The Information Age has transformed the way we live and do business. However, it has also placed us in a position where we are continuously under the potential threat of becoming a victim of digital crime, having our websites and social media accounts hacked into and our business and personal data stolen or manipulated.
If you own any online assets like a website or blog, then you need to prioritize website security and the urgency of having an internet security plan.
In addition to having an internet security and website recovery plan for your business, you will also want to prevent loss of valuable data from accidents that can set your business back. Having a way to completely restore your site, files or data in extreme cases is something that most people only appreciate once tragedy has struck.
Then again, you may just want to save time. If your business requires setting up loads of websites or blogs, having an automated way of cloning site information from one site to another can be very convenient.
As the saying goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress website, therefore, is something that every site and blog owner needs to do. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few website owners do it, or don’t do it as often as it should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and accidentally doing things that ruin your site is all part of the reality of having an online presence. If disaster ever strikes, then you will need an easy and quick way to recover old data, restore your site to an earlier version, or even complete reinstall your site and information.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then you can easily create backups of your WP database and web site files, copy your website to another location and restore your old site and data.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone & Keep Your WordPress Site Protected
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone & Keep Your WordPress Web Sites Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a “one-click” solution for performing backups of your website files, duplicating your sites and keeping your WP web sites protected.
After installing and activating the software on your WP web site, it’s easy to configure the settings for the plugin. You can set up scheduled backups to run automatically, email backups, FTP backups, backups using the cloud, or store backups remotely using third-party storage applications such as Amazon S3, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
More info: Backup Creator
Benefits Of Using Backup Creator
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your website:
Easy, Fast And Simple To Install
Backup Creator is quite easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Once you’ve entered a license code, the plugin unlocks and the software is ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the entire process of backing up and restoring and protecting your blogs and WordPress sites very simple. Everything can be done in a few simple mouse clicks. No coding skills are required.
Time-Saving Plugin
Apart from saving time and the peace of mind you will feel knowing that your data and files can be quickly retrieved should you experience problems, Backup Creator is an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with identical settings.
Once you’ve set up your prototype website, you can instantly create as many duplicates as you need. That’s a lot of time saved setting up and configuring new sites.
Additional benefits include:
- Perform Large Backups: Often, owners of websites that contain huge amounts of data can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Many customers report being able to easily perform large site backups. Note: the plugin’s ability to back up sites containing large amounts of data depends on your webhost and your server settings.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data can be instantly restored should anything happen to your site is priceless, especially if your business depends on having your information available online.
Plugin Features
Backup Creator offers many features to WordPress users. Here are just some of these features:
- Create Instant Site Backups. Click one button to back up your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship your backup files securely to the location of your choice. You can download the backup to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP your backup offsite.
- Restore Backups Instantly To Any WP Installation. Instantly restore your WordPress backup to any destination you like. You can clone data straight from another WordPress, upload via your internet browser or even transfer via FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology allows unlimited deployment of preconfigured client sites in a few seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- Set Up Automatic Backups: Set up your backup schedule one time and Backup Creator takes over. There are no files to upload and no cron jobs or FTP is required. Simply select your schedule and you are done.
- Choose From Remote FTP & Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Restore, store, and manage all of your backups and clones in a single offsite storage location and from any place in 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 …
Your site will be backed up 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 that customers have submitted regarding 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 just cloned a site and restored via url. It was just magic. Amazing plugin … moved clients site to their hosting server in 5 minutes … this is … an essential plugin.” Haris Chechi, SocialMediaOnline.net
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”I really like this plugin, you can to save and to keep all information of your blog in few minutes in safe way.” Miguel Medina, TecnicasParaHablarEnPublico.com
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Plugin Tips
Here are some great uses for this plugin:
Document Your Site Processes As You Go.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all the steps you would normally have to go through when setting up new sites, you can just set up your site exactly how you want it, back it up|copy the site and then restore it on another domain and you’ve now got an exact, “documented” copy of your site setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up several websites using identical plugins, settings, and configurations in different niches. This could be for a nationwide retailer, or a travel agency with branches in several 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 site so that it looks just right and works exactly the way you want it to. Now you can instantly install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured site every single time with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup On A Different Location With Correct Internal Links.
Simply downloading WP files and uploading WordPress file backups won’t clone your websites or blogs successfully. You also have to copy the WP database and ensure that your data references the new domain. Otherwise, your WordPress database data will be restored to another site, but still be pointing back to the old location. This is why it’s important to have a WordPress backup plugin that was specifically designed for cloning. This lets you back up site “A” and restore it to site “B” with all your themes, 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 useful time-saving tip: if your site did get hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and causes damage to your site, instead of spending days or weeks trying to repair the problem, just make a backup of your site, delete everything, then restore a previous working copy. Your site is now up and running again and you can send the damaged site’s backup files to a WP troubleshooting expert who can then try to understand how your site got broken into and how to patch up or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one last tip:
Archive Your Site’s Changes Over Time.
Imagine that a few years from now your business has grown and transformed into an online success. Wouldn’t it be great to show people how it all got started? Or maybe you’ve made your site so complex and would like to bring things back to a simpler place. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of videos and want to get these back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, the chances of losing important files are minimal because you no longer have to be concerned about where you have stored or organized everything. Just go back to the time when you remember you had published that file, restore your backup (note: it can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the data you need.
Product Support
Backup Creator is a robust and well-supported plugin. It was created by Robert Plank, lead WordPress plugin developer for Double Agent Marketing LLC. Backup Creator support includes a detailed step-by-step online user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and one year of free updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, 60 day, 100% refund guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of web hosting companies that support the plugin and any known issues with these.
“Your service is fantastic!” Steve Dougherty, WP3Guide.com
Product Pricing
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express lets you install the plugin on up to 5 personal sites that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Cost = $7.00.
- Ultimate – Backup Creator Ultimate license lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal URLs, as well as perform automatic backups, send email backups as an attachment, back up and restore over FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox, etc., restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders are backed up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer Edition – Backup Creator Developer allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal and client sites. You can also sell websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer edition is only available as an upgrade after purchasing one of the other editions. Cost = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Note: Current pricing for this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing shown above was current at the time this review was written. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the plugin author when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing how the software works, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
We Recommend
Performing regular backups of your WordPress website is an essential part 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 properly clone your sites and pre-configured WP installations.
For this reason, we strongly recommend choosing the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WordPress websites and blogs.
For more information, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone And Protect Your WP Websites And Blogs
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