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WordPress Recovery Planner

Build a practical emergency recovery plan: first actions, what not to do, downtime ranges, files needed, and who to call.

Primary use
Prepare before an outage or document recovery steps while the site is still up.
Estimated time
About 8 minutes
Input type
Manual answers
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What This Planner Produces

This creates a practical incident-readiness plan: first actions, access dependencies, a contact map, and cautious downtime ranges. It does not diagnose a live outage.

Use It Before An Outage

Complete this while the site is healthy, then keep the printable checklist with the authorized recovery team.

Downtime Ranges, Not Promises

Recovery timing depends on access, backup quality, data size, provider status, and integrations. The planner provides broad planning ranges only.

Question 1 of 220%
1.Do you know the hosting provider and account owner?

Methodology

  • Readiness is a simple average of reported access, provider, backup, contact, and business-impact conditions.
  • The plan increases verification emphasis when the site has commerce, payment, membership, or LMS functionality.
  • Downtime is presented as broad ranges and drivers, never as a recovery promise.
  • Access and backup dependencies are called out when answers indicate they are unknown or unavailable.

Limitations

  • This is not a live diagnostic, forensic assessment, or guaranteed recovery plan.
  • It cannot validate account ownership, credentials, backups, provider availability, or restore compatibility.
  • Never share passwords, recovery codes, API keys, or private files in this planner.

Privacy

Answers stay in your browser for this session. Rescue404 does not receive them, and the planner never asks for passwords, 2FA codes, or backup files.

FAQ

Plain answers about what this tool does and does not claim.

Does this recover my WordPress site? +
No. It builds a planning checklist from your answers and does not connect to your site or accounts.
Why does it ask about registrar and DNS? +
A site can remain unreachable even after files are repaired if domain, DNS, CDN, or certificate dependencies are unresolved.
Will a backup guarantee recovery? +
No. A backup needs to be located, restored, and tested before it can be treated as recovery evidence.
Why are downtime estimates broad? +
Actual time depends on the incident, authorized access, backup age and quality, provider health, site size, and integrations.
Does Rescue404 receive my answers? +
No. Answers remain in your browser for this session, and the planner does not ask for passwords or recovery codes.

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