One of the downsides of doing business in today’s online economy is that we are constantly under the potential threat of becoming a victim of online crime, having our websites and social media accounts being infected by malicious viruses and our business and personal data stolen, manipulated or even being completely deleted.
If you manage any business assets like a business website, then you need to always keep in mind online security and the urgency of implementing an online security and data recovery plan.
As well as implementing an internet security plan for your business, you will also want to protect your site from mistakes that can result in data loss and set your business back. Having a way to completely restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that many people only appreciate after it’s too late.
Then again, you may also want to save time. If aspects of your business involve working with many websites or blogs, having an automated way to clone website information from one website to another would be really convenient.
As every wise website owner knows, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress blog, therefore, is absolutely necessary. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few people do it, or don’t do it as often as it should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and making errors that wreck your site is all part of the reality of doing business online. If something this tragic ever happens to you, then you will need a quick and easy way to recover old content, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you own a WP-powered website, then it’s easy to create backups of your WordPress database and site files, copy your website to another location and restore your old site and content.
Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Web Site
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Keep Your WP Website Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a powerful and inexpensive WP plugin that lets you schedule and automate your site and data back ups, copy your sites and keep your WordPress websites protected.
After installing and activating the plugin on your WP web site, you can quickly and easily configure the settings for your plugin. Backup Creator allows you to perform automatically scheduled backups, email backups, backups using FTP, backups via the cloud, or remote backups using external hosting applications like Amazon (S3), Google Drive, and Dropbox.
Learn more here: Backup Creator
Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your website:
Installation Is Easy And Simple
Backup Creator is really easy to install. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your administrator login and activate.
Enter the license code sent to you with your purchase and Backup Creator is ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the whole process of backing up as well as restoring and protecting your blogs and web sites really simple. All it takes is a few mouse clicks. No coding experience is required.
Save Time
Apart from saving time and benefiting from the peace of mind of knowing that your website can be retrieved in the event of a tragedy, Backup Creator can be especially useful for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar configurations.
Just set up your master site and then create as many copies as you want. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new websites.
Additional plugin benefits include:
- Back Up Large Sites: Often, owners of sites that contain huge amounts of data can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Many Backup Creator users report being able to easily perform large site backups. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes depends on your webhost and your server configuration.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this point already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data can be quickly and easily recovered should anything happen to your site is vital to the success of your business, especially if things depend on having your information available online.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator provides many features to WP users. Here are just some:
- Instant Site Backups. One button is all you need to click to instantly backup your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then send your backup files securely to the 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 Backups Instantly. Instantly restore your data to any destination you like. You can copy all content and files straight from another site, upload via your internet browser or even transfer from FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology ensures that you can quickly and easily deploy unlimited pre-configured client sites in only seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Once you set up your backup schedule, Backup Creator takes over and does the rest for you. There are no files to upload and no cron jobs or FTP is required. Simply choose your schedule and you’re done.
- Back Up With Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Store, manage, and restore all of your data backups in a 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 perform “one-click” backups anytime you want …
The plugin performs your backup in seconds …
You can restore your site backups quickly and easily any time you want using various backup restore methods …
You can also store your backup files remotely, or in the cloud …
Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials users have provided for 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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”I had problems backing a big site (around 2GB) but this latest updates did it in no time at all … yeah!!!!” Serge Botans
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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for this plugin:
Document Your Website Processes In Real-Time.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all of the steps you would normally have to document in order to create new sites, you can just set up your blog exactly how you want it, back it up|make an exact duplicate of site and then restore it on another domain 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 blogs containing identical plugins, settings, and configurations in different niche areas. This could be for a franchised company, or an insurance agency with branches in different locations, where each office will run their own separate website. 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 lots of time and install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured website every single time with just a few mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup On A Different Location With Correct Internal Referencing URLs.
Simply backing up WordPress files and restoring WP file backups won’t duplicate your blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WP database and ensure that your data references the new domain. Otherwise, your WordPress database data will be restored to another website, but still be pointing back to the old location. That’s why you need to use a backup plugin that has been specifically designed for cloning. This allows you to perform a backup of site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all the themes, plugin and site settings and configurations included, 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 … Just Restore!
Here’s another great time-saving tip: if your website did get hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and causes some kind of damage to your site, don’t spend days or weeks trying to repair or figure out the problem, just make a backup of your files and database, delete everything, then restore a previous working copy. Your site is now instantly back and you can send the damaged site’s files to an troubleshooter who can then try to understand how your site got interfered with and how to fix or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one final tip:
Document Your Site’s Progress Over Time.
Imagine in a couple of years that your business has grown and transformed into an online success. Wouldn’t it be great to show people how it all got started? Or maybe you’ve made your site so complex and would like to bring things back 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 quite low because you don’t need to be concerned about where everything is stored or organized. Just recall when you remember you had published that file, restore the backup (note: it can be anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the data 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 installation and user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and 1 year of free updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, 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
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express edition lets you install the plugin on up to 5 personal sites that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Cost = $7.00.
- Ultimate License – Backup Creator Ultimate allows you to 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 and Backup Creator Cloud, restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders to back up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer License – Backup Creator Developer allows you to 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. Price = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Note: Pricing details of the Backup Creator plugin depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the plugin sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the plugin author when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos showing how the plugin works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer 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 a vital aspect of doing business online and ensuring that your data 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 properly copy your sites and pre-configured WordPress installations.
For this reason, we strongly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WordPress installations.
For more details, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Website
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