One of the downsides of doing business in the Information Age is that we are continuously under the potential threat of becoming victims of cyber theft, having our websites and social media accounts hacked into and our business and personal data stolen or manipulated.
If you own or manage any digital business assets like a website for your organization, then you need to prioritize website security and the importance of creating a digital security and site recovery plan.
As well as having an online security plan for your business, you will also want to prevent data loss from internal and external issues that can cause significant damage or disruption to your business. Having a way to restore your site, files or data in extreme cases is something that can only be appreciated after tragedy has struck.
Then again, you may just want to save time. If your business involves setting up loads of websites or blogs, having a smart way of copying web site data from one site to another can be really convenient.
As the adage goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WP website and blog data, therefore, is something that everyone needs to do. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, site owners rarely do it, or don’t do it as often as this should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and making errors that wreck your site is all part of running a digital business presence. If disaster ever strikes, then you will need an easy and quick way to restore old files, restore your site to an earlier version, or even complete reinstall your site and information.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then you can easily 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 – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Sites
(Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate & Keep Your WordPress Websites And Blogs Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a simple-to-use WP plugin that lets you backup your blogs, copy all of your sites and content and keep your WP websites protected.
Once Backup Creator is installed on your website or blog, your settings for the plugin can be easily configured. You can perform automatic backups, backups via email, backups via FTP, backups in the cloud, and remote backups using data storage solutions such as Amazon (S3), Google Drive, or Dropbox.
Learn more here: Backup Creator
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your web site:
Easy To Install
Backup Creator installs like every other plugin. Simply upload a zip file that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
Enter the license key required to unlock your plugin and the application is ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes it very simple to backup, restore and protect your blogs and web sites. All tasks can be completed with a few simple mouse clicks. No coding skills are necessary.
Time-Saving Software
As well as saving time recovering your data and files in the event of tragic circumstances, Backup Creator is an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar configurations.
Just set up your master site and instantly create as many duplicates as you want. That’s a lot of time saved setting up new websites.
Additional benefits of the plugin include:
- Perform Large Backups: Quite often, owners of very large websites can experience problems with backups. Many customers report being able to easily perform backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes may depend on your webhost and your server configuration.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data and files can be easily restored should anything happen to your site is priceless, especially when things depend on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Features
Backup Creator offers many great features to WP users. Here are just a few:
- Instant Backup. One button is all you need to click to backup your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship it securely to the destination of your choice. Download it to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP the backup offsite.
- Restore To Any Location. Instantly restore your WP website to any destination you like. You can copy all content and files directly from another site, upload via your browser or even transfer using FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology enables unlimited deployment of preconfigured client sites in just seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- Set Up Automatic Backups: Set up your backup schedule one time and the plugin takes over. There are no files to upload and no cron jobs or FTP is required. Simply choose your schedule and you’re done.
- Choose From Remote FTP Or Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Manage, store, and restore all of your data backups in one single offsite location and from any place 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 need …
The plugin performs your backup in seconds …
You can restore your site backups easily any time you want using a number of data restore methods …
You can also store your backup files remotely, or in the cloud …
User Feedback
Below are just a few of the testimonials users have provided for Backup Creator:
”My company manages hundreds of websites in the cleaning industry. Your Backup Creator Plug-In is just what we needed. It’s changing the way we do business.” John Braun, HitManAdvertising.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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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for Backup Creator:
Document Your Website Processes As You Go.
Instead of spending loads of time documenting all of the steps you would normally have to go through when setting up a new site, you can just set up your site exactly the way you want it, back it up|make an identical copy of 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 a number of sites which contain identical plugins, settings, and configurations in different niches. This could be for a nationwide food service outlet, or a travel agency with branches in various locations, where each office will look after their own separate blog. 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 save lots of time and install a fully-functioning, completely configured site every time with only a few mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup To A Different Site With Correct Referencing Links.
Simply downloading WP files and restoring WordPress files won’t clone your blogs successfully. You also have to copy the WP database and ensure that your links reference the new domain. Otherwise, your data will be restored to another domain, but still be pointing back to the old domain. This is why you need to use a backup plugin that has been specifically designed for cloning. This lets you perform a backup of site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site ”B” in minutes with all your themes, plugin and site settings and configurations intact, once again, saving you hours – even weeks of work, and ensuring that all URLs have been configured correctly.
Don’t Waste Time Fixing Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another practical time-saving tip: if your site did get 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 repair the problem, just make a backup of your broken site, delete everything, and restore a previous working copy. Your site will be up and running again and you can send the damaged site’s backup files to a WordPress troubleshooting expert who can then try to figure out how your site got broken into and how to fix or identify any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more final tip:
Keep A Record Of Your Website’s Progress.
Imagine in a few years that your business has grown and transformed into an online success. Wouldn’t it be great to show people how everything got started? Or maybe you’ve changed things around on your site so much and would like to return to a place of simplicity. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles and want to get these back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing data are almost negligible because you no longer need to be concerned about where you have stored or organized things. Just recall the time you remember you had published that file, restore your backup (note: the backup can be anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve the file you need.
Backup Creator Plugin Support
Backup Creator is a robust and well-supported WP 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 user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and one year of free updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, 60 day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of webhosting 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
Plugin Pricing
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express License – 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 License – Backup Creator Ultimate 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, etc., restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders are backed up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer – Backup Creator developer edition 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. Cost = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Note: The cost to purchase the Backup Creator product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. Presently, the plugin sells for the amounts shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the plugin seller when you visit the plugin website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For ”how to” videos of the plugin in action, 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 website’s data and files is an important aspect of doing good website maintenance and ensuring that your website 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 copy your sites.
For this reason, we highly recommend using the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WP websites.
For complete details, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Protect Your WordPress Sites
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