What issue or error are you experiencing? Created a backup on hosted server using WPVivid. Started Local site (already a version of the hosted website) and attempted restore of the backup to the local version. First file reaches 100% and then error message ‘File type is not allowed’. Contacted WPVi…

@owenparry Within that zip file are there multiple backup files or just a single site backup with WP-Content and SQL bundled together?

There are 11 zip files which make up the backup: 4 uploads, 3 plugins, one each for db, theme and core. The error occurs on the first file, which is not always the same one but looks like it is the last one created that goes into the process first.

I think there have been some issues with WPVivid due to this before. Generally, what Local expects in the zip is just the WP-Content and SQL bundled together, but I wonder if it’s having trouble with all of the files spread out. I haven’t used WPVivid myself but essentially you were trying to do a …

Thanks for your response. I’ve checked the Windows article but nothing seems to apply. I attach the full Local log as requested local-logs.zip (1.2 MB)

I’m not seeing much else in your log aside from maybe some connection interference 2026/07/28 16:38:46 [error] 7852#30468: *247 connect() failed (10061: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it) while connecting to upstream, client: ::1, server: siteworks-demo.odp,…

Just plain PC with a fibre to the premises gigabit link, no VPN, hotspot, office network or network proxy of any kind at my end, although i can’t vouch for the provider not having perhaps a proxy. However, I have been running this backup and restore to LocalWP successfully for over 2 years and this…

Thank you for that context @owenparry ! Have you successfully restored this site before? Or just had it work for other sites? Would there be anything unique about this install different from others as far as size or configuration?

I’ve just tried a completely new site using a zip file provided by our theme developers ( https://siteworks.u3a.org.uk/ ), added WPVivid plugin and restored to it. The upload stage failed as before but moving the backup files to the folder and then restoring worked OK. The only thing that seems to be…

I’m searching here, but seeing users who have run into the same error as in your log with WPVivid in the past: [image] Wpvivid used to work but now getting error connecting to sql Support WpVivid can no longer backup database <a name="p-117731-wpvivid-used-to-work-then-i-changed-to-apache-to-get-faster-response-and-changed-domain-name-from-abc-to-test-to-try-to-fix-error-500-problem-deleted-another-localwp-site-i-wasnt-using-because-i-think-it-confused-apache-now-wpvivid-gets-exception-in-class-wpvivid-mysqldump-methodphp-2002-no-connection-could-be-made-because-the-target-machine-actively-refused-it-2" class="anchor" href="#p-117731-wpvivid-used-to-work-then-i-changed-to-apache-to-get-faster-response-and-changed-domain-name-from-abc-to-test-to-try-to-fix-error-500-problem-deleted-another-localwp-site-i-wasnt-using-because-i-think-it-confused-apache-now-wpvivid-gets-exception-in-class-wpvivid-mysqldump-methodphp-2002-no-connection-could-be-made-because-the-target-machine-actively-refused-it-2" aria-label="Heading link"> WpVivid used to work. Then I cha…

One point I should add is that previously, WPVivid backup produced 4 - 5 zip files named with suffices of part1, part2 etc. Recent backups have produced many more files (11 in my case), separating uploads, content, core, db and themes into separate zip files. Not quite sure when this occurred but i…

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Nick-B July 29, 2026, 6:10pm 10

I’m searching here, but seeing users who have run into the same error as in your log with WPVivid in the past:

It looks like they also list a Local compatibility error in their documentation as well, which must be quite old, just based on the name:

Are you using the free version of the plugin @owenparry?

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