FEATURE: Support backing up and restoring MySQL/MariaDB routines (stored procedures and functions)
FEATURE: Added the ability to search and replace the database via WP-CLI
FIX: Bit fields in a table don't necessarily get backed up correctly due to the difference in the output of mysql_query() and mysqli_query() for the bit-field type
FIX: Allow single multisite sub-sites to be restored when there is a http/https mismatch between the site and database backup
TWEAK: Update plugin updates checker dependency (in paid versions) to the 4.10 series, improving compatibility with WP 5.5+'s updates management
TWEAK: Suppress message about how to upgrade an already-installed plugin when on WP 5.5+ (where it is no longer relevant)
TWEAK: Internal refactoring to allow more flexibility when creating database backups
TWEAK: Force the turning off of ANSI_QUOTES in the active SQL mode when creating a backup, for better compatibility
TWEAK: Add the ability to configure the 'max_allowed_packet' option in the binary mysqldump command via the 'UPDRAFTPLUS_MYSQLDUMP_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET' constant
TWEAK: The Google Drive options exist condition to prevent a false positive saved settings error
TWEAK: Improve the UpdraftPlus get_outgoing_ip_address method in finding user webserver's IPv6 address
TWEAK: Removed MetaSlider notice in the notices collection
FIX: In the free version configured remote storage locations were not selected by default in the backup now modal
FIX: On newer versions of Curl uploads to Dropbox can fail with a bad request, we now retry with a better request
FEATURE: Improve support for enormous tables when outputing via PHP via batching of the dump
TWEAK: Add site_url to load_plugins and load_themes requests
TWEAK: Catch PHP fatal errors when executing UpdraftCentral commands
TWEAK: Tweak the version that gets added to CSS and JS filenames to work with addons
TWEAK: Prevent an internal UpdraftVault message displaying in the UI when Vault is not in use
TWEAK: Stop displaying the 'licence expires soon' warning if an active subscription is detected on the account
TWEAK: Catch Google_IO_Exception during upload to Google Cloud to prevent further unwanted errors
TWEAK: Date/time indicator in the UI now gets updated via the WP heartbeat API
TWEAK: On large databases the database file scan can time-out; an option has been added to allow the restore operation to include tables that are missing from the list
TWEAK: Use the administration email address (if possible) as the email sender address when sending a backup report email
TWEAK: Catch new OneDrive access token has expired message during a backup
TWEAK: Cleanup failed OneDrive uploads to prevent repeated failures that will never succeed
TWEAK: Add a warning alert when the remote scan button is pressed to explain this feature to prevent support requests
TWEAK: On large databases the amount of database tables can exceed the php_max_input_vars value; an option has been added to allow the restore operation to include tables that are missing from the list
NOTE: The free version 1.16.27 was released as 1.16.26; i.e. if confused about 1.16.26 went, then the answer is that they are the same thing.
FIX: Dropbox since 1.16.24 was only deleting one backup files archive out of the set. i.e. Excess archives remained on Dropbox. These have to be deleted manually.
FIX: Revert wrong JS/CSS references introduced in paid versions of the short-lived 1.16.25