One of the downsides of doing business in today’s digital world is that we are continuously under the potential threat of having our web information being infected by malicious software and our business and personal data stolen and manipulated.
If you manage anything where information can be accessed online like a blog or company website, then you need to pay careful attention to online security and the urgency of developing an online security and data recovery plan.
As well as implementing an internet security and website recovery plan for your business, you will also want to prevent losing data from internal and external issues that can set your business back. Having a way to fully restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that most people only appreciate after it’s too late.
Then again, you may also want to save time. If you need to copy data from loads of websites or blogs, having an automated way to copy site information from one site to another can be really convenient.
As the wise old adage goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your website’s data, therefore, is something that everybody should do. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few people do it, or don’t do it as often as these things should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and accidentally installing programs that bring down your site is all part of doing business online. If something this tragic ever happens to you, then you will need an easy and quick way to restore lost content, get back an earlier version of your site, or complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you own a WP-powered website or blog, then you can easily create backups of your WordPress database and website or blog files, copy your site to another location and restore previous backups of your site.
Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate And Protect Your WordPress Sites
(Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate & Keep Your WP Websites And Blogs Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a powerful WP plugin that allows you to schedule and automate your site and file back ups, duplicate all of your websites and content and keep your WP sites protected.
After installing and activating the plugin on your WP website, the settings for the plugin can be easily configured. You can set up automatic backups, backups via email, backups using FTP, cloud backups, and store backups remotely using external hosting tools such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon S3.
For more details, visit the plugin site here: Backup Creator
Benefits Of Using Backup Creator
Here are just a few of the benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Installation Is Easy, Quick & Simple
Backup Creator is quite easy to install. Just upload it to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Enter the license code sent to you after purchase and the software will be ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes it very simple to back up, restore and protect your blogs and websites. It only takes a few simple mouse clicks. No web programming experience is necessary.
Saves Lots Of Time
Apart from saving time and benefiting from the peace of mind of knowing that your data can be easily recovered should you experience problems, Backup Creator is an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar or identical settings.
Just set up your master website and then create as many copies as you need to any new sites you want to set up. That’s a lot of time saved setting up and configuring new websites.
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Perform Large Backups: Often, owners of sites that contain lots 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 may depend on your webhost 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 data can be restored should anything happen to your site is priceless, especially if your business depends on your site being up and running.
Features
Backup Creator offers many unique features to website owners. Here are just some of these features:
- Create Instant Backups. Click 1 button to back up your website or blog. 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 To Any Location. Instantly restore your WP backup to any destination you like. You can clone it straight from another blog, upload via your internet browser or even transfer remotely via FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary ”server-to-server” technology allows rapid deployment of unlimited preconfigured client sites in a few seconds, without FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Set up your backup schedule one time and the plugin takes over and does the rest automatically. There are no cron jobs to set up or files to upload and no FTP is required. Simply select your schedule and you’re done.
- Works With Remote FTP Or Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. You can store all of your data backups in a single offsite 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 need …
Your site will be backed up in seconds …
You can fully restore your backups whenever you want using a number of backup restore methods …
You can also store your backups remotely, or in the cloud …
Feedback From Plugin Users
Below are just a few of the testimonials and comments plugin customers have provided for the Backup Creator plugin:
”I just want to say thank you for creating such a great & easy to use cloning plugin.” Steve Dougherty, WP3Guide.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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”I really like this plugin, you can to save and to keep all information of your blog in few minutes in safe way.” Miguel Medina, TecnicasParaHablarEnPublico.com
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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for the Backup Creator plugin:
Document Your Site Processes In Real-Time.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all of the steps required to make a website or blog work “just right”, or creating a blog setup manual, you can simply set up your website or blog exactly how you want it, back it up|clone the site and then restore it to a new 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 several sites which use identical settings and configurations in other niches. This could be for a regional food service outlet, or an insurance agency with offices in various locations, where each office will run their own separate blog. Think of all the time spent tweaking and fine-tuning your discussion settings, widgets and sidebars, configuring different plugins and navigation menus, creating site categories, customizing your theme, etc. Now you can save lots of time and install a fully-functioning, completely configured blog every time with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup On A Different Location With Correct Internal URLs.
Simply downloading WordPress files and uploading WordPress 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 location, but still be pointing back to the old location. This is why it’s important to have a backup plugin that is specifically designed to clone sites. This lets you back up site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site ”B” in minutes with all the theme customizations, plugins, settings and configurations intact, and everything will be pointing to the new site (i.e. site “B”), instead of the old one (site “A”).
Don’t Fix Serious Problems … Restore!
Here’s another great time-saving tip: if your site did get 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 version. Your site is now up and running again and you can then send the damaged site’s 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 great tip:
Document Your Site’s Progress Over Time.
Imagine a few years from now that 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 things so complex and would like to bring things back to a simpler place. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles and other important content and want to get these back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing data are minimal because you no longer need to worry about where everything is stored or organized. Just recall the time you remember you had published that file, restore your backup (note: it can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve the file 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 user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and 1 year of free upgrades and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, 60 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.
”Easy install, great training material and plugin works like a dream.”Gede Kencana, AutoInsuranceZone.org
Software Price
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express License – Backup Creator Express license 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 license lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal URLs, 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 get backed up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer – Backup Creator developer edition lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal and client URLs. You can also flip 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: Price details for this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the pricing at the time this review was written. This may or 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 you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the current pricing information:
Additional Information
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 site’s files and database is an important part of doing good website maintenance and ensuring that your content remains protected from disaster. There are many great WP backup plugins available, but BackUp Creator doesn’t just perform backups, it also allows you to fully duplicate your sites.
For this reason, we strongly recommend choosing the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WP installations.
For more details, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Backup, Clone & Protect Your WP Websites
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