The Digital 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 having our websites and social media accounts being infected by malicious viruses and our business and personal data stolen or manipulated.
If you own any business assets like a blog or website, then you need to carefully consider digital security and the urgency of having an online security and data recovery plan.
As well as creating an internet security plan for your business, you will also want to prevent loss of valuable data from mistakes that can cause significant damage or disruption to your business. Having a way to fully restore your site, files or data in extreme cases is something that can only be appreciated once it’s too late.
Then again, you may also want to save time. If parts of your business require working with many websites or blogs, having an efficient way of cloning web site data from one site to another can be very convenient.
As every experienced webmaster knows, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WP website, therefore, is not just important, it is imperative. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, so few people do it, or don’t do it as often as this should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and installing software that ruin your site is all part of the reality of running a digital business presence. If something this tragic ever happens to you, then you will need an easy and quick way to restore lost information, restore your site to an earlier version, or even complete reinstall your site and previous web content.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then there’s an easy plugin that lets you create backups of your WP database and web site files, clone your website to another location and restore previous backups of your site.
Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate & Protect Your WP Web Sites
(Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Website)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a simple-to-use WP plugin that lets you schedule and automate your site and file backups, duplicate all of your blogs and content and keep your WordPress websites and blogs protected.
Once you have installed and activated the plugin on your WordPress website or blog, you can quickly and easily configure your plugin settings. Backup Creator allows you to set up scheduled backups to run automatically, backups using email, FTP backups, cloud backups, or even remote backups using 3rd-party data storage tools such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon (S3).
For more details, visit the plugin site here: Backup Creator
Plugin 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 a zip folder containing the plugin to your Plugin folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Once you’ve entered your license key, the plugin unlocks and the application is ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the whole process of creating backups and restoring and protecting your blogs and web sites very simple. It only takes a couple of mouse clicks. Backup Creator is an ideal backup tool for non-technical users.
Save Lots Of Time
Apart from saving time and the peace of mind you will experience knowing that your website can be instantly recovered should your site suffer some kind of loss, Backup Creator can be an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with identical settings.
Once you’ve set up your master , you can instantly create as many copies as you need to any new sites you have set up on other locations. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up new websites.
Additional benefits and advantages include the following:
- Perform Large Backups: Often, owners of websites that contain lots data can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Backup Creator users report being able to easily perform large site backups. Note: the plugin’s ability to back up sites containing large amounts of data depends on your webhost and your server configuration.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your information can be quickly and easily recovered should any kind of problem affect your site is vital to the success of your business, especially if things depend on having a site that is always available to visitors.
Features
Backup Creator provides a number of features to WordPress users. Here are just some of these:
- Create Instantly Backup Sites. One button is all you need to click to instantly back up your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship it securely to the storage destination of your choice. You can download your backup to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP the backup to an offsite location.
- Restore Backups Instantly To Any Destination. Instantly restore your data and files to any destination you like. You can copy data straight from another WordPress, upload via your browser or even transfer remotely via 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 using FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Set up your backup schedule one time and the software does the 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.
- Backup With Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. You can store all of your site backups in a single offsite storage 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 backups with just one click …
The plugin backs up everything in seconds …
You can completely your data whenever you want using different methods …
You can also store your backup files remotely, or in the cloud …
User Testimonials
Here are some of the testimonials plugin users have written about the Backup Creator plugin:
“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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“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 this plugin:
Instant Documentation Of Site Processes.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all the processes you would normally have to go through when setting up new sites, you can simply set up your site exactly how you want it, back it up|copy your site and then restore it somewhere else and now you’ve got an exact, “documented” copy of your blog setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up a number of websites using identical plugins and settings in other niche areas. This could be for a regional company, or a real estate agency with branches in different locations, where each office will run their own separate website. Think of all the time spent tweaking and fine-tuning your discussion settings, widgets and sidebars, configuring SEO plugins and navigation menus, creating the main content sections, customizing the theme, etc. Now you can save loads of time and install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured blog every single time with only a few mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup On Another Location With Correct Internal Referencing URLs.
Simply backing up WP files and uploading WordPress files won’t duplicate your blogs successfully. You also have to copy the WordPress database and make sure that your links reference the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another website, but still be pointing back to the old site. That’s why it’s important to use a WP backup plugin that was specifically created for cloning. This lets you perform a backup of site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site ”B” in minutes with all the themes, plugins, settings and configurations included, once again, saving you hours – even weeks of work, and ensuring that all internal URLs have been configured correctly.
Don’t Waste Time Fixing Serious Problems … Restore!
Here’s another great time-saving tip: if your site ever gets 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 repair the problem, just make a backup of your files and database, delete your old site, and restore a previous working copy. Your site will be instantly back and you can send the damaged site’s files to an expert who can then try to figure out how your site got broken into and how to repair or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more final tip:
Keep A Record Of Your Website’s Evolution.
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 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 videos and want to get these back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing content are minimal because you no longer have to be concerned about where everything is stored or organized. Just go back to the time you remember you had that content, restore the backup (note: the backup can be retrieved from anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve 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 upgrades and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, 60 day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of web hosts 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 Edition – Backup Creator Express 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 License – Backup Creator Ultimate edition allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal domains, as well as perform automatic backups, send email backups as an attachment, use the plugin with FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox, etc., restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders get backed up. Cost = $47.00.
- Developer License – 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 license is only available as an upgrade after purchasing one of the other editions. Cost = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Note: Pricing for Backup Creator can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price above was correct at the time this review was published. This may or may not be the actual pricing charged by the product developer when you visit the product site and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
Our Recommendation
Performing regular backups of your WordPress website’s data and files is an important part of doing good website maintenance and ensuring that your site 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 fully copy your sites and pre-configured WP installations.
For this reason, we highly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WordPress installations.
For more information, visit the plugin website here: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Protect Your WP Website
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