One of the serious consequences of doing business in the Information Age is that 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, manipulated or destroyed.
If you manage anything where information can be visited online like a blog or website, then you need to carefully consider website security and the urgency of having an internet security and data recovery plan.
In addition to having an online security plan for your business, you will also want to protect your data from accidental mistakes that can result in losing data and cause significant damage or disruption to your business. Having a way to restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that most people only appreciate once it’s too late.
Then again, you may just want to save time. If you need to clone loads of websites or blogs, having an efficient way to clone site information from one site to another can be most convenient.
As any experienced website manager knows, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress website, therefore, is key. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few website owners 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 permanently damage your site is all part of the reality of running a digital presence. If something tragic ever happens to you, then you will need a quick and easy way to restore old content, get back an earlier version of your site, or even complete reinstall your site and information.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then there’s an easy plugin that allows you to create backups of your WP database and website or blog files, clone your website to another location and restore your old site and information.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone And Keep Your WP Site Protected
(Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate And Keep Your WP Web Site Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a simple-to-use WordPress plugin that allows you to back up your website files, copy your websites and keep your WordPress web sites protected.
After Backup Creator is installed on your WP website, it’s really easy to configure your plugin settings. You can configure scheduled backups to run automatically, email backups, backups via FTP, backups in the cloud, or store backups remotely using data storage applications from Dropbox, Google Drive, and Amazon (S3).
Learn more about this plugin here: Backup Creator
Benefits Of Using Backup Creator
Here are just some of the many benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Installation Is Easy & Quick
Backup Creator installs just like any WordPress plugin. Simply upload it to your Plugin folder via your administrator login and activate.
After entering a license code, the plugin unlocks and the application will be ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the entire process of performing data backups plus restoring and protecting your blogs and web sites very simple. Everything can be done with a couple of mouse clicks. No programming skills are required.
Time-Saving Plugin
Apart from saving time and the peace of mind of knowing that your site can be recovered should anything happen, Backup Creator can be an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with identical configurations.
Just set up your prototype website and then clone as many copies as you need. That’s a lot of time saved setting up and configuring new sites.
Additional benefits include:
- Perform Large Backups: Quite often, owners of very large websites can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Backup Creator users report being able to easily perform large site backups. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes depends on your webhosting service and your server settings.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your information can be instantly restored should anything happen to your site is priceless, especially when your business depends on having your information available online.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator offers many features to site owners. Here are just some of these features:
- Create Backups Instantly. One button is all you need to click to instantly backup your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then send it to the storage destination of your choice. You can download the backup to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP your backup offsite.
- Restore Backups Instantly To Any Destination. Instantly restore your WP web site to any destination you like. You can copy files directly from another WP website, upload via your browser or even transfer remotely from FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Server-to-Server Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary ”server-to-server” technology allows you to deploy unlimited number of client sites preconfigured in just seconds, without FTP.
Additional features include:
- Set Up Automatic Backups: Set up your backup schedule one time and Backup Creator takes over. There are no cron jobs to set up or files to upload and no FTP is required. Just select your schedule and you are done.
- Back Up With Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Store all of your backups and clones 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 easily perform “one-click” backups …
The plugin performs your backup in seconds …
You can fully restore your data whenever you want using several restore methods …
You can also store your backup files remotely, or in the cloud …
Testimonials From Plugin Customers
Below are some of the testimonials and comments that plugin users have provided for 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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”Just wanted to say that I’m impressed! Installed the latest version before doing some work on one of my sites for a webinar launch I gotta get done this week, and I LOVE the new feature that sends an email will all the relevant links. Sweet!” Gabrielle Fontaine, VirtualBookkeepersGuide.com
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”What a fantastic piece of kit, so easy to use and looks to be the best out there, superb. So, thank you for such a great tool and at a very reasonable price.” David Manning, PluginMarketing.info
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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for this tool:
Real-Time Documentation Of All Your Website Processes.
Instead of spending a lot of time documenting all the steps necessary to make your website or blog work “just right”, or creating a website setup manual, you can just set up your blog exactly how you want it, make a backup copy|make an exact duplicate of 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 niches. This could be for a franchised retailer, 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 site so that it looks just right and works exactly the way you want it to. Now you can instantly install a fully-functioning, completely configured website every single time with only a few mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup To A Different Domain With Correct Referencing Links.
Simply downloading WordPress files and restoring WordPress files won’t clone your sites successfully. You also have to copy the WordPress database and ensure that the data references the new domain. Otherwise, your WordPress database data will be restored to another location, but still be referencing the old domain. This is why it’s important to have a backup plugin that is specifically created to clone sites. This allows you to perform a backup of site “A” and restore it to site “B” with all the theme customizations, plugin and site 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 Fix Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another useful time-saving tip: if your website 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 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 backup files to a WP troubleshooting expert who can then try to understand how your site got interfered with and how to patch up or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more final tip:
Document Your Site’s Progress Over Time.
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 began? Or maybe you’ve made things so complicated and would like to restore things to a simpler place. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles or videos and want to get these back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing important data are almost negligible because you no longer need to worry about where you have stored or organized all your files. Just recall the time you remember you had that content, restore the backup (note: the backup can be anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve the data you need.
Backup Creator 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 installation and user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and 1 year of free software updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, sixty 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
Plugin Pricing
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express license lets you 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, use the plugin with FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox, etc., restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders get backed up. Price = $47.00.
- Developer License – Backup Creator Developer allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal and client domains. You can also flip websites with the plugin installed. Note: Developer license 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).
Please Note: Current pricing for Backup Creator depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The pricing above was correct at the time this review was written. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the plugin developer when you visit the product website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after purchasing.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos of the plugin, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, customer helpdesk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
We Recommend
Performing regular backups of your website is an integral part of doing business online and disaster prevention. There are many great WordPress backup plugins available, but BackUp Creator doesn’t just perform backups, it also allows you to completely copy your sites and preconfigured WordPress installations.
For this reason, we strongly recommend choosing the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WordPress installations.
For more details, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone & Protect Your WordPress Sites
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