One of the downsides of doing business in the Electronic Age is that we are continuously under the potential threat of having our websites and social media accounts hacked into and our business and personal data stolen or manipulated.
If you manage any business assets like a website or blog, then you need to carefully consider website security and the urgency of developing an online security and site recovery plan.
In addition to having an internet security plan for your business, you will also want to prevent loss of data from accidental errors that can cause significant damage or disruption to your business. Having a way to fully restore your site, files or data in extreme cases is something that can only be appreciated once tragedy has struck.
You may also just want to save time. If you need to set up many websites or blogs, having a time-saving way of copying website data from one website to another would be really convenient.
As the wise old adage goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WP website, therefore, is not just important, it is imperative. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few site owners do it, or don’t do it as often as these things should be done.
Let’s face it … getting your site hacked, losing data, and accidentally doing things that bring down your site is all part of doing business online. If disaster ever strikes, 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 previous data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then it’s easy to create backups of your WP database and website or blog files, copy your website to another location and restore previous backups of your site.
Backup Creator – Backup, Clone & Keep Your WP Website Protected
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Sites)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a simple-to-use WordPress plugin that allows you to backup your websites, duplicate your websites and keep your WordPress websites protected.
After installing Backup Creator on your website or blog, it’s easy to configure the plugin settings. The plugin lets you set up automatic backups, email backups, backups via FTP, cloud backups, and even remote backups using hosting storage tools such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon (S3).
Go here to learn more: Backup Creator
Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your web site:
Installation Is Easy & Fast
Backup Creator is really easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your WordPress administrator area and activate.
Enter the license code you’ve received with your purchase receipt and Backup Creator is ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes it very simple to backup, restore and protect your blogs and WordPress websites. All it takes is a few simple mouse clicks. Backup Creator is an ideal backup tool for non-technical users.
Time-Saving Plugin
As well as the time you will be able to save recovering your website data 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.
Once you’ve set up your master , you can instantly clone as many duplicates as you need to any new sites you have set up on other domains. That’s a lot of time saved setting up new sites.
Some additional benefits of the plugin include the following:
- Back Up Big Websites: Often, owners of websites that contain lots data can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Many users report being able to easily perform data backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes may depend on your webhosting service and your server configuration.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data and files can be recovered should anything happen to your site is vital to the success of your business, especially if things depend on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Plugin Features
Backup Creator offers many features to WP users. Here are just a few of these:
- Create Instantly Backup Sites. One button is all you need to click to backup 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 to an offsite destination.
- Restore Instantly To Any Destination. Instantly restore your WP backup to any destination you like. You can clone all content and files directly from another WordPress, upload via your browser or even transfer remotely via FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary ”server-to-server” technology allows unlimited deployment of pre-configured client sites in seconds, without using FTP.
Additional features include:
- One-Time Automatic Backup Schedules: Once you set up your backup schedule, the plugin takes over. There are no cron jobs to set up or files to upload and no FTP is required. Just choose your schedule and you’re done.
- Works With Remote FTP & Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. You can store all of your backups and clones in a single offsite 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 BackUp creator has been installed, you can easily perform “one-click” backups …
The plugin performs your backup in seconds …
You can completely your backups whenever you want using several methods …
You can also store your backups remotely, or in the cloud …
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback that plugin customers 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 just backed up from my site http://mysite.com/customersite (I installed a wordpress installation under my own domain to let them see what they were getting)… when I restored it to their domain (http://customersite.com) EVERYTHING was fixed with all pointers regarding “mysite.com” removed…. Freakin Awesome… I figured I was going to copy and paste all the pages, pictures, etc… since I’m doing this part time, I figured about 2 nights of work…. NOT!!! This utility just paid for itself. Literally took about 5 minutes to complete.” Larry Tosten, Tosten.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:
Real-Time Documentation Of All Your Site Processes.
Instead of spending loads of time documenting all of the processes needed to make a website or blog work “just right”, or writing out a blog setup manual, 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 site setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up various blogs which use identical plugins, settings, and configurations in other niches. This could be for a franchised food service outlet, or a real estate agency with offices in several locations, where each store will manage the content of their own separate blog. Think of all the time 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, completely configured website every single time with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Clone A Web Site With Correct Internal Links.
Simply downloading WordPress files and restoring WordPress file backups won’t duplicate your websites or blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WordPress database and ensure that your data references the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another site, but still be pointing back to the old domain. That’s why you need to use a backup plugin that was specifically developed to clone sites. This lets you back up site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all your themes, plugin and site 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 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 files and database, delete everything, then restore a previous working copy. Your site will be up and running again and you can then send the damaged site’s files to a WP 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 more tip:
Archive Your Site’s Changes Over Time.
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 your business online got started? Or maybe you’ve made things so complicated and would like to return to a place of simplicity. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles and other important content and want to get these back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, the chances of losing important data are very low because you no longer need to be concerned about where everything is stored or organized. Just recall the time when you remember you had that file, restore the backup (note: the backup can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve the file you need.
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. Support for this plugin includes a detailed step-by-step online installation and user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and one year of free software 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 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
Software Price
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express license allows you to 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 lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal URLs, as well as schedule automatic backups, email backups as an attachment, back up and restore over FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox, etc., restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders to back up. Cost = $47.00.
- Developer License – Backup Creator Developer lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal and client URLs. You can also sell websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer license 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: The price of this product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the software retails for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the software developer 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 the latest pricing information here:
Additional Info
For demo videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
We Recommend
Performing regular backups of your site’s files and database 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 fully duplicate your sites.
For this reason, we highly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WordPress web sites.
For complete details, check out the plugin here: Backup Creator – Backup, Clone & Protect Your WordPress Web Site
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