Living and doing business in the Information Age has many benefits and advantages. However, we also live in an environment where we are constantly under the potential threat of digital theft, having our digital assets being infected by malicious software and our business and personal data stolen or manipulated.
If you own or manage any business assets like a website for your business, then you need to carefully consider website security and the urgency of implementing an internet security and data recovery plan.
In addition to having an internet security plan for your business, you will also want to prevent losing data from internal and external issues that can cause significant damage or disruption to your business. Having a way to completely restore your site, files or data in extreme cases is something that many people only appreciate once it’s too late.
Then again, you may just want to save time. If your business requires cloning a number of websites or blogs, having a smart way of copying website information from one site to another would be very convenient.
As the adage goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress blog, therefore, is something that every site and blog owner should do. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, site owners rarely 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 bring down your site is all part of the reality of doing business online. If something tragic ever happens to you, then you will need an easy and quick way to restore old information, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you own a WordPress-powered website or blog, then there’s an easy solution that lets you create backups of your WP database and site files, clone your website to another location and restore previous backups of your data.
Backup Creator – Backup, Clone & Protect Your WordPress Site
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone And Protect Your WP Sites)
Plugin Description
The Backup Creator WP plugin is a “one-click” solution for scheduling and automating your site backups, cloning all of your websites and content and keeping your WP web sites protected.
Once you have installed the plugin on your website or blog, it’s really easy to configure the plugin settings. The plugin allows you to configure automatically scheduled backups, backups using email, FTP backups, backups to the cloud, or remote backups using external hosting solutions from Dropbox, Google Drive, and Amazon (S3).
More info: Backup Creator
Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your website:
Easy To Install
Backup Creator is really easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your administrator area and activate.
After entering a license code, the plugin unlocks and the application will be ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the entire process of performing file and data backups and restoring and protecting your blogs and sites very simple. It only takes a few mouse clicks. This makes it an ideal backup tool for non-technical users.
Time-Saving Software
Apart from saving time recovering your information should anything happen, Backup Creator is a massive time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with identical configurations.
Just set up your prototype site and then clone as many copies as you want to any new sites you want to set up. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new sites.
Some additional benefits and advantages include:
- Perform Large Backups: Often, owners of very large websites can experience problems with backups. Plugin 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 webhost and your server settings.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this point already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data and files can be recovered should any kind of problem affect your site is a priceless benefit, especially if your business depends on having your information available online.
Features
Backup Creator offers many features to site owners. Here are just some of these features:
- Instant Site Backups. One button is all you need to click to back up your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship it to the storage location of your choice. Download it to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP your backup offsite.
- Instant Backup Restoring. Instantly restore your WordPress web site to any destination you like. You can clone it straight from another WP website, upload via your browser or even transfer remotely from FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology allows unlimited deployment of preconfigured client sites in just seconds, without FTP.
Additional features include:
- Set Up Automatic Back Up Schedules: Once you set up your backup schedule, the plugin takes over and does the job for you. No FTP or cron jobs are required and there are no files to upload. Simply select your schedule and you’re done.
- Use Remote FTP Or Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Manage, store, and restore all of your site backups in one single offsite storage location and from any place 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.)
Once the plugin has been installed, you can easily perform “one-click” backups …
The plugin backs up everything in seconds …
You can restore your backed up data quickly and easily whenever you want using various methods …
You can also store your backups remotely, or in the cloud …
Feedback From Users
Here are a few of the testimonials that plugin customers have provided for Backup Creator:
”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 cannot believe someone created a WP Plugin to back up a WP site regardless of size and complexity! BUT, more important to me anyway – is that I am able to use it, I mean I’m not a coder/programmer, shit this is incredible – did I mention the most important part of the this plugin – it really truly works, as advertised.” Peter Trapanese, HelpfulRelationshipTips.com
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“Fantastic plugin, created a site that I needed to swap over to another domain, followed your step by step video, job done in less than 5 minutes, hadn’t even opened it prior to doing this, an absolute breeze – awesome.” Tim Rees, MidWebServices.com
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Plugin Tips
Here are some great uses for the Backup Creator plugin:
Document Your Site Processes As You Go.
Instead of spending loads of time documenting all of the steps you would normally have to go through when setting up new sites, you can simply set up your blog exactly the way you want it, make a backup copy|make an identical copy of site and then restore it somewhere else and you’ve now got an exact, “documented” copy of your blog setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up a number of sites containing identical plugins, settings, and configurations in other niches. This could be for a franchised food service outlet, or a travel agency with offices in various locations, where each store will look after their own separate blog. Think of all the time you’ve 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 website every single time with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Copy A Blog With Correct Internal Reference Links.
Simply downloading WordPress files and uploading file backups won’t duplicate your websites or blogs successfully. You also have to copy the WordPress database and make sure that your links point to the new domain. Otherwise, your WP database data will be restored to another domain, but still be referencing the old site. This is why you need to have a backup plugin that is specifically developed to clone sites. This lets you back up site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all your theme customizations, plugins, settings and configurations included, once again, saving you hours – even weeks of work, and ensuring that all URLs have been configured correctly.
Don’t Waste Time Fixing Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another practical time-saving tip: if your site 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 repair or figure out the problem, just make a backup of your site, delete everything, and restore a previous working version. Your site will be functional again and you can send the damaged site’s files to a WP troubleshooter who can then try to understand how your site got broken into and how to repair or identify any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more final tip:
Keep A Record Of Your Website’s Progress.
Imagine a few years from now that your business has grown and transformed into an online success. Wouldn’t it be great to show people how it all began? 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 articles or videos and want to get these back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing content are almost negligible because you no longer need to worry about where you have stored or organized all your files. Just go back to the time when you remember you had published that content, restore the backup (note: your backup can be anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the data you need.
Backup Creator Plugin Support
Backup Creator is a robust and well-supported plugin. It was developed by Robert Plank, lead WordPress plugin developer for Double Agent Marketing LLC. Backup Creator support includes a detailed step-by-step online installation and user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and 1 year of free updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, 60 day, full money-back guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of web hosting companies that support the plugin and any known issues with these.
”Easy install, great training material and plugin works like a dream.”Gede Kencana, AutoInsuranceZone.org
Product Cost
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express License – Backup Creator Express edition lets you install the plugin on up to 5 personal sites that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Price = $7.00.
- Ultimate Edition – Backup Creator Ultimate lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal sites, as well as perform 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 are backed up. Cost = $47.00.
- Developer – Backup Creator Developer allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal and client sites. You can also flip websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer license 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: Pricing for the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing above was current at the time this content was written. This may not be the actual price charged by the product author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing here:
Additional Information
For a demo video showing plugin usage, 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 WP website’s data and files is a vital 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 properly copy your sites.
For this reason, we strongly recommend choosing the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WordPress installations.
To learn more, visit the plugin website here: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Keep Your WP Sites Protected
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