The Digital Age has transformed how we live and do business. However, it has also placed us in a situation where we are continuously under the potential threat of having our digital information being infected by malicious software and our business and personal data stolen, manipulated or erased.
If you own any web assets like a business website, then you need to carefully consider website security and the urgency of creating a digital security plan.
As well as creating an internet security and site recovery plan for your business, you will also want to prevent losing data from human mistakes that can set your business back. Having a way to fully restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that can only be appreciated after it’s too late.
You may also just want to save time. If you need to copy data from multiple websites or blogs, having a smart way to duplicate site data from one website to another would be very convenient.
As any wise website manager eventually learns, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your web files, therefore, is not just important, it is imperative. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, people rarely 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 accidentally doing things that end up breaking your site is all part of doing business online. If disaster ever strikes, then you will need an easy and quick way to restore old files, get back an earlier version of your site, or even complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then there’s a simple software that lets you create backups of your WordPress database and site files, clone your site to another location and restore your old site and information.
Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate & Protect Your WordPress Site
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Protect Your WP Web Sites)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to back up your sites, clone your blogs and content and keep your WordPress websites and blogs protected.
After installing and activating Backup Creator on your site, the plugin settings can be easily configured. Backup Creator lets you configure backups to run automatically, backups using email, backups via FTP, cloud backups, or remote backups using 3rd-party storage tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon S3.
Go here to learn more about this plugin: Backup Creator
Plugin Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Be Up And Running In Very Little Time
Backup Creator installs like any plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Once you’ve entered your license key, the plugin unlocks and the application is ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes it very simple to instantly back up, restore and protect your blogs and WordPress websites. Everything can be done with a few simple mouse clicks. No coding skills are required.
Time-Saving Tool
Apart from saving time restoring your data and files should something cause irreparable problems for your site, Backup Creator can be an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar or identical configurations.
Just set up your prototype site and instantly create as many duplicates as you need. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new sites.
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Backs Up Big Websites: Quite often, owners of sites or blogs that contain huge amounts of data can experience problems with backups. Many users report being able to easily perform backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to back up sites containing large amounts of data may depend on your webhosting service and how your server is configured.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this point already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your information can be easily restored should any kind of disaster affect your site is priceless, especially when your business depends on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Plugin Features
Backup Creator provides many unique features to WordPress users. Here are just some:
- Instant Site Backups. Click one button to backup your entire website or blog. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship your backup files securely to the location of your choice. Download the backup file to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP your backup to an offsite destination.
- Restore Backups Instantly To Any WP Site Or Blog. Instantly restore your web site or blog to any destination you like. You can clone files directly from another site, upload via your browser or even transfer from FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology allows fast deployment of unlimited preconfigured client sites in seconds, without using FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Set up your backup schedule one time and Backup Creator takes over and does the work automatically for you. There are no files to upload and no cron jobs or FTP is required. Just select your schedule and you’re done.
- Works With Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. You can store all of your data backups in a single offsite storage 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 perform backups with just one click …
The plugin backs up everything in seconds …
You can restore your backups any time you want using different restore methods …
You can also store your backups remotely, or in the cloud …
Testimonials
Here are a couple of the testimonials plugin users have submitted for Backup Creator:
”It’s amazing! Cloning instead of making new membership sites from scratch, which is what I used to do. Now I just clone it and transfer it. It’s simply amazing how everything transfers intact!” Juan Mitre, BlogMasterTraining.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 the Backup Creator plugin:
Instant Documentation Of All Your Site Processes.
Instead of spending a lot of time documenting all of the steps required to make a website or blog work “just right”, or creating a website setup manual, you can simply set up your website or blog exactly the way you want it, back it up|copy your site and then restore it on a new location and you’ve now got an exact, “documented” copy of your site setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up multiple blogs using identical plugins and settings in different niches. This could be for a nationwide company, or a travel agency with branches in various locations, where each branch will run 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. Now you can instantly install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured website every time with just a few mouse clicks.
Clone A Site With Correct Internal URLs.
Simply downloading WP files and restoring file backups won’t clone your blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WordPress database and ensure that it references the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another site, but still be referencing the old site. That’s why it’s important to use a backup plugin that is specifically created to clone sites. This allows you to perform a backup of site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all your theme customizations, plugins, 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 Fix Serious Problems … Restore!
Here’s another practical time-saving tip: if your blog 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 fix things, just make a backup of your broken site, delete your old site, then restore a previous working copy. Your site is now up and running again and you can send the damaged files to a WP expert who can then try to understand how your site got interfered with and how to repair or identify any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one last tip:
Keep A Record Of Your Website.
Imagine that a few years from now your business has grown and transformed into an online success. Wouldn’t it be great to show people how everything began? Or maybe you’ve made your site so complicated and would like to restore things 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 files are extremely low because you no longer have to be concerned about where you have stored or organized all your files. Just recall the time when you remember you had published that content, restore the backup (note: your backup can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and grab 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. 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 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 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
Plugin Pricing
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express Edition – Backup Creator Express edition allows you to install the plugin on up to 5 personal sites that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Cost = $7.00.
- Ultimate Edition – Backup Creator Ultimate edition allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal sites, 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 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. Price = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Please Note: Current pricing for the Backup Creator plugin can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was current at the time this review was published. This may not be the actual price charged by the product developer when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing here:
Additional Information
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’s data and files is an integral aspect of doing business online and disaster prevention. There are many great WordPress backup plugins available, but BackUp Creator doesn’t just perform backups, it also allows you to completely clone your sites and pre-configured WP installations.
For this reason, we highly recommend choosing Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WordPress installations.
To learn more, check out the plugin here: Backup Creator – Backup, Clone & Keep Your WP Site Protected
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