Hi David,
Thank you but I did fail to get a weekly backup written to my Dropbox /apps folder and I was unable to “Backup Now” which makes me think I do have some sort of problem.
Coincidentally today I found an update to Version 1.16.53 (from Version 1.16.51) in my WP plugins panel so I updated thinking it might solve my problem. My site crashed and I received an automated email from WP with a recovery mode link. I disabled Updraft Plus Backup/Restore and now my site is functional again.
The error message read
WordPress version 5.6.2
Current theme: twentyseventeen-child (version 1)
Current plugin: UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore (version 1.16.51)
PHP version 7.2.34
Error Details
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An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 39 of the file /home/login/popwars.com/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/admin.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Class 'UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions' not found in /home/login/popwars.com/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/admin.php:39
Stack trace:
#0 /home/login/popwars.com/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/admin.php(46): UpdraftPlus_Admin->get_templates_dir()
#1 /home/login/popwars.com/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/admin.php(481): UpdraftPlus_Admin->register_template_directories()
#2 /home/login/popwars.com/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/admin.php(30): UpdraftPlus_Admin->admin_init()
#3 /home/login/popwars.com/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/admin.php(8): UpdraftPlus_Admin->__construct()
#4 /home/login/popwars.com/wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/class-updraftplus.php(441): include_once('/home/login/p...')
#5 /home/login/popwars.com/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(287): UpdraftPlus->admin_menu('')
#6 /home/login/popwars.com/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(311): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
#7 /home/login/popwars.com/wp-includes/plugin.php(484): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#8 /home/login
Currently UpDraft Plus Backup/Restore is disabled. What do you suggest? Thank you.
Paul