List restores is a WordPress ability from Jetpack — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.

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List restores

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Jetpack Backup & Site Management jetpack-backup/list-restores

List recent backup restore operations and their progress.

Requires the Jetpack plugin on WordPress 6.9+. Abilities are registered by several bundled Jetpack packages (automattic/jetpack-backup, jetpack-connection, jetpack-forms, jetpack-stats) plus the main plugin's own registrars for Related Posts, Shortlinks, Sitemaps, Newsletter/Subscriptions, and Monitor. Permission requirements vary by ability — most gate on 'manage_options', 'jetpack_admin_page', or 'view_stats', while Forms abilities use 'edit_pages'. Backup abilities only register when a Backup product/plan is active; Sitemaps, Monitor, and Newsletter abilities only register when their respective module is turned on.

What it does

This ability returns recent restore operations performed against the site's backups, each with an ID, started and last-updated timestamps, status, and a progress value. It can be narrowed to a single restore by ID (unknown IDs yield an empty array) or paginated with page and per_page. Use it after requesting a backup restore elsewhere to track how far along the operation is.

See it in action

You ask your AI assistant

"Show me the status of my recent backup restores."

Inputs

Name Type Required Description
id string No Return only the restore with this ID. Unknown ids yield an empty array.
page integer No Page number for paginated results. Defaults to 1.
per_page integer No Results per page (max 100). Defaults to 20.

Returns

An array of restore objects, each with id, started, last_updated, status, and progress (integer or null).

Permission

The current user must have the 'manage_options' capability.

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