The Information Age has revolutionized the way we live and do business. However, it has also placed us in a situation where we are continuously under the potential threat of having our business assets being infected by malicious software and our business and personal data stolen, manipulated or destroyed.
If you manage any digital business assets like a business blog or website, then you need to prioritize digital security and the urgency of creating an online business security and data recovery plan.
As well as developing an internet security and site recovery plan for your business, you will also want to prevent loss of data from mistakes that can cause significant damage or disruption to your business. Having a way to restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that most people only appreciate once tragedy has struck.
You may also just want to save time. If aspects of your business require working with loads of websites or blogs, having a simple way to clone web site data from one site to another would be most convenient.
As any experienced website owner has learned, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your digital data, therefore, is imperative. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, people almost never do it, or don’t do it as often as this should be done.
Let’s face it … getting your website hacked, losing data, and accidentally installing software that disrupt your site is all part of doing business online. If disaster ever strikes, then you will need a quick and easy way to restore old files, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then there’s a simple and inexpensive plugin that lets you create backups of your WP database and web site files, copy your website to another location and restore your old site and information.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Websites And Blogs
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Protect Your WordPress Websites And Blogs)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a powerful and inexpensive WordPress plugin that lets you schedule and automate your site and file backups, clone all of your sites and content and keep your WordPress websites and blogs protected with just a few mouse-clicks.
After installing and activating the plugin on your website or blog, your settings for the plugin can be easily configured. You can configure backups to run automatically, email backups, FTP backups, backups via the cloud, or store backups remotely using external data hosting applications from Amazon (S3), Google Drive, and Dropbox.
More info: Backup Creator
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your web site:
Installation Is Easy, Simple And Quick
Backup Creator installs just like any other plugin. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Enter the license code and the application will be ready to use.
Very Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the whole process of backing up and restoring and protecting your blogs and WordPress websites really simple. It only takes a few mouse clicks. Backup Creator is a great backup tool for non-technical users.
Save Time
Apart from the time you will be able to save recovering your data should you experience problems, Backup Creator can be an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar or identical configurations.
Just set up your master and instantly clone as many copies as you want. That’s a lot of time saved setting up new websites.
Some additional benefits of the plugin include:
- Backs Up Big Websites: Often, owners of sites or blogs that contain huge amounts of data can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Many Backup Creator users report being able to easily perform backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to back up sites containing large amounts of data may depend on the webhosting company you use and how your server is configured.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data and files can be instantly recovered should any kind of disaster affect your site is priceless, especially when your business depends on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Plugin Features
Backup Creator offers many unique features to WordPress users. Here are just a few:
- Create Instant Site Backups. Click one button to backup your website or blog. Once your site is backed up, you can then send it securely to the storage location of your choice. Download it to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP your backup to an offsite location.
- Easy Backup Restoring. Instantly restore your WordPress data and files to any destination you like. You can clone data straight from another WP blog, upload using your internet browser or even transfer via FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary ”server-to-server” technology enables unlimited deployment of pre-configured client sites in only seconds, without requiring FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Set up your backup schedule one time and Backup Creator takes over and does the work automatically for you. There are no cron jobs to set up or files to upload and no FTP is required. Just select your schedule and you are done.
- Choose From Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Store all of your backups in one single offsite storage location and from anywhere around the world using remote FTP, Amazon S3, Google Drive, or Dropbox.
(Backup offsite to Amazon S3, Dropbox, Google Drive, or all of the above.)
With BackUp Creator, you can easily perform “one-click” backups …
The plugin backs up everything in seconds …
You can restore your data easily whenever you want using different methods …
You can also store your backups remotely, or in the cloud …
Testimonials
Below are a few of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have written about the Backup Creator plugin:
”I installed Backup Creator on my site several weeks ago. Yesterday the company whose theme I use sent me an upgrade. I upgraded and to my surprise, all of my formatting was lost. Graphics, colors, column settings, everything. It took me the better part of two weeks to create all of this. Luckily, I used Backup Creator before I installed the upgrade. I followed the directions and in less than 5 minutes my site was recovered and back on line! Backup Creator is a life saver.” Warren Hayford, RatioWriter.com
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”I am using Hostgator, have backed up a number of wp sites at least three times with no problems. It’s amazing how fast this works. Twice when I backed up a pretty big site, the time on the back up file appearing in my email in box was within a minute to 2 minutes of when it was posted as backed up on my computer. Your manual was so complete and easy to follow I was able to figure it out and do the back up the first time with no problems at all. Often I find techies are not all that good with explaining the how to of their tools. Not you guys. It was so clear and easy to use, it was done before I knew it.” Pat Wiklund, TakeChargeAndMoveOn.com
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”I had problems backing a big site (around 2GB) but this latest updates did it in no time at all … yeah!!!!” Serge Botans
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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for Backup Creator:
Document Your Site Processes As You Go.
