PWS Backup & Migration by Professional Web Solutions lets you export, import, store, and restore complete WordPress sites using the proprietary .pws archive format.
Professional migration and WordPress services are available from the plugin author.
Features
- One-click full site export to
.pws - Chunked upload for unlimited import size
- Local backups management (download, restore, delete)
- Pre-restore validation (archive, disk, PHP, WP, MySQL)
- URL search & replace during migration
- SHA-256 checksums for archive integrity
- Smart exclusions (cache, logs, dev folders)
Privacy
- Telemetry: NONE
- External services: NONE
- Remote API calls: NONE (except loopback AJAX for pipeline continuation)
All backup operations run locally on your server. No data is sent to third parties.
Developer Notes
Filter pwsbami_archive_chunk_size to adjust archiver read/write chunk size (default 524288 bytes).
Filter pwsbami_export_exclude_path to exclude additional paths from export.