraftPlus global team welcomed 17 new team members. 

And as for next year

2023 will be a year of investment for us.

72% of you think our support is good. A key aim of ours is to grow the spport team and implement process improvements to offer you even better support in the future.  

Of course there’ll be more releases, features and fixes to accommodate your feedback in 2023. You’ll see other improvements from us too, from how we look and feel to how we communicate.  

A HUGE thank you

If you’re new to the UpdraftPlus family, thank you for putting your trust in our products. If you’ve been with us for a long time, thank you for your long-standing support. 

If you have any feedback on how we’re doing, or things you think we ought to focus on, you can get a direct line to our leadership team by emailing [email protected]. 

Wherever you are in the world, however we are connected, we wish you good cheer for the season’s holidays and a peaceful new year.

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UpdraftPlus now available on GoDaddy hosting

Customers of GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress hosting may have noticed that UpdraftPlus has been blocklisted for the past few months.

UpdraftPlus was blocklisted because the specifics of the GoDaddy configuration meant backups were consuming large amounts of server resources. More specifically, servers were configured to use a cron interval which was timing out before temporary backup files could be cleaned up.

We’ve been working hard to implement performance improvements to satisfy GoDaddy’s requirements.

We’re happy to announce that as of versions 1.22.23 (free) and 2.22.23 (Premium), GoDaddy has lifted the restrictions on UpdraftPlus.

If you previously had UpdraftPlus Free or UpdraftPlus Premium installed on your GoDaddy Hosted site, you can now reactivate the plugin (after updating to the latest version).

If you are new to UpdraftPlus, why not check out the extensive features available?

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Comment on Recommended Backup Schedules and/or Schedule templates by udadmin

Hi Andreas,

You can achieve this already by using the settings import/export feature, in the “Tools” tab. To do so:

– Make a blank install
– Set the settings for your schedule, only, and export the settings

Then, when you begin on a new site, you can import your chosen setting with your schedules, and then configure the rest that is specific to the site.

David

Comment on Add S3 object tagging by udadmin

Hi,
Please can you explain this idea further?
Supposing that you’re doing something like storing your backups in a structure like….

s3://example.com/client1/www.website1.com/
s3://example.com/client1/www.website2.com/
s3://example.com/client1/www.website3.com/
s3://example.com/client2/www.website4.com/
s3://example.com/client2/www.website5.com/

…. etc., how would the tagging clarify the ownership any further? i.e. Since dividers are already a way of creating a hierarchy, what would be added by tagging?

David

Job Vacancy – Senior WordPress Plugin Developer Wanted

This is a full-time position (37.5 hrs / week) but we are open to part-time hours, employed or freelance.  If you have the skills, we will fit the arrangement to suit your needs! 

We have a team based in Cardiff but we work flexibly, with the option for both remote-working (UK or abroad), or being based in a shared workspace. 

Salary: £50-70k, depending on experience

 

About UpdraftPlus 

At UpdraftPlus we make plugins for WordPress that help our customers to backup, restore, clone, secure and optimize their WordPress websites.

We have a strong team of creative and innovative developers which is growing fast. Our growth has largely been down to the strength of our products with our plugins being some of the most highly rated plugins on WordPress.

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Job Description

PHP and JavaScript WordPress Plugin Developer

Location: We’re based in Wales, UK, but this job is also open to freelancer developers around the world!

Start date: ASAP

We have an exciting opportunity for a Web Developer with excellent PHP and/or JS and ideally WordPress experience to join a growing, ambitious team to help develop further one of the world’s fastest growing and most-installed WordPress plugins, UpdraftPlus (see www.updraftplus.com).

Active on over 3 million websites, the company’s product is also the highest rated of its kind, and the most installed plugin owned by a UK company.

You will play a leading role in the company’s aim to continue to be the dominant player in the plugin industry.

You’d be working together with a small team of others involved in development and testing.

 

Responsibilities breakdown:

Our needs divide into the following areas, and your exact responsibilities will depend on your experience, how this fits with other members of the team and subject to discussion and agreement!

You’ll definitely need experience with:

  • PHP – you’d be coding UpdraftPlus or WP Optimize, plus fragments for managing the website as well as UpdraftCentral.
  • WordPress plugin development – ideally you’ll have a bit of experience of this, but if not a willingness to learn.
    It would be nice if you have experience with:
     
  • JavaScript – a smaller part of UpdraftPlus, but much bigger part of UpdraftCentral.
  • GitHub / GitLab / Git – nice to have, but can be learnt quickly by good developers used to alternatives like SVN.


Company Benefits:

We trust our employees to work autonomously. You won’t be micro-managed and you’ll be trusted to work remotely whilst using your time as effectively as possible.