Instead of spending a lot of time documenting all the steps necessary to make your website or blog work “just right”, or creating a blog setup manual, you can just set up your site exactly the way you want it, make a backup copy|duplicate the site and then restore it to another location and now you’ve got an exact, “documented” copy of your site setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up various blogs including identical plugins and settings in other niche markets. This could be for a franchised retailer, or an insurance agency with offices in various locations, where each branch will manage the content of their own separate website. Think of all the time you’ve spent tweaking and fine-tuning your discussion settings, permalinks, configuring different plugins and navigation menus, creating site categories, customizing the theme, etc. Now you can save lots of time and install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured site every time with only a few mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup To A Different Blog With Correct Internal Referencing URLs.
Simply backing up WP files and uploading WP files won’t duplicate your websites or blogs successfully. You also have to copy the WP database and ensure that your site URLs point to the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another website, but still be referencing the old location. That’s why it’s important to have a backup plugin that is specifically developed to clone sites. This lets you back up site “A” and restore it to site “B” with all your theme customizations, plugins, settings and configurations intact, and everything will point correctly to the new site (i.e. site “B”), instead of referencing the old one (site “A”).
Don’t Fix Serious Problems … Restore!
Here’s another great time-saving tip: if your blog did get hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and causes some kind of damage to your site, don’t spend days or weeks trying to fix things, just make a backup of your files and database, delete your old site, then restore a previous working version. Your site is now instantly back and you can send the damaged site’s files to a WordPress expert who can then try to understand how your site got interfered with and how to repair or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more great tip:
Keep A Historical Record Of Your Website.
Imagine that a couple of years from now your business has grown and transformed into an online success. Wouldn’t it be great to show people how everything began? Or maybe you’ve changed things around on your site so much and would like to return to a simpler place. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles or videos and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing important content are almost negligible because you don’t have to worry about where you have stored or organized everything. Just go back to the time when you remember you had that content, restore your backup (note: the backup can be retrieved from anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the file you need.
Product Support
Backup Creator is a robust and well-supported WordPress plugin. It was developed by Robert Plank, lead WordPress plugin developer for Double Agent Marketing LLC. Support for this plugin includes a detailed step-by-step online installation and user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and 1 year of free software updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, sixty day, complete money-back guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of webhosting companies that support the plugin and any known issues with these.
”Had a problem and your respond time to help me was phenomenal. Great product too.” Daniel Altman, CarsWithDan.com
Product License Pricing
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express License – Backup Creator Express lets you install the plugin on up to 5 personal domains that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Price = $7.00.
- Ultimate – Backup Creator Ultimate allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal domains, as well as schedule automatic backups, email backups as an attachment, back up and restore over FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox plus Backup Creator Cloud, restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders are backed up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer Edition – Backup Creator developer license allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal and client domains. You can also flip websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer edition is only available as an upgrade after purchasing one of the other editions. Price = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Please Note: Price details for Backup Creator depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The price shown above was correct when this review was published. This may not be the actual pricing set by the software author when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For demo videos of the plugin in action, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer help desk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
Our Recommendation
Performing regular backups of your WP website is an integral aspect of doing good website maintenance and disaster prevention. There are many great backup plugins available for WordPress, but BackUp Creator doesn’t just perform backups, it also allows you to completely duplicate your sites and preconfigured WordPress installations.
For this reason, we highly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WP web sites.
For more details, visit the plugin website here: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Keep Your WordPress Web Sites Protected
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