Living and doing business in the Digital Age has many advantages. However, we also live in a world where we are constantly under the potential threat of online theft, having our web files hacked into and our business and personal data destroyed.
If you own anything where information can be accessed online like a blog or company website, then you need to always keep in mind website security and the urgency of creating a digital security and site recovery plan.
As well as having an internet security and site recovery plan for your business, you will also want to prevent loss of data from accidents that can set your business back. Having a way to completely restore your site, files or data in extreme situations is something that can only be appreciated once tragedy has struck.
Then again, you may also want to save time. If your business involves setting up multiple websites or blogs, having an efficient way to copy site data from one site to another can be quite convenient.
As any wise webmaster eventually learns, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your WordPress website, therefore, is absolutely necessary. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, very few people do it, or don’t do it as often as it should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and accidentally doing things that wreck your site is all part of doing business online. If something tragic were to ever happen to you, then you would need a way to restore lost files, restore your site to an earlier version, or complete reinstall your site and information.
Fortunately, if your website or blog is powered by WordPress, then it’s easy to create backups of your WP database and site files, clone your site to another location and restore your old site and information.
Backup Creator – Back Up, Clone And Keep Your WordPress Web Site Protected
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Protect Your WP Websites And Blogs)
Plugin Description
Backup Creator is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to schedule and automate your site and data backups, clone all of your sites and content and keep your WordPress websites and blogs protected with just a few mouse-clicks.
After installing the plugin on your website or blog, you can quickly and easily configure your settings for the plugin. You can set up backups to run automatically, backups via email, FTP backups, backups via the cloud, or even store backups remotely using 3rd-party hosting tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, or Amazon (S3).
Learn more about the plugin here: Backup Creator
Benefits Of Using Backup Creator
Here are just some of the benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Installation Is Easy, Quick And Simple
Backup Creator is really easy to install. Just upload a zip folder containing the plugin to your Plugins folder via your dashboard and activate.
Enter the license code to unlock your plugin and the software will be ready to use.
Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes it very simple to instantly back up, restore and protect your blogs and web sites. It only takes a few simple mouse clicks. No web programming skills are required.
Time-Saving Tool
As well as saving time recovering your site should something cause irreparable problems for your site, Backup Creator can be especially useful for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with identical settings.
Just set up your master website and then clone as many duplicates as you need. That’s a lot of valuable time saved setting up and configuring new sites.
Additional benefits and advantages include:
- Backs Up Big Sites: Often, owners of very large websites can experience serious difficulties performing backups. Backup Creator users report being able to easily perform backups of large sites. Note: the plugin’s ability to back up sites containing large amounts of data depends on your hosting service and your server settings.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data can be easily restored should any kind of problem affect your site is vital to the success of your business, especially if things depend on having your information available online.
Plugin Features
Backup Creator offers a number of great features to website owners. Here are just some:
- Instant Site Backups. One button is all you need to click to back up your site. Once your site is backed up, you can then ship it to the storage destination of your choice. Download your backup file to your hard drive, send it to yourself via email, or even FTP the backup to an offsite location.
- Restore Anywhere. Instantly restore your data and files to any destination you like. You can clone all content and files straight from another blog, upload using your browser or even transfer remotely 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 client sites pre-configured in just seconds, without using FTP.
Additional features include:
- Set Up Automatic Back Up Schedules: Once you set up your backup schedule, the software takes over and does the work automatically for you. No FTP or cron jobs are required and there are no files to upload. Just choose your schedule and you are done.
- Works With Remote FTP & Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Store, manage, and restore all of your data backups in one single offsite location and from anywhere around 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 the plugin has been installed, you can easily perform “one-click” backups …
The plugin backs up everything in seconds …
You can restore your backups whenever you want using several methods …
You can also store your backups in several locations …
Feedback From Users
Here are a couple of the testimonials and feedback plugin users have provided for 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 am using Hostgator, have backed up a number of wp sites at least three times with no problems. It’s amazing how fast this works. Twice when I backed up a pretty big site, the time on the back up file appearing in my email in box was within a minute to 2 minutes of when it was posted as backed up on my computer. Your manual was so complete and easy to follow I was able to figure it out and do the back up the first time with no problems at all. Often I find techies are not all that good with explaining the how to of their tools. Not you guys. It was so clear and easy to use, it was done before I knew it.” Pat Wiklund, TakeChargeAndMoveOn.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 Backup Creator:
Instant Documentation Of Site Processes.
Instead of spending loads of time documenting all the steps required to make your website or blog work “just right”, or writing out a blog setup manual, you can just set up your blog exactly how you want it, make a backup copy|reproduce your site and then restore it to 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 a number of sites using identical plugins, settings, and configurations in other niches. This could be for a national company, or a real estate agency with offices in various locations, where each office will manage the content of 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. You can now instantly install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured website every time with just a few mouse clicks.
Copy A Web Site With Correct Internal Reference Links.
Simply downloading WP files and restoring file backups won’t duplicate your websites or blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WP database and ensure that your links point to the new domain. Otherwise, your data will be restored to another domain, but still be referencing the old location. That’s why you need to have a WordPress backup plugin that was specifically developed to clone sites. This allows you to back up site “A” and restore it to site “B” with all your 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 Fix Serious Problems … Restore!
Here’s another useful 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 broken site, delete everything, and restore a previous working version. Your site will be instantly back and you can send the damaged site’s files to a WordPress expert who can then try to figure out how your site got interfered with and how to fix or report any vulnerabilities.
Here’s one more tip:
Archive Your Site’s Changes Over Time.
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 digital presence began? Or maybe you’ve made your site so complex and would like to return to a place of simplicity. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles and want to get these back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing important data are minimal because you no longer have to be concerned about where everything has been stored or organized. Just recall the time you remember you had that content, restore the backup (note: the backup can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve the file you need.
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 software upgrades and new releases with their purchase, backed by a no-risk, sixty day, full 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 – Backup Creator Express edition lets you install the plugin on up to 5 personal sites that you own. You can perform unlimited backups and restores only. Cost = $7.00.
- Ultimate License – Backup Creator Ultimate allows you to install the plugin on unlimited personal domains, as well as schedule automatic backups, send email backups as an attachment, back up and restore over FTP, Amazon S3, Dropbox plus Backup Creator Cloud, restore backups from browser uploads and choose which folders get backed up. Cost = $47.00.
- Developer License – 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 after purchasing one of the other editions. Cost = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Please Note: The cost of purchasing Backup Creator can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. The above reflects the current price when this content was published. This may or may not be the actual price charged by the plugin seller 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 the latest pricing information:
Additional Plugin Information
For ”how to” videos showing how the software works, 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 WordPress site’s files and database is an essential aspect of doing good website maintenance and ensuring that your business 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 properly clone your sites and pre-configured WP installations.
For this reason, we strongly recommend choosing the Backup Creator plugin to backup, clone and protect your WP sites.
To learn more, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Backup, Clone And Keep Your WordPress Website Protected
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