Living and doing business in the Electronic Age has many advantages. However, we also live in a place where we are continuously under the potential threat of identity theft, having our websites and social media accounts being infected by malicious viruses and our business and personal data stolen, manipulated or even being completely wiped out.
If you own anything where data can be accessed online like a website, then you need to carefully consider digital security and the importance of having a site security and data recovery plan.
As well as developing an internet security and website recovery plan for your business, you will also want to protect your files from accidental mistakes that can result in data loss and set your business back. Having a way to fully restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that can only be appreciated after tragedy has struck.
You may also just want to save time. If aspects of your business involve working with a number of websites or blogs, having a smart way of copying site information from one website to another can be most convenient.
As the old adage goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress blog, therefore, is absolutely vital. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, people almost never do it, or don’t do it as often as these things should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and making errors that wreck your site is all part of owning an online business presence. If something tragic ever happens to you, then you will need a quick and easy way to restore lost information, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you own a WP-powered site, then it’s easy to create backups of your WP database and website files, clone your website to another location and restore previous backups of your data.
Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate And Protect Your WordPress Website
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone & Protect Your WP Website)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a “one-click” solution for scheduling and automating your website and data backups, duplicating your blogs and content and keeping your WP websites and blogs protected.
Once Backup Creator is installed and activated on your WordPress website, your settings for the plugin can be quickly and easily configured. Backup Creator lets you perform automatically scheduled backups, email backups, backups using FTP, backups via the cloud, and remote backups using external hosting services from Amazon S3, Google Drive, or Dropbox.
More info: Backup Creator
Plugin Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Be Up And Running In No Time
Backup Creator is quite easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Once you’ve entered a license key, the plugin unlocks and the application is ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the entire process of creating backups as well as restoring and protecting your blogs and WP sites very simple. Everything can be done in a couple of mouse clicks. No coding skills are necessary.
Time-Saving Tool
As well as the time you will save recovering your website should something cause irreparable problems for your site, Backup Creator is an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with identical configurations.
Just set up your master site and then create as many duplicates as you need. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new sites.
Some additional benefits include:
- Backs Up Big Websites: Quite often, owners of very large websites can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Many users report being able to easily perform backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes may depend on your webhosting service and how your server is configured.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this point already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data and files can be restored should any kind of problem affect your site is a priceless benefit, especially if things depend on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator offers many unique features to site owners. Here are just some of these:
- Create Instantly Backup Sites. One button is all you need to click to instantly backup your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then send it to the storage destination of your choice. Download your backup file to your hard drive, send it to yourself via email, or even FTP your backup offsite.
- Restore Instantly To Any Location. Instantly restore your WP backup to any destination you like. You can copy it directly from another site, upload using your browser or even transfer using FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology allows unlimited deployment of preconfigured client sites in only seconds, without using FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Once you set up your backup schedule, Backup Creator takes over and does the work automatically. No cron jobs or FTP is required. Simply select your schedule and you are done.
- Back Up With Remote FTP & Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Manage, store, and restore all of your backups and clones in one single offsite 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 perform “one-click” backups anytime you want …
Your site will be backed up in seconds …
You can restore your data quickly and easily whenever you want using different data restore methods …
You can also store your backups remotely, or in the cloud …
User Feedback
Here are some of the testimonials plugin users have provided for Backup Creator:
“This tool is wickedly simple for us end users … There’s no excuse for any Internet Marketer / Blogger not owning this.”, Bolaji Oyejide, WhoIsBolaji.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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”Now one of the 10 best software tools so far for WordPress!” David Povilaitis, SonomaRealEstate4U.com
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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for this plugin:
Document Your Site Processes In Real-Time.
Instead of spending loads of time documenting all of the steps you would normally have to document when setting up new sites, you can just set up your site exactly how you want it, back it up|make an exact copy of site and then restore it on another domain and now you’ve got an exact, “documented” copy of your blog setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up various sites which use identical plugins and settings in different niches. This could be for a national food service outlet, or an insurance agency with branches in various locations, where each store will run their own separate website. Think of all the time spent tweaking and finetuning your site so that it looks just right and works exactly the way you want it to. You can now save loads of time and install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured blog every single time with just a few mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup To A Different Location With Correct Internal Links.
Simply backing up WordPress files and restoring WP files won’t duplicate your blogs successfully. You also have to copy the WordPress database and ensure that the data references the new domain. Otherwise, your data will be restored to another location, but still be referencing the old location. This is why you need to use a backup plugin that is specifically designed to clone sites. This allows you to perform a backup of site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all the themes, plugin and site settings and configurations intact, and everything will point correctly to the new site (i.e. site “B”), instead of the old one (site “A”).
Don’t Waste Time Fixing Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another great time-saving tip: if your site ever gets hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and does any kind of damage to your site, don’t spend days or weeks trying to repair or figure out the problem, just make a backup of your files and database, delete your old site, and restore a previous working version. Your site will be up and running again and you can send the damaged site’s backup files to a WordPress troubleshooter who can then try to understand how your site got broken into and how to patch up or identify any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more final tip:
Document Your Site’s Progress Over Time.
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 your digital presence got started? Or maybe you’ve changed things around on your site so much 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 data are almost negligible because you no longer need to worry about where things are stored or organized. Just go back to the time when you remember you had published that file, restore the backup (note: it can be anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve the file you need.
Product Support
Backup Creator is a robust and well-supported plugin. It was authored by Robert Plank, lead WordPress plugin developer for Double Agent Marketing LLC. Support for this plugin includes a detailed step-by-step online user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and one year of free software upgrades and new releases with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, 60 day, 100% refund guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of web hosts that support the plugin and any known issues with these.
I just have to write and give a HUGE testimonial to Robert for the level of his support. I am one of the purchasers who wanted to copy my blog from one of the less than popular hosts to one of the more popular hosts. To make matter worse, my blog is quite complex. I encountered problem after problem each time I went to make my backup copy. I reported this via the support desk and almost immediately I began receiving support including updates of the software. It took several iterations before the problem was solved but Robert never stopped working to get it right for my site. The level of support has been stellar. So, Robert, I say “Thank You” once again for support that is platinum level.” Eddie Durham, InfiniteCashMachine.com
Plugin Pricing
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express allows you to 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 allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal sites, as well as schedule automatic backups, send email backups as an attachment, use the plugin with FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox and Backup Creator Cloud, restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders to back up. Cost = $47.00.
- Developer – Backup Creator Developer allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal and client domains. You can also sell websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer edition is only available as an upgrade inside your product download area. Cost = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Please Note: The cost to purchase the Backup Creator software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. When we last checked, the software sells for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the plugin author when you visit the product site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Info
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 important aspect of doing good website maintenance and ensuring that your business remains protected from disaster. There are many great backup plugins available for WordPress, but BackUp Creator doesn’t just perform backups, it also allows you to completely clone your sites.
For this reason, we highly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WordPress sites.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here: Backup Creator – Backup, Clone And Protect Your WP Web Sites
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