Account MCP Prompts: Backups
Turn on: Settings → MCP → Backups (on by default). Creating and deleting backups needs a read-write connection.
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Backups
List a site's backups
List the backups of [mysite.com].Shows each backup's number, type (manual or automatic), status and date, and the site's latest restore.
Back up a site
Create a backup of [mysite.com].The backup runs in the background. A site can have at most 3 manual backups.
Delete a backup
Asks to confirm
Delete backup #[backup number] of [mysite.com].Take the backup number from the site's backup list. The site's last usable backup is never deleted this way: create a new backup first, or delete it from the dashboard. A backup a snapshot is built from can't be deleted either.
Check the latest restore
Show the latest backup restore of [mysite.com] and its status.Shows whether the site's latest restore is in progress, completed or failed, and when it started and finished. unknown means no result arrived in time; a new restore can be started.
To restore a backup to its site or create a new site from it, see Backup restores (needs Site actions).
Same in the dashboard: View and Manage Backups on InstaWP
Snapshots
List your snapshots and templates
List my snapshots and templates.List only snapshots
List my snapshots.List only templates
List my templates.Check a snapshot's status
Show the status of snapshot [snapshot name] and when it was last synced.To re-capture a snapshot from its site, see Re-sync a snapshot.
Same in the dashboard: Snapshots Overview