One of the downsides of doing business in today’s online world is that we are continuously under the potential threat of identity theft, having our websites and social media accounts being infected by malicious software and our business and personal data stolen and manipulated.
If you own or manage any business assets like a blog or website, then you need to pay careful attention to online security and the importance of developing an internet security and data recovery plan.
As well as developing an internet security plan for your business, you will also want to prevent losing data from accidents that can set your business back. Having a way to fully restore your site, files or data in extreme cases is something that many people only appreciate after tragedy has struck.
You may also just want to save time. If your business requires setting up multiple websites or blogs, having a smart way of cloning site data from one website to another can be really convenient.
As any wise webmaster knows, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress blog, therefore, is absolutely necessary. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, site owners almost never 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 changing things that disrupt your site is all part of the reality of running a digital presence. If this ever happens to you, then you will need a way to recover lost information, get back an earlier version of your site, or complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then there’s an easy software-based application that allows you to create backups of your WP database and website or blog files, copy your website to another location and restore your old site and information.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Keep Your WordPress Site Protected
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone & Keep Your WordPress Website Protected)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a “one-click” solution for scheduling and automating your website and data backups, cloning all of your sites and content and keeping your WordPress websites and blogs protected.
After installing Backup Creator on your web site, the plugin settings can be easily configured. You can configure scheduled backups to run automatically, backups using email, backups via FTP, backups via the cloud, or even store backups remotely using data hosting solutions from Dropbox, Google Drive, and Amazon (S3).
For more details, visit the plugin site here: Backup Creator
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits and advantages of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your web site:
Installation Is Easy And Fast
Backup Creator installs like every other WordPress plugin. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Once you’ve entered your license code, the plugin unlocks and the software will be ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes it very simple to instantly backup, restore and protect your blogs and web sites. It only takes a few simple mouse clicks. This makes Backup Creator an ideal backup tool for non-technical users.
Time-Saving Plugin
Apart from saving time and benefiting from the peace of mind of knowing that your site can be instantly restored in the event of an irreparable problem, Backup Creator is a massive time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar or identical configurations.
Once you’ve set up your master site, you can then create as many duplicates as you want. That’s a lot of time saved setting up and configuring new websites.
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Perform Large Backups: Often, owners of very large websites can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Backup Creator users report being able to easily perform data backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to perform backups above certain sizes may depend 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 restored should any kind of disaster affect your site is priceless, especially if things depend on your site being up and running.
Backup Creator Features
Backup Creator provides many great features to website owners. Here are just a few of these:
- Instant Backup. One button is all you need to click to instantly backup your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then send your backup files securely to the storage location of your choice. You can download your backup to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP the backup offsite.
- Instantly Restore Backups To Any WordPress Site Or Blog. Instantly restore your data and files to any destination you like. You can copy files directly from another WordPress, upload using 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 pre-configured in a few seconds, without FTP.
Additional features include:
- One-Time Automatic Backup Schedules: Set up your backup schedule one time and the plugin takes over. There are no files to upload and no cron jobs or FTP is required. Simply select your schedule and you’re done.
- Back Up With Remote FTP And Cloud Storage Services Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. manage, store, and restore all of your site backups in one 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 whenever you want using various methods …
You can also store your backup files remotely, or in the cloud …
User Testimonials
Below are some of the testimonials that users have written about Backup Creator:
”My company manages hundreds of websites in the cleaning industry. Your Backup Creator Plug-In is just what we needed. It’s changing the way we do business.” John Braun, HitManAdvertising.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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”Love It – Really Works Great! One of the few things I have bought that REALLY works. just starting out, so going to set up a site and then copy, copy, copy!” Carolyn Skipper, Skipperworks.info
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Plugin Tips
Here are some great uses for the Backup Creator plugin:
Real-Time Documentation Of Site Processes.
Instead of spending loads of time documenting all of the steps needed to make a website or blog work “just right”, or writing out a blog setup manual, you can simply set up your site exactly how you want it, back it up|make an exact replica of site and then restore it on another 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 several blogs including identical plugins, settings, and configurations in different niches. This could be for a nationwide company, or a travel agency with branches in different locations, where each store will look after 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 the theme, etc. Now you can save loads of time and install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured site every single time with just a few mouse clicks.
Restore A Backup To A Different Blog With Correct Internal Links.
Simply downloading WP files and uploading file backups won’t clone your sites successfully. You also need to copy the WordPress database and ensure that your site URLs point to the new domain. Otherwise, your data will be restored to another location, but still be pointing back to the old location. That’s why you need to have a backup plugin that has been specifically created for cloning. This allows you to back up site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site “B” with all the themes, plugin and site settings and configurations intact, and everything will be pointing to the new site (i.e. site “B”), instead of the old one (site “A”).
Don’t Waste Time Fixing Serious Problems … Just Restore!
Here’s another practical time-saving tip: if your site did get hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and causes damage to your site, don’t spend days or weeks trying to repair or figure out the problem, just make a backup of your files and database, delete everything, and restore a previous working copy. Your site is now functional again and you can send the damaged 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 last tip:
Keep A Historical Record Of Your Web Site’s Changes.
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 your business online began? Or maybe you’ve changed things around on your site so much and would like to restore things to a place of simplicity. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of videos and other important content and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing important files are minimal because you no longer need to worry about where you have stored or organized everything. Just recall the time you remember you had published that file, restore the backup (note: it can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and grab the file you need.
Support
Backup Creator is a robust and well-supported WordPress plugin. It was authored 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 software upgrades and new releases with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, sixty day, complete money-back guarantee.
Note: Check the plugin website for a list of web hosts that support the plugin and any known issues with these.
“Your service is fantastic!” Steve Dougherty, WP3Guide.com
Software Price
Backup Creator is available in the following editions:
- Express – Backup Creator Express lets you install the plugin on up to 5 personal domains that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Price = $7.00.
- Ultimate – Backup Creator Ultimate edition lets you 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 are backed up. Cost = $47.00.
- Developer Edition – Backup Creator Developer allows you to 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 the product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. The price shown above was current at the time this review was written. This may not be the actual price set by the software seller when you visit the product website and there may be additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for current pricing details:
Additional Information
For ”how-to” videos showing how the plugin works, 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 a vital aspect of doing good website maintenance and disaster prevention. There are many great WP backup plugins available, but BackUp Creator doesn’t just perform backups, it also allows you to fully clone your sites.
For this reason, we highly recommend using the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WP sites.
To learn more, check out the plugin here: Backup Creator – Backup, Clone And Protect Your WP Websites
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