Backup Plugins Add Incremental Media Diffs
Uploads that changed since yesterday, not another 40 GB zip. Restore still wants the last full. The daily run gets lighter.
by Sam Calder·May 14, 2026·0 Comments
Full backups of wp-content/uploads every night is how you discover your host’s inode sense of humor. Incremental media diffs are the grown-up version.
Keep a full snapshot on a calendar. Diffs are a delta, not a personality. If the plugin cannot restore a single deleted PDF, keep shopping.
