Maybe I’m missing something, but here’s a thought that occurred to me while fiddling with my import scripts: wouldn’t it be nice if we had a backup feature that deals only with the site’s settings, but not the contents (posts, categories, uploads etc. should be left out)?
This would be a) somewhat reassuring if you had a staff of more than one who are allowed in the admin section. Plus b) it would ease my (admittedly somehow unstructured 
) import efforts, since I run an import (lengthy operation), leave it online for a while for my team to explore, change some things in the admin settings while it’s there, and then before my next importer run, when I want to revert to my pre-flight backup with only the basic settings, I’m pulling my hair trying to figure out which settings to write down in order not to lose them…
I know that - but we’re still talking about 24ish pages of settigns - writing them all down and putting them back is a bit a PITA…