What you get when we restore your archived site
Website restoration rebuilds a Wayback-archived site in WordPress with every original URL serving original content: each address that ever existed in the archive — including ?p=, ?cat=, ?tag= — answers 200 with a byte-exact canonical. You receive an install package, a redirect map and a QA report — white-label on request, delivered in 3–5 days.
Last updated: 2026-09-23
Eight items, in every order
- WordPress dump — Fixed WP version, wp-cli path, database dump split into ≤20 MB chunks. Imports on shared hosting.
- install.md (EN+RU) — cPanel and generic FTP/phpMyAdmin steps, an nginx snippet, a warning about Windows/tar.gz. Written for a non-technical VA.
- editing.md — How to edit text safely, and what must not be touched.
- credentials.txt + requirements.md — Placeholder passwords marked "change me", and a five-line server requirements sheet.
- robots.txt (generated) + sitemap.xml — Sitemap lists every live page; robots is generated, the archived one goes to the QA report instead.
- redirects.csv — One row per URL: url, status, target, reason. Your 301/410 map for everything the archive missed.
- qa/report.html + qa/gaps.csv — % restored, the reason for every miss, priority URLs, list of non-submitting forms.
- Domain replacement — Your domain with PHP-serialized length recalculation. Without a target domain, the host is placeholder.invalid.
What we don’t do — stated first, not later
Forms and search
Forms render but don’t submit: action attributes are neutralized. ?s= search returns an empty results page, not a 404.
Feeds
410 not-restored-by-policy unless marked priority in your config. Priority URLs must resolve 200 or 301 — otherwise the run fails on our side.
Content
Archived-wins: content is exactly as the snapshot holds it. No rewriting, no “improvements”, no new content.
What the archive missed
If the Wayback Machine has no capture, we can’t restore it. The audit shows this before you pay anything.
For agencies: nothing points back to us
Your agency’s name on the install guide, the QA report, the credentials sheet. Nothing in the package points back to me. Wholesale $69–89; you bill retail — our public retail price ($99–149) stays above what you pay, so an end client who finds us sees a higher price. NDA on request.
Docs are written for a non-technical VA — your PM never needs to talk to me after handover. We never contact your client.