The Electronic Age has transformed the way we live and do business. However, it has also placed us in a position where we are continuously under the potential threat of becoming a victim of digital crime, having our websites and social media accounts being infected by malicious software and our business and personal data stolen.
If you own or manage any business assets like a website, then you need to always keep in mind online security and the importance of creating an internet security and site recovery plan.
In addition to developing an online security and website recovery plan for your business, you will also want to protect your site from mistakes that can result in loss of data and cause significant damage or disruption to your business. 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.
You may also just want to save time. If parts of your business involve setting up many websites or blogs, having a time-saving way of copying website information from one site to another would be most convenient.
As any wise website manager has learned, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress blog, therefore, is something that everyone needs to do. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, website owners almost never do it, or don’t do it as often as these things should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and making errors that ruin your site is all part of doing business online. If something tragic were to ever happen to you, then you would need an easy and quick way to recover lost content, get back an earlier version of your site, or complete reinstall your site and information.
Fortunately, if your website or blog is powered by WordPress, then there’s an easy plugin that lets you create backups of your WordPress database and website files, copy your site to another location and restore previous backups of your data.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Keep Your WordPress Websites And Blogs Protected
(Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate & Keep Your WordPress Web Site Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a simple-to-use WordPress plugin that allows you to back up your website’s data and files, clone your sites and content and keep your WordPress websites and blogs protected.
After Backup Creator is installed on your website, the settings for the plugin can be easily configured. You can perform automatic backups, email backups, FTP backups, backups in the cloud, or even remote backups using hosting storage applications from Amazon S3, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
For more details, visit the plugin site here: Backup Creator
Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your web site:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
Backup Creator installs just like every other plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Enter the license key you’ve received with your purchase receipt and the software will be ready to use.
Very Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the whole process of backing up plus restoring and protecting your blogs and websites very simple. All tasks can be completed with a couple of mouse clicks. This makes Backup Creator an ideal backup tool for non-technical users.
Save Loads Of Time
Apart from the time you will be able to save recovering your website should a a problem arise, Backup Creator can be a massive time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar settings.
Once you’ve set up your prototype site, you can then clone as many duplicates as you want. That’s a lot of time saved setting up new websites.
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Backs Up Large Websites: Often, owners of websites that contain huge amounts of data can experience problems with backups. Many 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 the webhosting company you use and your server settings.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data can be easily restored should anything happen to your site is priceless, especially if things depend on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Plugin Features
Backup Creator provides a number of great features to WordPress users. Here are just a few of these:
- Create 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 ship it to the secure destination of your choice. You can download it to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP the backup offsite.
- Restore Backups Instantly. Instantly restore your website to any destination you like. You can clone all content and files directly from another WordPress, upload using your internet browser or even transfer from FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology allows rapid deployment of unlimited pre-configured client sites in only seconds, without FTP.
Additional features include:
- One-Time Automatic Backup Schedules: Set up your backup schedule one time and the software takes over. No cron or FTP is required. Simply select your schedule and you’re done.
- Choose From Remote FTP Or Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. You can store all of your data backups in a single offsite 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.)
With BackUp Creator, you can perform backups with just one click …
Your site will be backed up in seconds …
You can completely your backed up data any time you want using various data restore methods …
You can also store your backup files in several locations …
User Feedback
Here are some of the testimonials and feedback customers have provided for Backup Creator:
“This tool is wickedly simple for us end users … There’s no excuse for any Internet Marketer / Blogger not owning this.”, Bolaji Oyejide, WhoIsBolaji.com
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”I cannot believe someone created a WP Plugin to back up a WP site regardless of size and complexity! BUT, more important to me anyway – is that I am able to use it, I mean I’m not a coder/programmer, shit this is incredible – did I mention the most important part of the this plugin – it really truly works, as advertised.” Peter Trapanese, HelpfulRelationshipTips.com
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”You have truly created one of the finest plugins I have ever used. I believe it is the first one that has ever been as simple to use at it was shown on the sales video.”Michael Scroggins, MichaelScroggins.com
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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for the Backup Creator plugin:
Document Your Site Processes Live.
Instead of spending loads of time documenting all the processes you would normally have to go through when setting up a new site, you can just set up your site exactly how you want it, back it up|make an exact duplicate of site and then restore it on a new domain and now you’ve got an exact, “documented” copy of your site setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up a number of blogs containing identical plugins and settings in different niches. This could be for a nationwide company, or a travel agency with branches in several 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. You can now instantly install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured blog every time with only a couple of mouse clicks.
Copy A Web Site With Correct Internal Referencing Links.
Simply downloading WP files and restoring WordPress files won’t duplicate your sites successfully. You also have to copy the WP database and ensure that it references the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another domain, but still be referencing the old site. That’s why you need to use a backup plugin that is specifically developed for cloning. This allows you to perform a backup of site “A” and restore it to site ”B” in minutes with all your theme customizations, plugins, 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 Fix Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another useful time-saving tip: if your blog did get hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and does any 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 everything, and restore a previous working version. Your site will be up and running again and you can send the damaged site’s backup files to an troubleshooter who can then try to figure out how your site got interfered with and how to repair or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more 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 began? Or maybe you’ve made things so complicated and would like to bring things back to a place of simplicity. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing important information are very low because you no longer need to worry about where you have stored or organized everything. Just go back to the time you remember you had that content, restore your backup (note: it can be retrieved from 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 developed 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 one year of free updates 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 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
Product License Price
Backup Creator 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. Price = $7.00.
- Ultimate – Backup Creator Ultimate edition allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal sites, as well as perform automatic backups, 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 Edition – Backup Creator Developer allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal and client domains. You can also sell websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer license 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).
Note: Pricing details of Backup Creator can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the plugin retails for the pricing shown above. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the plugin developer when you visit the site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest price:
Additional Information
For demo videos showing plugin usage, including installation instructions 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 integral aspect of doing good website maintenance and disaster prevention. There are many great WordPress backup plugins available, 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 highly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WordPress websites.
For full details, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Backup, Clone And Keep Your WordPress Web Site Protected
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