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How do I Backup my WordPress Site? Crunchify’s Favorite and Best WordPress BACKUP Plugins

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Do you backup your WordPress blogs?

If not, you should! Disaster happens. WordPress provides number of Database and File backup solutions. Every developer and blog owner must use at least one back solution and need to be prepare for worst. You never know when your blog gets hacked and you need complete restore.

All the efforts you put into writing, advertising, marketing and administrating your blog can go to waste if appropriate reservation measures are not taken in time.

Even though many hosting companies make backups of your account, it is still a must to have your own ones. As you never know when a disastrous failure can take place, having several restoration points is reasonable.

On WordPress Plugin Extend, there are numerous backup plugins are available to help you tackle issues of this sort. Instead of going through the trial and error method to choose the right one for you, let’s make the choice easier!

1. VaultPress

VaultPress WordPress Backup Plugin

Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/vaultpress/

VaultPress is designed to deliver total security and peace of mind. One of the best WordPress plugin available in the market created by the maker of WordPress. VaultPress is a real-time backup and security scanning service. We are using Personal plan with just $4/month. If you think more real time backup then you may go for better plan.

If you depend on your blogs/ sites for your professional communication needs, I would suggest you to choose VaultPress.

Features:

VaultPress Live Activity from Admin Panel

2. BackWPup

Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/

The backup plugin BackWPup Free can be used to save your complete installation including /wp-content/ and push them to an external Backup Service, like Dropbox, S3, FTP and many more, see list below. With a single backup .zip file you are able to easily restore an installation.

BackWPup Backup Solution Crunchify

3. UpdraftPlus Backup

Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

UpdraftPlus simplifies backups (and restoration). Backup into the cloud (Amazon S3 (or compatible), Dropbox, Google Drive, Rackspace Cloud, DreamObjects, FTP, SFTP, SCP, WebDAV, OpenStack Swift and email) and restore with a single click. Backups of files and database can have separate schedules.

UpdraftPlus Backup

Let me know what you think and you want to share feedback on your favorite backup solution plugins. We are more than happy to add those to our list.

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  11 Comments...

  1. Anna says

    This is the article I was looking for, so thank you for helping. Could you please tell me what software you use to run your incredibly fast website? I also want to create a simple website for my business, but I need help with the domain and hosting. Asphostportal reportedly has a stellar reputation. Are there any other choices available, and if so, what would you suggest?

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  2. Julia Davis says

    It was such a great article which was on wordpress backups. Backups can help you restore your website in case of a disaster, such as a hacking attack, accidental deletion of files, or a server crash. Here are the steps to set up and manage WordPress backups:
    1.Choose a backup solution
    2.Install and configure your backup solution
    3.Test your backups
    4.Monitor your backups
    5.Update your backups
    By implementing the above points you can take wordpress backups.

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  3. Sophia Brown says

    You have mentioned many different ways of backing up WordPress site, that can be very helpful for readers. But there many other ways through which you can also have backup of your WordPress site. Check them out below:
    1. Use a backup checklist
    2. Use a web hosting backup service
    3. Use a WordPress backup plugin
    4. Manual backup using cPanel
    5. Backup to an external service
    These were some of the other ways using which you can also have backup of your WordPress site. As am also non technical person like it was difficult for me to create WordPress site.

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  4. Gregory Lucy says

    Hi there,

    Thanks for your nice article. the backup plugins here mentioned are also popular to many of us. Hope users will get benefit from your guideline.

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    • App Shah says

      Thank you for your comment Gregory. I’ve added another one WordPress Backup to Dropbox too in addition to VaultPress.

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  5. Samdani says

    I like back up plugins and it is a positive matter that the plugins shared here are also my favorite .
    I would like specially to refer here VaultPress , an easy and top secured back up plugin.

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    • App Shah says

      Agree. VaultPress has saved my back couple of times in really urgent manner. Thanks for sharing your view.

      Reply

  6. Rachael says

    It is really important and vital to have a dropbox application if you have your website. I am currently using Backup & Restore Dropbox by WPAdm right now. It is free and allows me to make as much backups and restores as I want.

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  7. John Crooks says

    Great, comprehensive analysis!

    I’m really thankful to you, Kevin. Just came to know of many useful plugins among which SEO Smart Links is on the top. Enjoyed visiting you. Thanks a lot.

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  8. maika etnik says

    doing backup a website is very important for website owner, if you get trouble or hacked by hacker. you can use the backup to restore. thanxs for sharing the plugin.

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    • App Shah says

      Thats right Maika. Disaster happens. We couldn’t prevent it but in order to come out of that disaster at very fast rate with efficiency is in our hand. That’s why I use VaultPress as a backup solution. In my opinion – this is MUST have plugin.

      Reply

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