Backup WordPress Multisite su Laravel Forge

Come fare backup Multisite su Laravel Forge

On Laravel Forge (panel hosting), a WordPress Multisite backup is more than copying wp-content. You need shared core files, network tables, per-site tables, and uploads under sites/ — or restore will miss users, settings, or media. Panel stacks (RunCloud/GridPane/Ploi/Forge/Plesk/cPanel) centralize PHP versions and cron.

Multisite Migrate runs chunked, resumable jobs from Network Admin (full network) or from a subsite dashboard when the role has manage_options. Free covers core network/subsite backup and restore plus one local schedule. Plus adds BYO cloud upload (Google Drive, Dropbox, S3-compatible, SFTP) and cloud schedules. Pro adds remote import, empty-server installer, Staging, WP-CLI, and network split. Confirm the site’s PHP binary matches the limits you expect for Multisite jobs.

Cosa deve includere un backup Multisite completo su Laravel Forge

Capture the network tables (wp_blogs, wp_site, wp_sitemeta, and related), each subsite’s tables, shared themes/plugins, and the sites/ upload tree. Skipping any of those on Laravel Forge creates “successful” archives that still fail a real restore drill. Exclude cache, tmp, and other regenerable noise so jobs finish faster on panel plans.

Use system cron for schedules when the panel offers it. Treat provider snapshots as an extra layer — not a Multisite-scoped import workflow. Keep a plugin archive you can move, import, and verify independently of the Laravel Forge control panel.

Come Multisite Migrate esegue i job su questa classe di host

Shared and managed hosts often kill long PHP workers. Multisite Migrate therefore uses Jobs in Chunks that resume instead of restarting from zero after a timeout. On Laravel Forge, start from Network Admin for fleet backups, or from a single site when a subsite admin only needs their site. Watch the job log for the last completed chunk, disk/inode warnings, and cloud auth errors on Plus.

For schedules: Free keeps one local schedule; Plus can push finished archives to Drive, Dropbox, S3-compatible storage, or SFTP. Wasabi, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces, and MinIO are S3-compatible endpoints — not separate proprietary vaults. OneDrive is not a native destination.

Checklist drill di restore per Laravel Forge

Before you trust a Laravel Forge backup routine, restore once on Staging (or a throwaway site): check siteurl/home, HTTPS, domain mapping (sunrise.php if used), media under sites/, logins, and any WooCommerce or membership data. Confirm rewrite rules and purge CDN/object-cache drop-ins if the front end still shows stale content.

If cloud upload fails but the local archive exists on Laravel Forge, fix destination auth/quota and re-upload — or restore from the local copy.

Retention, cifratura e igiene support

For wordpress multisite backup on laravel forge, keep enough archive generations to roll back a bad deploy or failed migration. Optional .venc AES-256 encryption on Multisite Migrate archives protects copies at rest when you store offsite on Plus destinations. Document credentials, schedule windows, and who may run Network Admin jobs.

Separate schedule failures from restore failures in your runbook so on-call staff do not rebuild a finished archive unnecessarily.