Rather work from 8am-4pm, or perhaps you’d prefer the traditional 9am-5pm? Let’s discuss your needs during your interview and figure out how you best enjoy finding that perfect work/life balance.

Down-time is important. You work hard and deserve a sufficient amount of holiday to help recharge your batteries! With UpdraftPlus, you’ll start on 25 days a year plus the 8 standard bank holidays.

To do the best job you’ll need the best tools! We will discuss with you everything you’ll need to do your job before you start your first day.

Need any learning and development?  Chat to us and we’ll see what we can do.  We are committed to investing in all of our employees, so if there are any books, online tools or courses you think would be beneficial, we will do our best to make sure you get them.  

If we’ve captured your attention and would like to apply, please send your C.V. and portfolio over to Kelly Martin at [email protected]  

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Job Vacancy – WordPress Plugin Developer Wanted

This is a full-time position (37.5 hrs / week) but we are open to part-time hours, employed or freelance.  If you have the skills, we will fit the arrangement to suit your needs! 

We have a team based in Cardiff but we work flexibly, with the option for both remote-working (UK or abroad), or being based in a shared workspace. 

Salary: £30-50k, depending on experience

 

About UpdraftPlus 

At UpdraftPlus we make plugins for WordPress that help our customers to backup, restore, clone, secure and optimize their WordPress websites.

We have a strong team of creative and innovative developers which is growing fast. Our growth has largely been down to the strength of our products with our plugins being some of the most highly rated plugins on WordPress.

————————————————————–

Job Description

PHP and JavaScript WordPress Plugin Developer

Location: We’re based in Wales, UK, but this job is also open to freelancer developers around the world!

Start date: ASAP

We have an exciting opportunity for a Web Developer with excellent PHP and/or JS and ideally WordPress experience to join a growing, ambitious team to help develop further one of the world’s fastest growing and most-installed WordPress plugins, UpdraftPlus (see www.updraftplus.com).

Active on over 3 million websites, the company’s product is also the highest rated of its kind, and the most installed plugin owned by a UK company.

You will play a leading role in the company’s aim to continue to be the dominant player in the plugin industry.

You’d be working together with a small team of others involved in development and testing.

 

Responsibilities breakdown:

Our needs divide into the following areas, and your exact responsibilities will depend on your experience, how this fits with other members of the team and subject to discussion and agreement!

You’ll definitely need experience with:

  • PHP – you’d be coding UpdraftPlus or WP Optimize, plus fragments for managing the website as well as UpdraftCentral.
  • WordPress plugin development – ideally you’ll have a bit of experience of this, but if not a willingness to learn.It would be nice if you have experience with:
  • JavaScript – a smaller part of UpdraftPlus, but much bigger part of UpdraftCentral.
  • GitHub / GitLab / Git – nice to have, but can be learnt quickly by good developers used to alternatives like SVN.


Company Benefits:

We trust our employees to work autonomously. You won’t be micro-managed and you’ll be trusted to work remotely whilst using your time as effectively as possible.

Rather work from 8am-4pm, or perhaps you’d prefer the traditional 9am-5pm? Let’s discuss your needs during your interview and figure out how you best enjoy finding that perfect work/life balance.

Down-time is important. You work hard and deserve a sufficient amount of holiday to help recharge your batteries! With UpdraftPlus, you’ll start on 25 days a year plus the 8 standard bank holidays.

To do the best job you’ll need the best tools! We will discuss with you everything you’ll need to do your job before you start your first day.

Need any learning and development?  Chat to us and we’ll see what we can do.  We are committed to investing in all of our employees, so if there are any books, online tools or courses you think would be beneficial, we will do our best to make sure you get them.  

If we’ve captured your attention and would like to apply, please send your C.V. and portfolio over to Kelly Martin at [email protected]  

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AIOS Premium Launched

Last month, we announced the release of AIOS 5.0 which brings significant new features, tweaks and fixes to customers following its acquisition. Today we build on that good work with the launch of AIOS Premium. 

Joe Miles, Director at UpdraftPlus said 

“We think it’s really important that our customers’ websites are backed up and protected. UpdraftPlus is the world’s number one plugin for backups, AIOS is the number one listed security plugin on the WordPress Directory, and the only security plugin with a five-star user rating across more than a million installs, so it’s a natural fit for us.”

AIOS Premium brings new levels of protections for customers including; active scanning for downtime and malware, response time monitoring, advanced two-factor authentication, country blocking, smart 404 blocking and premium support at a competitive price point.

During October 2022, we are giving all users a 20% discount to celebrate the launch of AIOS Premium. To redeem this limited time offer, enter code october20 at the checkout. For more information, visit aiosplugin.com today. 

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