Living and doing business in the Electronic Age has many advantages. However, we also live in a world where we are constantly under the potential threat of becoming a victim of digital crime, having our websites and social media accounts being infected by malicious software and our business and personal data wiped out.
If you manage anything where data can be accessed online like a business blog or website, then you need to pay careful attention to digital security and the importance of creating a digital security and site recovery plan.
In addition to creating an internet security plan for your business, you will also want to protect your files from accidents that can result in data loss and set your business back. Having a way to restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that many people only appreciate after it’s too late.
You may also just want to save time. If you need to set up multiple websites or blogs, having a simple way to copy site data from one website to another would be most convenient.
As every experienced webmaster knows, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WP web data, therefore, is imperative. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, people rarely do it, or don’t do it as often as this should be done.
Let’s face it … getting your website hacked, losing data, and accidentally installing programs that permanently damage your site is all part of the reality of doing business online. If this ever happens to you, then you will need a quick and easy way to recover lost files, restore your site to an earlier version, or even complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then there’s an easy software that allows you to create backups of your WP database and website or blog files, copy your site to another location and restore your old site and information.
Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate & Protect Your WP Websites
(Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate And Protect Your WordPress Websites)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a “one-click” solution for performing backups of your site files, cloning your blogs and content and keeping your WP sites protected.
After the plugin is installed on your WordPress site, the plugin settings can be quickly and easily configured. Backup Creator lets you set up backups to run automatically, backups using email, FTP backups, cloud backups, and store backups remotely using external storage services such as Amazon S3, Google Drive, or Dropbox.
For more details, visit the plugin site here: Backup Creator
Benefits Of Using Backup Creator
Here are just some of the many benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Easy And Fast To Install
Backup Creator is quite easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your dashboard and activate.
Once you’ve entered the license code, the plugin unlocks and the software is ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the whole process of creating regular backups plus restoring and protecting your blogs and web sites very simple. All tasks can be completed in a few mouse clicks. This makes Backup Creator a great backup tool for non-technical users.
Time-Saving Plugin
As well as saving time and the peace of mind you will experience knowing that your website data can be easily recovered should your site go through some kind of tragic situation, Backup Creator is especially useful for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar or identical settings.
Once you’ve set up your prototype site, you can then clone as many duplicates as you want. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new websites.
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Back Up Big Websites: Quite often, owners of sites that contain lots data can experience problems with backups. Many users report being able to easily perform backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes depends on your webhosting service and how your server has been configured.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this point already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your information can be quickly and easily restored should anything happen to your site is a priceless benefit, especially when your business depends on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Plugin Features
Backup Creator offers many features to WP users. Here are just some:
- Instant Site Backups. One button is all you need to click to instantly back up your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship your backup to the storage destination of your choice. Download your backup to your hard drive, send it to yourself via email, or even FTP the backup to an offsite destination.
- Restore Backups Instantly. Instantly restore your backup to any destination you like. You can copy files directly from another WP blog, upload via your internet browser or even transfer remotely from FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology allows unlimited deployment of preconfigured client sites in just seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- One-Time Automatic Backup Schedules: Set up your backup schedule one time and the plugin takes over. No FTP or cron jobs are required and there are no files to upload. Just choose your schedule and you are done.
- Use Remote FTP Or Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Store, restore, and manage all of your data backups in one single offsite location and from anywhere 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 easily perform “one-click” backups …
Your site will be backed up in seconds …
You can fully restore your backups whenever you want using different restore methods …
You can also store your backup files remotely, or in the cloud …
Feedback From Plugin Users
Here are some of the testimonials and feedback that plugin customers have provided for the Backup Creator plugin:
”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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”Just wanted to say that I’m impressed! Installed the latest version before doing some work on one of my sites for a webinar launch I gotta get done this week, and I LOVE the new feature that sends an email will all the relevant links. Sweet!” Gabrielle Fontaine, VirtualBookkeepersGuide.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 Backup Creator:
Document Your Site Processes In Real-Time.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all the processes necessary to make your website or blog work “just right”, or writing out a website setup manual, you can simply set up your site exactly the way you want it, back it up|make an exact replica of site and then restore it somewhere else and now you’ve got an exact, “documented” copy of your site setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up a number of sites using identical plugins, settings, and configurations in different niches. This could be for a regional retailer, or an insurance agency with branches in various locations, where each office will run their own separate blog. Think of all the time you’ve spent tweaking and fine-tuning your discussion settings, widgets and sidebars, configuring different plugins and navigation menus, creating site categories, customizing your theme, etc. You can now instantly install a fully-functioning, completely configured website every single time with just a few mouse clicks.
Clone A Website With Correct Internal Referencing URLs.
Simply downloading WordPress files and restoring file backups won’t duplicate your sites successfully. You also need to copy the WordPress database and ensure that the data references the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another site, but still be pointing back to the old domain. This is why you need to have a WP backup plugin that was specifically created to clone sites. This allows you to back up site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site ”B” in minutes with all the theme customizations, 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 Waste Time Fixing Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another practical time-saving tip: if your site ever gets 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 copy. Your site is now up and running again and you can send the damaged site’s backup files to a WordPress troubleshooter who can then try to understand how your site got broken into 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 got started? 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 articles and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, the chances of losing information are minimal because you don’t need to be concerned about where you have stored or organized things. Just recall the time you remember you had that content, restore the backup (note: the backup can be retrieved from anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the data you need.
Support
Backup Creator is a robust and well-supported WordPress plugin. It was developed 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 risk-free, 60 day, 100% refund guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of webhosting 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
Plugin Price
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express License – 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. Cost = $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 plus Backup Creator Cloud, restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders are backed up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer License – Backup Creator Developer allows you to 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. Price = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Please Note: Price details for the product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Currently, the product is being retailed for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the product seller when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing information here:
Additional Info
For ”how to” videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
We Recommend
Performing regular backups of your website’s data and files is a vital part of doing good website maintenance and ensuring that your website 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.
For this reason, we strongly recommend choosing Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WordPress sites.
For more details, visit the plugin website here: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WordPress Websites And Blogs
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