One of the downsides of doing business in today’s cyber economy is that we are constantly under the potential threat of digital theft, having our digital files hacked into and our business and personal data wiped out.
If you own any online assets like a website, then you need to always keep in mind online security and the importance of implementing an digital business security plan.
In addition to creating an internet security and website recovery plan for your business, you will also want to protect your data from mistakes that can result in losing important data and 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 once it’s too late.
You may also just want to save time. If you need to set up many websites or blogs, having a time-saving way to copy site information from one website to another would be very convenient.
As the old adage goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress digital data, therefore, is imperative. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few people ever do it, or don’t do it as often as it should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and installing programs that end up breaking your site is all part of doing business online. If something this tragic were to ever happen to you, then you would need an easy and quick way to recover old data, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and previous website data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then it’s easy to create backups of your WP database and web site files, copy your site to another location and restore your old site and information.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone And Protect Your WP Web Site
(Backup Creator – Backup, Clone & Keep Your WP Site Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to backup your sites, duplicate all of your blogs and content and keep your WordPress web sites protected with just a few mouse-clicks.
Once you have installed and activated the software on your website or blog, your plugin settings can be quickly and easily configured. You can set up backups to run automatically, email backups, backups via FTP, cloud backups, or even remote backups using 3rd-party data hosting applications from Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon (S3).
For more details go here: Backup Creator
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your website:
Fast And Easy Installation
Backup Creator is really easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your admin area and activate.
After entering a license key, the plugin unlocks and the software is ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes it very simple to instantly back up, restore and protect your blogs and sites. All it takes is a few mouse clicks. Backup Creator is a great backup tool for non-technical users.
Saves Loads Of Time
As well as the time you will save recovering your data should your site experience any kind of loss, Backup Creator can be especially useful for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar or identical configurations.
Once you’ve set up your master website, you can instantly clone as many copies as you want. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new sites.
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Perform Large Backups: Often, owners of websites that contain huge amounts of data can experience problems with backups. Plugin users report being able to easily perform data backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes depends on your hosting service and how your server has been configured.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data can be quickly and easily recovered should anything happen to your site is a priceless benefit, especially when your business depends on having your information available online.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator provides many features to website owners. Here are just a few of these:
- Create Instant Backups. One button is all you need to click to back up your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship your backup to the storage location of your choice. Download it to your hard drive, send it to yourself via email, or even FTP your backup offsite.
- Restore Backups Instantly To Any Destination. Instantly restore your site to any destination you like. You can copy data directly from another website, upload via your browser or even transfer from FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology ensures that you can quickly and easily deploy any number of pre-configured client sites in a few seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Set up your backup schedule one time and the plugin takes over and does the work for you. There are no files to upload and no cron jobs or FTP is required. Just choose your schedule and you’re done.
- Choose From Remote FTP & Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Manage, store, and restore all of your backups in a single offsite storage location and from anywhere 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.)
Once BackUp creator has been installed, you can perform “one-click” backups anytime you want …
Your site will be backed up in seconds …
You can restore your backed up files easily any time you want using several data restore methods …
You can also store your backup files in several locations …
User Testimonials
Below are a few of the testimonials users have submitted regarding the Backup Creator plugin:
”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 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 this plugin:
Document Your Site Processes As You Go.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all the processes necessary to make a website or blog work “just right”, or writing out a website setup manual, you can just set up your blog exactly how you want it, back it up|make an exact replica of site and then restore it somewhere else 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 containing identical settings and configurations in different niches. This could be for a nationwide retailer, or a real estate agency with offices in different locations, where each office will run 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 instantly install a fully-functioning, completely configured blog every single time with only a few mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup To Another Blog With Correct Internal Referencing URLs.
Simply backing up WordPress files and restoring WordPress files won’t clone your websites or blogs successfully. You also have to copy the WP database and ensure that your links reference the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another site, but still be referencing the old site. That’s why you need to use 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, plugins, settings and configurations included, once again, saving you hours – even weeks of work, and ensuring that all links have been configured correctly.
Don’t Waste Time Fixing Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another great 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 files and database, delete your old site, then restore a previous working copy. Your site is now instantly back and you can send the damaged site’s files to a WP troubleshooting expert who can then try to understand how your site got broken into and how to fix or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one final tip:
Archive Your Site’s Changes Over Time.
Imagine a few years from now that your business has grown and transformed into an online success. Wouldn’t it be great to show people how your business online got started? Or maybe you’ve made your site so complicated and would like to return to a place of simplicity. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles or videos and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, the chances of losing data are almost negligible because you don’t need to worry about where you have stored or organized everything. Just go back to the time you remember you had published that content, restore your backup (note: your backup can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the file 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 one year of free updates and new releases with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, sixty day, 100% refund guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of web hosting 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
Plugin Pricing
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express License – Backup Creator Express license lets you install the plugin on up to 5 personal domains 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 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. Price = $47.00.
- Developer – Backup Creator Developer lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal and client URLs. 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: Pricing for this product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the pricing when this content was published. This may not be the actual price set by the plugin author when you visit the site and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after you’ve purchased.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Plugin Info
For a demo video showing plugin usage, including installation instructions and tutorials, FAQs, support 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 part of doing good website maintenance and ensuring that your business remains protected from disaster. There are many great WP backup plugins available, but BackUp Creator doesn’t just perform backups, it also allows you to properly copy your sites and preconfigured WP installations.
For this reason, we strongly recommend using the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WordPress sites.
For complete details, visit the plugin website here: Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone And Protect Your WP Websites And Blogs
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