Backups hang where loopback requests are blocked
Backups never run or hang on hosts that block the loopback requests admin-ajax.php depends on, such as Namecheap.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 10 September 2026 · last reported 11 October 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners on some shared hosts, including Namecheap, report that backups never start or hang after the plugin moved to version 5.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.