{"id":20015,"date":"2015-03-27T01:28:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T05:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/?p=20015"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:42:03","slug":"best-backup-plugins-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/best-backup-plugins-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared 2026 (with Restore)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It&#8217;s very important for everyone to keep backup copies of their database and files because there is always a risk of losing data. So you need to use WordPress backup plugins to protect your data. In this article, we would like to share with you some most popular and useful backup plugins for your WordPress site. Here, I&#8217;ve collected 11 of the top-rated WordPress backup plugins to help you backup the database and files of your websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This comprehensive list with some free and premium backup plugins are so flexible and they have well designed features. These backup plugins are right for a WordPress site. Check out these plugins to keep your mind relaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-best-wordpress-backup-plugins\">Best WordPress Backup Plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Here&#8217;s the collection of the best <em>WordPress backup and restore plugins<\/em>. Let&#8217;s check out the following list of backup plugins for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-super-backup-amp-clone\">1. Super Backup &amp; Clone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WordPress-Backup-Solution.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WordPress-Backup-Solution.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WordPress-Backup-Solution-96x49.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Super Backup &amp; Clone is one of the best-selling WordPress backup plugin. It&#8217;s an all-in-one solution for WordPress backup, restoration, cloning, and migration. The plugin helps you manage the above processes in a secure, easy, and reliable way on a scheduled or on-demand basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/refer\/super-backup-clone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-updraftplus-wordpress-backup-plugin\">2. UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/UpdraftPlus-WordPress-Backup-Plugin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/UpdraftPlus-WordPress-Backup-Plugin.png 772w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/UpdraftPlus-WordPress-Backup-Plugin-96x31.png 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>UpdraftPlus simplifies backups and restoration. It is the world\u2019s highest ranking and most popular scheduled backup plugin, with over two million currently-active installs. Backup your files and database backups into the cloud and restore with a single click!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/updraftplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-duplicator\">3. Duplicator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Duplicator-\u2013-WordPress-Migration-Plugin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Duplicator-\u2013-WordPress-Migration-Plugin.png 772w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Duplicator-\u2013-WordPress-Migration-Plugin-96x31.png 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Duplicator plugin gives WordPress Administrators and Developers the ability to migrate\/clone a site from one location to another location. Duplicator handles serialized and base64 serialized replacements. Standard WordPress migration and WordPress backups are easily handled by this plugin as are zero downtime migrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/duplicator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-jetpack-vaultpress\">4. Jetpack VaultPress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jetpack-VaultPress-1020x346.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jetpack-VaultPress-1020x346.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jetpack-VaultPress-96x32.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jetpack-VaultPress.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Jetpack VaultPress is a real-time backup and security scanning service designed and built by Automattic, the same company that operates 25+ million sites on WordPress.com. The VaultPress plugin provides the required functionality to backup and synchronize every post, comment, media file, revision and dashboard settings on our servers. To start safeguarding your site, you need to sign up for a VaultPress subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/vaultpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-wp-db-manager\">5. WP-DB Manager<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/wp-db-manager.jpg\" alt=\"wp-db-manager\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop\/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up, optimizing and repairing of database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-dbmanager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-backwpup\">6. BackWPup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BackWPup-1020x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BackWPup-1020x331.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BackWPup-96x31.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BackWPup.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/backwpup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-backupbuddy\">7. BackupBuddy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/backupbuddy.jpg\" alt=\"backupbuddy\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Backup Buddy help you back up entire WordPress installation. Widgets, themes, plugins, files and SQL database \u2013 the entire package! Just like your laptop or desktop computer, you should be doing regular backups of your website. With BackupBuddy you can schedule backups and have them sent off-site to Dropbox, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud, an FTP server, or your email. Or download them right to your desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/refer\/backupbuddy-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-snapshot-pro\">8. Snapshot Pro<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/snapshot.jpg\" alt=\"snapshot\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Snapshot like Time Machine for your WordPress site, simply take backup snapshots of anything you want (settings, content, files &amp; more) and restore at will \u2013 integrates with Dropbox &amp; S3 too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/refer\/snapshot-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-backupwordpress\">9. BackUpWordPress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BackUpWordPress-1020x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BackUpWordPress-1020x331.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BackUpWordPress-96x31.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BackUpWordPress.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">BackUpWordPress will back up your entire site including your database and all your files on a schedule that suits you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/backupwordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-database-backup-for-wordpress\">10. Database Backup for WordPress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Database-Backup-1020x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Database-Backup-1020x333.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Database-Backup-96x31.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Database-Backup.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Database Backup allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-db-backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-xcloner-backup-and-restore\">11. XCloner \u2013 Backup and Restore<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XCloner-Plugin-1020x335.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XCloner-Plugin-1020x335.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XCloner-Plugin-96x31.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XCloner-Plugin.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">XCloner is a Backup and Restore plugin that is perfectly integrated with WordPress. It is able to create complete and differentials backups of your site, manually or automatically through the built-in scheduler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a class=\"moreinfo\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/xcloner-backup-and-restore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More Info \/ Download<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s very important for everyone to keep backup copies of their database and files because there is always a risk &#8230; <a title=\"11 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared 2026 (with Restore)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/best-backup-plugins-for-wordpress\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 11 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared 2026 (with Restore)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-20015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress","tag-wordpress-plugins","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86053,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20015\/revisions\/86053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usefulblogging.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}