One of the unfortunate consequences of doing business in today’s cyber economy is that we are continuously under the potential threat of digital theft, having our websites and social media accounts hacked into and our business and personal data stolen, manipulated or wiped out.
If you manage anything where information can be visited online like a business website, then you need to always keep in mind online security and the urgency of having a digital security and data recovery plan.
As well as having an internet security and site recovery plan for your business, you will also want to prevent data loss from human errors that can set your business back. Having a way to fully restore your site, files or data in extreme cases is something that most people only appreciate after it’s too late.
You may also just want to save time. If areas of your business require setting up many websites or blogs, having an automated way to duplicate website data from one site to another would be really convenient.
As every wise website owner has learnt, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress blog, therefore, is something that every site owner should do. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, website owners rarely 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 making errors that disrupt your site is all part of owning an online business presence. If something this tragic were to ever happen to you, then you would need an easy and quick way to recover old information, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and previous website data.
Fortunately, if you own a WordPress-powered website or blog, then there’s a simple solution that lets you create backups of your WP database and website files, copy your website to another location and restore previous backups of your site.
Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate & Protect Your WP Site
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Websites And Blogs)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a powerful and inexpensive WP plugin that allows you to back up your website’s data and files, clone all of your sites and content and keep your WP websites protected.
After Backup Creator has been installed on your WordPress website or blog, your settings for the plugin can be quickly and easily configured. You can configure backups to run automatically, backups via email, backups via FTP, cloud backups, and remote backups using storage storage tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon S3.
For more details, visit the plugin site here: Backup Creator
Benefits Of Using Backup Creator
Here are just a few of the benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Fast And Easy Installation
Backup Creator installs just like every other WordPress plugin. Just upload it to your Plugin folder via your WordPress admin user login and activate.
Enter the license key and the application is ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the whole process of creating backups as well as restoring and protecting your blogs and websites really simple. Everything can be done with a couple of mouse clicks. Backup Creator is a great backup tool for non-technical users.
Time-Saving Tool
As well as saving time and benefiting from the peace of mind of knowing that your data and files can be easily recovered should a a problem arise, Backup Creator can be 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 master website, you can instantly clone as many copies as you want. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new websites.
Additional benefits include the following:
- Backs Up Large Websites: Quite often, owners of very large websites can experience problems with backups. Backup Creator users 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 and files can be instantly recovered should any kind of problem affect your site is vital to the success of your business, especially when your business depends on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Plugin Features
Backup Creator offers a number of great features to site owners. Here are just some:
- Create Site Backups Instantly. Click 1 button to back up your entire site. Once your site is backed up, you can then send it securely to the storage destination of your choice. Download it to your hard drive, send it to yourself via email, or even FTP your backup to an offsite location.
- Restore Backups To Any Location. Instantly restore your data to any destination you like. You can copy it directly from another website, upload using your internet browser or even transfer remotely using FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology ensures that you can quickly and easily deploy any number of pre-configured client sites in a few seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Set up your backup schedule one time and Backup Creator does the automatically. No FTP or cron jobs are required and there are no files to upload. Just choose your schedule and you’re done.
- Backup With Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. You can store all of your backups in one 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 perform complete backups with just one click …
The plugin performs your backup in seconds …
You can fully restore your site data any time you want using different data restore methods …
You can also store your backup files in different locations …
User Feedback
Below are a few of the testimonials and comments that customers have submitted regarding the Backup Creator plugin:
”I just want to say thank you for creating such a great & easy to use cloning plugin.” Steve Dougherty, WP3Guide.com
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”One of my best purchases this year. I’m building hundreds of evergreen and minisites over the next year or so and this will save me a ton of time and money. I was lucky enough to see the power and potential of buying this right away and got it for $7, incredible!! I appreciate that you made us a version of backing up our sites that is very inexpensive (even now) and has so many applications. Thanks again and I’m sure this will be a tool that I will be using for years to come.” Morris Murphy, MobulIsNoBull.mobi
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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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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for this tool:
Document Your Website Processes Live.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all the processes needed to make a website or blog work “just right”, or creating a website setup manual, you can just set up your site exactly how you want it, back it up|make an identical copy of 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 various blogs including identical plugins and settings in other niche areas. This could be for a regional retailer, or a real estate agency with offices in several locations, where each store will run their own separate blog. 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 save loads of time and install a fully-functioning, completely configured website every time with only a couple of mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup On Another Domain With Correct Internal Reference Links.
Simply downloading WP files and uploading WordPress file backups won’t clone your sites successfully. You also need to copy the WP database and make sure that it references the new domain. Otherwise, your WP database data will be restored to another website, but still be referencing the old location. This is why it’s important to have a WordPress backup plugin that is specifically developed for cloning. This lets you perform a backup of site “A” and restore it to site ”B” in minutes with all the theme customizations, plugin and site settings and configurations intact, and everything will be pointing to the new site (i.e. site “B”), instead of referencing the old one (site “A”).
Don’t Waste Time Fixing 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 some kind of damage to your site, instead of spending days or weeks trying to repair or figure out the problem, just make a backup of your broken site, delete everything, then restore a previous working version. Your site will be functional again and you can then send the damaged site’s files to an troubleshooter who can then try to figure out how your site got broken into and how to fix or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one final tip:
Document Your Site’s Progress 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 it all began? Or maybe you’ve made your site so complicated and would like to bring things back to a simpler place. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of videos and other important content and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, the chances of losing important files are minimal because you no longer have to worry about where things are stored or organized. Just go back to the time when you remember you had that content, restore your backup (note: it can be retrieved from anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the file you need.
Support
Backup Creator is a robust and well-supported WP 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 installation and user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and 1 year of free software upgrades and new releases with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, 60 day, full money-back guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of web hosts 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
Plugin Cost
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express Edition – Backup Creator Express edition allows you to install the plugin on up to 5 personal URLs 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 URLs, as well as schedule automatic backups, send 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 to back up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer License – Backup Creator developer license allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal and client domains. You can also sell websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer license is only available as an upgrade inside your product download area. Price = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Note: Pricing details of the Backup Creator plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The above reflects the price when this article was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin seller when you visit the product site 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 Plugin Info
For ”how to” videos showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
We Recommend
Performing regular backups of your WordPress website’s data and files is an essential part of doing business online and ensuring that your information 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 copy your sites.
For this reason, we strongly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WordPress installations.
For more information, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone & Protect Your WP Websites
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