Living and doing business in the Electronic Age has many advantages. However, we also live in a place where we are constantly under the potential threat of digital theft, having our websites and social media accounts hacked into and our business and personal data stolen, manipulated or destroyed.
If you manage anything where data can be visited online like a blog or company website, then you need to always keep in mind website security and the urgency of having a web security and site recovery plan.
In addition to developing an internet security plan for your business, you will also want to prevent data loss from errors that can cause significant damage or disruption to your business. Having a way to restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that can only be appreciated once it’s too late.
You may also just want to save time. If parts of your business require setting up many websites or blogs, having a simple way to duplicate web site information from one site to another can be very convenient.
As the saying goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your web files, therefore, is absolutely necessary. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few website owners do it, or don’t do it as often as these things should be done.
Let’s face it … getting your site hacked, losing data, and accidentally doing things that wreck your site is all part of the reality of managing an online business presence. If this ever happens to you, then you will need a quick and easy way to recover old data, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and previous website data.
Fortunately, if your website or blog is powered by WordPress, then it’s easy to create backups of your WP database and website files, copy your site to another location and restore your old site and information.
Backup Creator – Backup, Clone & Keep Your WordPress Sites Protected
(Backup Creator – Backup, Clone And Keep Your WordPress Site Protected)
Plugin Description
The Backup Creator WordPress plugin is a “one-click” solution for scheduling and automating your website and data backups, copying your websites and blogs and keeping your WordPress web sites protected.
Once you have installed Backup Creator on your WP website, your settings for the plugin can be easily configured. You can set up scheduled backups to run automatically, email backups, backups using FTP, cloud backups, and remote backups using storage storage tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Amazon S3.
For more details go here: Backup Creator
Benefits
Here are just some of the many benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your website:
Be Up And Running In Minutes
Backup Creator is very easy to install. Just upload a zip file containing the plugin to your Plugins folder via your WP dashboard and activate.
After entering a license key, the plugin unlocks and the application will be ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes the entire process of backing up and restoring and protecting your blogs and sites very simple. All it takes is a few simple mouse clicks. This makes it a great backup tool for non-technical users.
Time-Saving Software
Apart from the time you will save restoring your information should you experience problems, Backup Creator can be especially useful for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar settings.
Once you’ve set up your prototype site, you can then create as many duplicates as you need. That’s a lot of time saved setting up new websites.
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Perform Large Backups: Often, owners of sites that contain lots data can experience problems with backups. Many 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 webhosting service and your server configuration.
- 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 vital to the success of your business, especially if your business depends on having your information available online.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator provides a number of features to website owners. Here are just some of these features:
- Instant Site Backups. Click one button to backup your website or blog. Once your site is backed up, you can then send your backup files securely to the destination of your choice. You can download the backup to your hard drive, send it to yourself via email, or even FTP the backup offsite.
- Restore Anywhere. Instantly restore your data and files to any destination you like. You can copy all content and files directly from another blog, upload via your browser or even transfer using FTP, Amazon S3, or Dropbox.
- Proprietary Technology. Backup Creator’s proprietary “Server-to-Server” technology allows rapid deployment of unlimited preconfigured client sites in a few seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- One-Time Automatic Backup Schedules: Once you set up your backup schedule, the software does the automatically. No FTP or cron jobs are required and there are no files to upload. Just choose your schedule and you are done.
- Use Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Manage, store, and restore all of your data backups in a 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 easily perform “one-click” backups …
The plugin backs up your sites and blogs in seconds …
You can easily restore your data any time you want using a number of methods …
You can also store your backup files in several locations …
Testimonials
Below are a couple of the testimonials that plugin users have submitted regarding Backup Creator:
”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 just backed up from my site http://mysite.com/customersite (I installed a wordpress installation under my own domain to let them see what they were getting)… when I restored it to their domain (http://customersite.com) EVERYTHING was fixed with all pointers regarding “mysite.com” removed…. Freakin Awesome… I figured I was going to copy and paste all the pages, pictures, etc… since I’m doing this part time, I figured about 2 nights of work…. NOT!!! This utility just paid for itself. Literally took about 5 minutes to complete.” Larry Tosten, Tosten.com
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”I had problems backing a big site (around 2GB) but this latest updates did it in no time at all … yeah!!!!” Serge Botans
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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for Backup Creator:
Document Your Site Processes In Real-Time.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all the steps needed to make a website or blog work “just right”, or writing out a blog setup manual, you can just set up your website or blog exactly how you want it, make a backup copy|make an exact duplicate of site and then restore it to a new location and you’ve now got an exact, “documented” copy of your blog setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up multiple sites using identical plugins, settings, and configurations in different niche areas. This could be for a regional company, or an insurance agency with branches in several locations, where each store will manage the content of their own separate blog. 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 your theme, etc. Now you can save lots of time and install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured blog every single time with just a couple of mouse clicks.
Copy A Web Site With Correct Internal Referencing URLs.
Simply backing up WordPress files and restoring file backups won’t duplicate your websites or blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WP database and make sure that your site URLs reference the new domain. Otherwise, your data will be restored to another domain, but still be referencing the old domain. That’s why it’s important to use a backup plugin that is specifically designed to clone sites. This lets you back up site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all the theme customizations, plugin and site settings and configurations included, once again, saving you hours – even weeks of work, and ensuring that all internal referencing links have been configured correctly.
Don’t Fix Serious Problems … Restore!
Here’s another useful time-saving tip: if your blog ever gets hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and causes some kind of damage to your site, don’t spend days or weeks trying to repair or figure out the problem, just make a backup of your broken site, delete your old site, then restore a previous working copy. Your site is now up and running again and you can send the damaged files to a WordPress troubleshooter who can then try to figure out how your site got interfered with and how to repair or identify any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more final tip:
Keep A Historical 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 bring things back to a simpler place. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of videos and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, the chances of losing information are quite low because you don’t have to be concerned about where everything has been stored or organized. Just go back to the time when you remember you had published that file, restore the backup (note: the backup can be retrieved from anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the file you need.
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. 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 hosts that support the plugin and any known issues with these.
”Lance was super-quick with a download issue” Jenn Dize, DollhouseSales.com
Product Price
The plugin is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express allows you to install the plugin on up to 5 personal domains that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Cost = $7.00.
- Ultimate Edition – Backup Creator Ultimate allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal URLs, as well as perform 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 Edition – Backup Creator Developer lets you 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).
Note: Current pricing for the Backup Creator software depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the product retails for the prices shown above. This may not be the actual pricing charged by the software author when you visit the plugin 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 Information
For a demo video showing how the software works, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support help desk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
Our Recommendation
Performing regular backups of your website’s data and files is an important part of doing business online and ensuring that your website 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 completely copy your sites.
For this reason, we highly recommend choosing the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WP web sites.
For more details, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Backup, Duplicate & Keep Your WP Web Site Protected
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