Changelog
New features, improvements, and fixes updates.
SiteSkite MCP — AI connectors for WordPress WebOps
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other AI clients to SiteSkite and operate your portfolio through conversation
- SiteSkite MCP — connect AI clients to your SiteSkite account with Quick Connect for ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor, plus Developer tools for Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, and other MCP-compatible clients.
- Per-site AI modes: Off, Platform AI (portfolio WebOps — backups, sandboxes, logs, updates, reports), or WordPress AI (live-site help with Elementor, Gutenberg, forms, and plugin abilities).
- Safer update analysis, on-demand backups, sandboxes from backups, error/debug log summaries, and client reporting — all runnable from your AI chat.
- MCP is included with SiteSkite accounts, including free accounts — sign in with SiteSkite OAuth; revoke anytime.
- AI stays off per site until you enable a mode. Only one mode is active at a time, with Abilities and Advanced Power Tools under your control.
- Works across your linked portfolio from one connection — deep work on a single site or one job across many.
Regular backup performance optimization
More efficient and reliable regular backup operations
- Regular backup performance optimization.
AI Site Studio, expanded AI models & WP.Show upgrades
Generate WordPress sites from a prompt, work with more AI models, and test plugins with fewer setup steps
- AI Site Studio — generate a real, WordPress-native website from a prompt and review the result in a live preview.
- Install individual plugins or multiple plugins together through WP.Show.
- Dense Grid view for high-resolution and 4K screens.
- Claude support for SiteSkite MCP and Bring Your Own Model workflows.
- Added support for Claude 4.7, Claude 4.8, Fable 5, and Sonnet 5.
- Added ChatGPT GPT-5.5 support.
- Regular backup performance optimization.
- WP.Show now detects and installs required plugin dependencies.
- Improved WordPress UI conversion through visual regression checks.
- Refined report styling for clearer, more polished client reports.
- Refreshed website content to reflect SiteSkite’s expanded AI and WebOps capabilities.
- Independently validated by VirusDie.com, the SiteSkite plugin meets its security standards and best-practice requirements.
- Partnered with WPFolks to enable one-click SiteSkite Sandbox launches from plugin showcase pages.
Regular backup performance optimization
Continued performance improvements for regular backups
- Regular backup performance optimization.
Regular backup performance optimization
Faster and more dependable regular backup processing
- Regular backup performance optimization.
Backup performance, integrity & resumable uploads
More resilient backup and restore workflows on low-resource shared hosting
- Regular backup performance optimization.
- Backup integrity validation on cloud storage.
- Database restore support for dynamic table prefixes.
- Advanced resumable uploads with byte detection and continuation for single-ZIP classic backup chunks, designed for low-resource shared hosting.
Incremental backups for full migration, cloning & localization
Clone sites across servers and ship multilingual-ready packages faster
- Incremental backups can now be used for full website migration and cloning between servers (Server A → Server B).
- Localization support for multiple languages using .po, .mo, POT files, and localized readme files.
- Expanded internationalization support to prepare SiteSkite for global users and multilingual workflows.
Backup migration & cloning between servers
Lift-and-shift WordPress using the backups you already trust
- Backup Migration & Cloning — move sites directly from one server to another using your backup infrastructure.
- Ongoing performance optimizations across backup and restore operations.
REST API fallback & sync reliability
Steadier dashboards when the REST layer is flaky or throttled
- More reliable REST API fallback handling for site communication and synchronization.
Incremental backups on low-resource hosts
Backups that finish on budget hosts with tight CPU and memory
- Improved incremental backup continuity on low-resource hosting environments.
Schedule detection reliability
Automatic and on-demand schedules fire when you expect them to
- More reliable automatic and on-demand schedule detection.
Dashboard controls for incremental backups & monitoring
Delete stale incrementals, tune monitor emails, and see progress across servers
- Incremental backups can now be deleted directly from the dashboard.
- Monitor email notification controls.
- Better backup performance on low-resource hosting.
- Incremental backup scheduling continuity.
- Workspace experience across all user roles.
- Backup progress tracking across connected servers.
Backup cleanup & storage handling
Reclaim disk and retire old artifacts without manual hunting
- Optimized backup cleanup and deletion processes for improved storage handling.
Dropbox & Google Drive one-click authentication
Connect major cloud destinations with fewer OAuth hoops
- One-click Dropbox and Google Drive authentication for cloud storage integration.
One-click WordPress admin login
Get into wp-admin fast when you are juggling many properties
- Enhanced one-click WordPress admin login experience.
Recovery Mode, smarter sync & database refresh fixes
Regain admin after white screens, with smarter sync and honest DB refresh
- Recovery Mode — regain WordPress admin access after fatal errors or failed updates.
- One-click WP Admin login flow.
- REST API fallback connection handling.
- Smart cron job execution.
- Classic backup and restore reliability.
- Cache busting behavior.
- Site data synchronization.
- New site connection onboarding flow.
- Incremental backup and restore operations.
- Database refresh now triggers properly after restore completion.
- Database refresh handling for file-only backups.
Backup performance
Shorter backup windows so nightly jobs stop colliding with traffic
- Overall backup performance improvements.
PCLZIP, caching hosts & connection reliability
Happier restores on cached stacks and fussy hosting configurations
- Enhanced PCLZIP compatibility support.
- Backup performance on caching-enabled servers.
- Site connection reliability.
Backup stability & reliability
Fewer interrupted runs when hosts throttle I/O or PHP timeouts
- Backup stability and reliability improvements.
Sandbox sites & Blueprints from backups
Golden templates and disposable sandboxes spun straight from snapshots
- Create Sandbox Sites directly from existing backups.
- Blueprints — reusable website templates through sandbox sites.
- Backup performance.
- Site data synchronization.
- UI/UX for site thumbnails and branding visuals.
Blueprints for sandboxes & Pretty Error Logs
Repeatable staging patterns and logs you can actually hand to developers
- Blueprints for reusable sandbox environments.
- Pretty Error Logs — debug logs, custom logs, and WordPress error paths.
- Classic and incremental backup performance.
- General platform-wide performance optimizations.
Domain paths for subdirectory installs
Domains honor subdirectory paths so deep links keep working
- Preserved subdirectory paths when attaching domains to sites (for example: abc.com/newsite).
Backup processing efficiency
Less waiting on large archives and file inventory passes
- Enhanced backup performance and processing efficiency.
Backup management tools
Operators get clearer levers before a site is in trouble
- Improved backup management tools.
- Backup performance.
pCloud cloud storage integration
Another vetted destination for off-site retention strategies
- pCloud authentication-based cloud storage integration.
- Backup performance.
WPCanvas integration & API performance
WPCanvas stays responsive when you drive it from SiteSkite
- Enhanced WPCanvas integration and API performance.
Notifications delivery
Incident and status mail is less likely to vanish in spam or retries
- Improved notification system handling and delivery.
WPCanvas experience
Tighter loops between canvas editing and fleet management
- Enhanced WPCanvas experience and integrations.
Backups with CDN-enabled sites
Restore paths that survive edge caches and rewrites
- Backup and restore reliability for CDN-enabled websites.
Admin dashboard refinements
Day-to-day controls stay readable during long operations sessions
- Updated and refined admin dashboard experience.
SiteSkite initial release
One hub to manage, back up, restore, and watch WordPress at scale
Official launch of the SiteSkite plugin — centralized WordPress management, backup, restore, monitoring, and maintenance in one place.
- Centralized WordPress management across sites.
- Backup, restore, and disaster-recovery workflows.
- Monitoring and maintenance infrastructure.