Living and doing business in the Electronic Age has many benefits and advantages. However, we also live in a place where we are constantly under the potential threat of having our websites and social media accounts being infected by malicious viruses and our business and personal data destroyed.
If you own any web assets like a website or blog, then you need to always keep in mind online security and the importance of creating a website security plan.
In addition to implementing an internet security and website recovery plan for your business, you will also want to prevent loss of valuable data from internal and external issues that can cause significant damage or disruption to your business. Having a way to fully restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that many people only appreciate once tragedy has struck.
You may also just want to save time. If areas of your business involve setting up a number of websites or blogs, having an automated way of duplicating website data from one site to another would be quite convenient.
As every experienced webmaster eventually learns, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your website and blog data, therefore, is absolutely essential. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few site owners do it, or don’t do it as often as it should be done.
Let’s face it … getting your web site hacked, losing data, and installing malware that disrupt your site is all part of having a digital presence. If disaster ever strikes, then you will need an easy and quick way to restore old content, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and previous website data.
Fortunately, if you own a WP-powered site, then there’s an easy software-based tool that lets you create backups of your WordPress database and web site files, copy your website to another location and restore previous backups of your data.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone And Keep Your WP Websites Protected
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Protect Your WordPress Web Site)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a simple-to-use WP plugin that allows you to back up your website data, duplicate all of your websites and keep your WP web sites protected with just a few clicks.
After installing Backup Creator on your web site, it’s very easy to configure the settings for your plugin. Backup Creator allows you to set up scheduled backups to run automatically, email backups, backups via FTP, cloud backups, or remote backups using hosting hosting tools such as Amazon S3, Google Drive, or Dropbox.
Learn more about this plugin here: Backup Creator
Benefits Of Using Backup Creator
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your website:
Ready To Go To Work In Minutes
Backup Creator is quite easy to install. Just upload a zip file that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Once you’ve entered the license key, the plugin unlocks and the software will be ready to use.
Very Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the entire process of creating regular backups plus restoring and protecting your blogs and WordPress web sites really simple. All it takes is a few mouse clicks. This makes Backup Creator an ideal backup tool for non-technical users.
Save Time
Apart from saving time and the peace of mind you will feel knowing that your site’s data can be quickly retrieved should anything happen, Backup Creator can be an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar settings.
Once you’ve set up your master site, you can then clone as many duplicates as you want. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up new sites.
Some additional benefits include:
- Perform Large Backups: Quite often, owners of very large websites 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 hosting service and your server settings.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data can be easily recovered should any kind of problem affect your site is vital to the success of your business, especially when your business depends on your site being up and running.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator provides many features to site owners. Here are just a few of these:
- Instant Backup. Click one button to back up your entire site. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship your backup files to the storage destination of your choice. You can download your backup to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP the backup to an offsite destination.
- Restore Backups Instantly. Instantly restore your web site to any destination you like. You can copy all content and files straight from another WP website, upload via your internet browser or even transfer remotely via 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 seconds, without using FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Set up your backup schedule one time and the software takes over and does the rest automatically for you. There are no files to upload and no cron jobs or FTP is required. Simply select your schedule and you’re done.
- Backup With Remote FTP Or Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Store, manage, and restore all of your site backups 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 the plugin has been installed, you can perform “one-click” backups anytime you want …
Your site will be backed up in seconds …
You can easily restore your data whenever you want using several methods …
You can also store your backups in several locations …
User Feedback
Below are a few of the testimonials and feedback that customers have published about the Backup Creator plugin:
“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 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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”You have truly created one of the finest plugins I have ever used. I believe it is the first one that has ever been as simple to use at it was shown on the sales video.”Michael Scroggins, MichaelScroggins.com
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Plugin Tips
Here are some great uses for the Backup Creator plugin:
Document Your Website Processes As You Go.
Instead of spending a lot of time documenting all of the steps you would normally have to go through in order to create new sites, you can simply set up your site exactly how you want it, back it up|copy your site and then restore it on a new 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 several blogs which include identical settings and configurations in other niche markets. This could be for a national retailer, or a travel agency with branches in different locations, where each office will look after 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 lots of time and install a fully-functioning, completely configured blog every time with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup To Another Website With Correct Internal Links.
Simply backing up WordPress files and restoring file backups won’t duplicate your websites or blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WP database and ensure that your site URLs reference the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another location, but still be referencing the old location. This is why you need to have a backup plugin that was specifically developed for cloning. This lets you perform a backup of site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all the theme customizations, plugin and site settings and configurations included, once again, saving you hours – even weeks of work, and ensuring that all internal reference links have been configured correctly.
Don’t Fix Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another useful time-saving tip: if your blog did get hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and causes damage to your site, instead of spending days or weeks trying to fix things, just make a backup of your site, delete everything, then restore a previous working copy. Your site will be instantly returned to normal and you can then send the damaged files to an expert who can then try to understand how your site got interfered with and how to repair or report 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 business online 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 videos and other important content and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing important data are almost negligible because you don’t have to be concerned about where things are stored or organized. Just go back to the time when you remember you had published that content, restore your backup (note: it can be anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve the data 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. Backup Creator support includes a detailed step-by-step online user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and one year of free software updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, sixty 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.
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
Product Price
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express edition lets you install the plugin on up to 5 personal URLs that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Price = $7.00.
- Ultimate Edition – Backup Creator Ultimate license allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal URLs, as well as perform automatic backups, email backups as an attachment, use the plugin with 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 lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal and client sites. 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: Pricing for the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price at the time this review was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software author when you visit the website 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 Info
For a demo video of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
We Recommend
Performing regular backups of your WP site’s files and database is a vital part of doing good website maintenance and ensuring that your site 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 duplicate your sites and preconfigured WordPress installations.
For this reason, we highly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WP sites.
To learn more, check out the plugin here: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Site
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