Archive.org Backups for Craft CMS

Archive.org Backups for Craft CMS is a Craft CMS 5 plugin that submits selected entry URLs to the Internet Archive Save Page Now service, tracks submission history, and confirms when a snapshot becomes visible through Archive.org.

Features

• Archive selected Craft entry sections to archive.org automatically
• See all tracked URLs and their status in one control panel screen
• Prioritizes changed entries (pages) while still refreshing unchanged entries on a schedule
• Automatically stays within the public Save Page Now daily limit
• Get live dashboard updates while you keep the page open

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Craft CMS 5.x

Installation

Until the package is published on Packagist, install it from the Git repository.

Add a VCS repository to your Craft project's composer.json:

{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "git@github.com:Abromeit/craftcms-archive-org-backups.git"
        }
    ]
}

Then require the package from the branch or tag you want to use:

composer require abromeit/craftcms-archive-org-backups:dev-master

Then install the plugin in the Craft control panel or with:

php craft plugin/install archive-org-backups

Configuration

Open Settings -> Plugins -> Archive.org Backups and configure:

• Entry sections
• Public daily limit (default 150)
• Changed resubmit window (hours) (default 24)
• Unchanged refresh interval (days) (default 7)
• Heartbeat interval (minutes) (default 15)

Important: Configure this - only selected entry sections are tracked!

.env endpoint overrides

For local testing, the remote Archive.org hostnames can be overridden from your Craft .env file.

Use one global override for all requests:

ARCHIVEORG_BACKUPS_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8080"

Or override individual endpoint bases:

ARCHIVEORG_BACKUPS_SAVE_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8080"
ARCHIVEORG_BACKUPS_SAVE_STATUS_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8080"

Defaults:

• ARCHIVEORG_BACKUPS_SAVE_BASE_URL -> https://web.archive.org
• ARCHIVEORG_BACKUPS_SAVE_STATUS_BASE_URL -> https://web-wp.archive.org

The snapshot viewing URL and the external-snapshot probe always hit https://web.archive.org, and can only be redirected via the global ARCHIVEORG_BACKUPS_BASE_URL.

Production-only outbound traffic

The plugin only talks to Archive.org when CRAFT_ENVIRONMENT=production and the primary site's base URL is not a local host (localhost, *.local, *.test, or a loopback IP like 127.0.0.1 / ::1). On local setups an ARCHIVEORG_BACKUPS_*_BASE_URL override (see below) re-enables outbound traffic so you can point it at a mock server.

SEOmatic compatibility

If SEOmatic is installed and an entry has a SeoSettings field whose robots directive contains none, noindex, or noarchive, the entry is skipped and never submitted to Archive.org. Only the per-entry SEOmatic field is evaluated; global or section-level SEOmatic defaults are not inspected.

Queue Execution

The plugin works with Craft's default HTTP queue runner, so it can operate without cron. Timing remains best-effort on low-traffic sites.

For stronger timing guarantees, run a dedicated queue worker:

php craft queue/listen --verbose

Console Commands

php craft archive-org-backups/sync-targets
php craft archive-org-backups/run-maintenance

Development

Run the unit tests with:

vendor/bin/phpunit

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2026 Daniel Abromeit (https://daniel-abromeit.de/)

Thank you to KOCH ESSEN for providing the resources without which this project would not have been possible.

Thank you to https://wordpress.org/plugins/internet-archive-wayback-machine-link-fixer/ for the inspiration for this CraftCMS plugin. The submission mechanic is based on the original WordPress code by the Internet Archive.

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.