{"id":16163,"date":"2018-12-07T14:46:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T19:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=16163"},"modified":"2020-10-09T14:39:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T18:39:19","slug":"additional-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/total-upkeep\/additional-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Additional tools in Total Upkeep"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/total-upkeep-horizontal-image-2.png\" alt=\"Total Upkeep WordPress Backup Plugin\"><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the backup and restoration tools provided by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wordpress-backup-plugin\/\">Total Upkeep plugin<\/a>, there are a few additional features that can be leveraged from within the WordPress Dashboard. These include the preflight check tools, as well as the cron log, update history and a log of recently modified files.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Dashboard, Navigate <strong>Total Upkeep &rarr; Tools<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"view-boldgrid-wordpress-backup-tools\">View BoldGrid WordPress Backup Tools<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"article_list\">\n<li><strong>Local &amp; Remote<\/strong> lists info on your computer, server, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/total-upkeep\/remote-storage\/\">remote storage settings.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cron Log<\/strong> shows the status of scheduled cron jobs.\n<ul class=\"article_list\">\n<li>If a scheduled backup fails, an error message will be logged to the <i>cron notices<\/i>&nbsp;log file. You can view those log entries directly from the Dashboard using Total Upkeep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>History<\/strong> lists any changes to your BoldGrid site such as updates and backup creations.\n<ul class=\"article_list\">\n<li><b>Total Upkeep Premium<\/b>&nbsp;keeps a running history of changes to your site (such as plugin updates, backups created, and more). Viewing this in the dashboard can help quite a bit when it comes to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recently Modified Files<\/strong> searches for files changed within the specified amount of minutes.\n<ul class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Total Upkeep Premium keeps a running history of changes to your site, such as plugin updates, backups created, and more. This page shows your history log, which you can filter based on time.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/boldgrid-pricing\/\">Upgrade to Premium to gain access to this, and many more features today!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"preflight-check\">Preflight Check<\/h2>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/total-upkeep\/preflight-check\/\"> Preflight Check section<\/a> is used to ensure compatibility of the Total Upkeep Backup plugin with your hosting environment. Here you can easily access information about your web host and BoldGrid.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from the backup and restoration tools provided by the Total Upkeep plugin, there are a few additional features that can be leveraged from within the WordPress Dashboard. These include the preflight check tools, as well as the cron log, update history and a log of recently modified files. 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