One of the unfortunate consequences of doing business in the Information Age is that we are constantly under the potential threat of online theft, having our websites and social media accounts hacked into and our business and personal data stolen and manipulated.
If you own any business assets like a website, then you need to prioritize online security and the importance of developing a website security and site recovery plan.
In addition to creating an internet security plan for your business, you will also want to prevent data loss from errors 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 can only be appreciated after it’s too late.
Then again, you may also want to save time. If parts of your business require setting up multiple websites or blogs, having a smart way to copy web site data from one site to another would be quite convenient.
As any wise webmaster has learned, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress blog, therefore, is imperative. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, site owners rarely do it, or don’t do it as often as it should be done.
Let’s face it … getting your website hacked, losing data, and making errors that disrupt your site is all part of the reality of having an online presence. If something tragic ever happens to you, then you will need an easy and quick way to restore lost data, get back an earlier version of your site, or complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then there’s a simple and inexpensive software-based tool that lets you create backups of your WP database and web site files, copy your site to another location and restore previous backups of your site.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone & Keep Your WordPress Websites And Blogs Protected
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Keep Your WordPress Websites And Blogs Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a “one-click” solution for performing backups of your site data, copying all of your sites and content and keeping your WP websites protected.
Once Backup Creator is installed and activated on your site, the settings for the plugin can be quickly and easily configured. Backup Creator lets you set up backups to run automatically, email backups, backups using FTP, cloud backups, and store backups remotely using external hosting services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon (S3).
Learn more about this plugin here: Backup Creator
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Really Easy To Install
Backup Creator is really easy to install. Simply upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Enter the license code to unlock your plugin and the software is ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the entire process of backing up plus restoring and protecting your blogs and WP sites really simple. All tasks can be completed in a few simple mouse clicks. This makes Backup Creator a great backup tool for non-technical users.
Time-Saving Software
As well as saving time recovering your website should something cause irreparable problems for your site, Backup Creator can be especially useful for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar or identical settings.
Once you’ve set up your master , you can then clone as many duplicates as you need to any new sites you have set up on other domains. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up new websites.
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Perform Large Backups: Quite often, owners of websites that contain lots data can experience problems with backups. Plugin customers report being able to easily perform backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes depends on the webhosting company you use and your server settings.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this point already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data can be restored 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.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator offers many features to site owners. Here are just a few:
- Instant Site Backups. Click one button to back up your entire website or blog. Once your site is backed up, you can then send your backup to the storage destination of your choice. You can download it to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP the backup to an offsite location.
- Restore To Anywhere. Instantly restore your data to any destination you like. You can copy data straight from another blog, upload using your internet browser or even transfer remotely using FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology allows unlimited deployment 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 the software does the rest. No FTP or cron jobs are required and there are no files to upload. Just select your schedule and you’re done.
- Choose From Remote FTP & Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Store all of your backups and clones in a single offsite storage 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 backed up files easily any time you want using different methods …
You can also store your backups remotely, or in the cloud …
User Feedback
Here are just some testimonials and feedback that plugin users have written about the Backup Creator plugin:
”I am excited to get my sites off to a great start…backed up! As a newbie, every precious moment counts. Having the right tools is a plus, not to mention, the great business opportunities you have opened up for me!” Ann Moore, MomInternet.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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”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 Backup Creator:
Document Your Website Processes In Real-Time.
Instead of spending a lot of time documenting all the processes you would normally have to go through in order to create a new site, you can just set up your blog exactly how you want it, make a backup copy|reproduce the site and then restore it on a new location and you’ve now got an exact, “documented” copy of your blog setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up various sites with identical plugins, settings, and configurations in other niche areas. This could be for a national retailer, or an insurance agency with offices in various locations, where each office will look after their own separate blog. Think of all the time you’ve spent tweaking and fine-tuning your discussion settings, permalinks, configuring different plugins and navigation menus, creating the main content sections, customizing the theme, etc. Now you can instantly install a fully-functioning, completely configured website every time with only a couple of mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup On A Different Location With Correct Internal Reference URLs.
Simply backing up WordPress files and restoring WordPress file backups won’t duplicate your blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WP database and ensure that it references the new domain. Otherwise, your WordPress database data will be restored to another domain, but still be pointing back to the old domain. This is why it’s important to have a WordPress backup plugin that was specifically developed for cloning. This lets you back up site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all the theme customizations, plugins, settings and configurations intact, 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 … Restore!
Here’s another great time-saving tip: if your website 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 site, delete everything, then restore a previous working version. Your site will be functional again and you can send the damaged site’s backup files to an troubleshooting expert who can then try to understand how your site got interfered with and how to repair or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one final tip:
Keep A Record Of Your Website.
Imagine in a few years 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 changed things around on your site so much and would like to return to a place of simplicity. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of videos and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing content are extremely low because you no longer need to be concerned about where things are stored or organized. Just go back to the time you remember you had published that file, restore the backup (note: the backup can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the file you need.
Product 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 user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and 1 year of free updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, sixty day, full refund guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of web hosts that support the plugin and any known issues with these.
”Lance was super-quick with a download issue” Jenn Dize, DollhouseSales.com
Plugin Pricing
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express license 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 License – Backup Creator Ultimate lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal domains, as well as schedule automatic backups, send email backups as an attachment, back up and restore over FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox, etc., restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders are backed 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 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).
Note: The price of the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the price when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price set by the plugin author when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For demo videos 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 website is a vital 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 fully copy your sites and pre-configured WP installations.
For this reason, we highly recommend choosing the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WordPress installations.
To learn more, check out the plugin here: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WordPress Websites
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