One of the unfortunate consequences of doing business in today’s cyber world is that we are continuously under the potential threat of having our digital assets being infected by malicious viruses and our business and personal data wiped out.
If you own or manage any digital business assets like a website or blog, then you need to carefully consider online security and the importance of implementing a digital security and data recovery plan.
As well as implementing an internet security and website recovery plan for your business, you will also want to protect your files from errors that can result in data loss and set your business back. Having a way to restore your site, files or data in extreme cases is something that can only be appreciated after tragedy has struck.
You may also just want to save time. If your business requires cloning many websites or blogs, having a time-saving way to clone site information from one website to another would be really convenient.
As the wise old saying goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your web files, therefore, is something that everybody should do. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, so few website owners remember to 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 installing malware that wreck your site is all part of owning an online presence. If something this tragic ever happens to you, then you will need a way to recover old files, get back an earlier version of your site, or even complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then it’s easy to create backups of your WordPress database and website or blog files, copy your site to another location and restore previous backups of your data.
Backup Creator – Backup, Clone And Protect Your WordPress Site
(Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate And Keep Your WP Website Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a simple-to-use WP plugin that allows you to schedule and automate your site and file backups, duplicate your websites and content and keep your WordPress websites and blogs protected with just a few clicks.
Once the software is installed and activated on your web site, you can quickly and easily configure the settings for your plugin. Backup Creator allows you to set up automatically scheduled backups, backups via email, backups via FTP, backups in the cloud, or store backups remotely using third-party data hosting applications from Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon (S3).
Learn more here: Backup Creator
Benefits Of Using Backup Creator
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Be Up And Running In No Time
Backup Creator installs just like any other plugin. Just upload a zip folder containing the plugin to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
After entering a license key, the plugin unlocks and Backup Creator will be ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the entire process of performing file and data backups plus restoring and protecting your blogs and WP sites really simple. Everything can be done with a few mouse clicks. No coding skills are required.
Time-Saving Tool
As well as the time you will save recovering your site’s data in case of an irreparable problem, Backup Creator is a massive 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 then create as many copies as you need. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new websites.
Some additional plugin benefits include the following:
- Backs Up Big Websites: Quite often, owners of very large websites can experience problems with backups. Plugin customers 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 hosting service and your server configuration.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your information can be instantly restored should any kind of problem affect your site is a priceless benefit, especially if things depend on your site being up and running.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator provides a number of great features to WordPress users. Here are just some of these features:
- Create Instantly Backup Sites. Click one button to back up your entire website or blog. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship your backup to the secure destination of your choice. You can download your backup file to your hard drive, send it to yourself via email, or even FTP your backup to an offsite destination.
- Restore To Any Destination. Instantly restore your data to any destination you like. You can copy all content and files straight from another WordPress, upload using your internet browser or even transfer from 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 just seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Set up your backup schedule one time and Backup Creator takes over and does the work for you. No FTP or cron jobs are required and there are no files to upload. Just choose your schedule and you’re done.
- Choose From Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Restore, store, and manage all of your backups in one 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 restore your backed up data easily whenever you want using various methods …
You can also store your backups remotely, or in the cloud …
Feedback From Users
Here are a couple of the testimonials plugin users have written about Backup Creator:
”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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”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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“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 steps you would normally have to document when setting up a new site, you can simply set up your website or blog exactly the way you want it, make a backup copy|clone the 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 several websites including identical settings and configurations in different niche areas. This could be for a regional retailer, or a travel agency with offices in different locations, where each branch will manage the content of 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. You can now instantly install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured blog every single time with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Clone A Web Site With Correct Internal Referencing URLs.
Simply downloading WordPress files and restoring WP file backups won’t clone your blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WP database and make sure that your data references the new domain. Otherwise, your WP database data will be restored to another location, but still be pointing back to the old domain. That’s why you need to have a backup plugin that was specifically designed for cloning. This lets you back up site “A” and restore it to site ”B” in minutes with all your theme customizations, plugins, settings and configurations included, 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 … Restore!
Here’s another useful time-saving tip: if your blog ever gets hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and does any kind of damage to your site, don’t spend 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 instantly back and you can then send the damaged site’s files to a WP troubleshooter who can then try to understand how your site got interfered with and how to fix or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more 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 it all began? Or maybe you’ve made your site so complex 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 important content are almost negligible because you no longer have to worry about where everything is stored or organized. Just go back to the time when you remember you had published that content, restore the backup (note: the backup 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 authored 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 one 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 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
Product Cost
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express License – Backup Creator Express edition lets you 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 license allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal URLs, as well as perform automatic backups, 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 are backed up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer – Backup Creator Developer lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal and client sites. You can also sell websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer edition is only available as an upgrade inside your product download area. Price = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the Backup Creator software can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the plugin retails for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the plugin author when you visit the plugin site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Information
For demo videos showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
We Recommend
Performing regular backups of your WP website’s data and files is a vital part of doing business online and ensuring that your website or blog remains protected from disaster. There are many great WordPress backup plugins available, but BackUp Creator doesn’t just perform backups, it also allows you to fully duplicate your sites and pre-configured WP installations.
For this reason, we highly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WP web sites.
To learn more, check out the plugin here: Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate And Protect Your WordPress Web Site
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