How to Auto-Recover from Plugin Failures

⚙️ Step 1: Launch with a Recovery-Capable Directive

Choose a directive that includes:

A watchdog agent monitoring the PHP process

A filewatch or ghostwire agent watching /wp-content/plugins/

A commander agent that can inject rollback commands

Example boot:

matrixswarm-boot --universe wp-ops --directive gatekeeper-demo 
The gatekeeper-demo directive includes:

apache_watchdog

ghostwire

commander

This sets the swarm to detect HTTP 500s, file changes, and plugin failures in real time.

Step 2: Define Your Healing Reflex

{
  "type": "alert",
  "source": "ghostwire",
  "payload": {
    "path_changed": "/wp-content/plugins/suspicious_plugin/",
    "event": "modification"
  }
}

Your commander or reflex agent should then:

Issue a die to the broken agent (plugin monitor)

Trigger a recovery command like:
{
  "cmd": "restore_snapshot",
  "target": "site-restore",
  "payload": {
    "path": "/backups/pre-update.tar.gz"
  }
}

MatrixSwarm can restore from snapshot archives or trigger your own rollback scripts.

Step 3: Automate Snapshots Before Plugin Updates

Add a pre-update task to your workflow via cron or agent scheduling:

tar -czf /backups/pre-update.tar.gz /var/www/html/wp-content

{
  "cmd": "run_task",
  "target": "snapshot-agent",
  "payload": {
    "frequency": "before_update",
    "script": "backup_wp_plugins.sh"
  }
}

Step 4: Monitor Logs in /comm/

You’ll see the full story:

Detection of plugin change

Triggered rollback

Agent resurrection (if needed)

Step 5: Recover, Report, and Retry

If a plugin causes fatal errors:

Swarm issues rollback

Broken agent gets die

GUI dashboard shows last restore point

Admin gets alert (Discord, Email, Telegram relay agents available)

Optional: Deploy a sentinel or alarm_streamer agent to notify external systems.

Mission Outcome

No white screens. No manual login rescues. No sleepless nights. Just reflex-powered recovery.