One of the unfortunate consequences of doing business in today’s virtual economy is that we are continuously under the potential threat of becoming victims of cyber theft, having our websites and social media accounts hacked into and our business and personal data stolen and manipulated.
If you manage any business assets like a blog or website, then you need to carefully consider online security and the importance of creating a web security plan.
In addition to creating an internet security and website recovery plan for your business, you will also want to prevent losing important data 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 most people only appreciate after it’s too late.
You may also just want to save time. If you need to set up multiple websites or blogs, having an efficient way of duplicating web site information from one site to another would be very convenient.
As the saying goes, “it’s better to be safe than sorry.” Backing up your website files, therefore, is not just important, it is imperative. The truth, however, is that left to their own devices, website owners almost never do it, or don’t do it as often as this should be done.
Let’s face it … getting hacked, losing data, and installing malware that bring down your site is all part of the reality of doing business online. If disaster ever strikes, then you will need a quick and easy way to recover lost content, restore your site to an earlier version, or even complete reinstall your site and data.
Fortunately, if you use WordPress, then you can easily 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 And Protect Your WP Website
(Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate & Protect Your WP Web Site)
Plugin Description
The Backup Creator WP plugin is a “one-click” solution for performing backups of your website’s data and files, copying all of your sites and keeping your WordPress websites protected.
After installing and activating the plugin on your website, the plugin settings can be easily configured. You can configure automatic backups, backups via email, FTP backups, cloud backups, or even remote backups using third-party storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, and Amazon (S3).
For more details go here: Backup Creator
Plugin Benefits
Here are just some of the benefits of using Backup Creator to schedule and automate WordPress backups on your site:
Fast And Easy Installation
Backup Creator installs just like every WP plugin. Just upload a zip file that contains the plugin files to your Plugins folder via your WordPress dashboard and activate.
Enter the license key and the application will be ready to use.
Really Simple To Use
Backup Creator makes it very simple to back up, restore and protect your blogs and sites. It only takes a few simple mouse clicks. No web coding experience is necessary.
Time-Saving Software
As well as saving time and the peace of mind you will feel knowing that your information can be quickly and easily retrieved should something cause irreparable problems for your site, Backup Creator is an especially useful and time-saving tool for anyone who needs to set up multiple WordPress sites with similar or identical settings.
Once you’ve set up your master site, you can then create as many copies as you need to any new sites you have set up. That’s a lot of time saved setting up and configuring new sites.
Some additional benefits include the following:
- Perform Large Backups: Often, owners of very large websites can experience problems with backups. Plugin 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 configuration.
- Peace Of Mind: We’ve mentioned this point already, but it’s worth repeating again. Knowing that your data can be restored should anything happen to your site is priceless, especially if your business depends on having your information available online.
Features
Backup Creator provides many great features to WordPress users. Here are just a few of these:
- Instant Site Backups. Click 1 button to backup your entire website or blog. Once your site is backed up, you can then send your backup files securely to the storage destination of your choice. You can download the backup file to your hard drive, email it to yourself, or even FTP the backup offsite.
- Restore Backups Instantly. Instantly restore your WP website to any destination you like. You can copy it directly 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 allows fast deployment of unlimited pre-configured client sites in just seconds, without the use of FTP.
Additional features include:
- Automatic Scheduling: Once you set up your backup schedule, the plugin 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.
- Works With Remote FTP & Cloud Storage Solutions Like Dropbox, Google Drive, And Amazon S3. Store all of your data backups in one 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 perform complete backups with just one click …
Your site will be backed up in seconds …
You can easily restore your backups any time you want using several methods …
You can also store your backup files remotely, or in the cloud …
Testimonials
Below are just a few of the testimonials that plugin users have written about 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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”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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”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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Useful Tips
Here are some great uses for this tool:
Document Your Site Processes As You Go.
Instead of spending so much time documenting all of the processes you would normally have to document in order to create new sites, you can just set up your site exactly how you want it, back it up|copy your site and then restore it on a new location and now you’ve got an exact, “documented” copy of your blog setup.
For example, let’s say that you want to set up multiple blogs that contain identical plugins and settings in other niche markets. This could be for a national food service outlet, or a real estate agency with offices in different locations, where each branch will run their own separate website. Think of all the time spent tweaking and finetuning your discussion settings, widgets and sidebars, configuring different plugins and navigation menus, creating the main content sections, customizing your theme, etc. You can now instantly install a fully-functioning, perfectly configured blog every time with only a couple of mouse clicks.
Clone A Website With Correct Destination Links.
Simply downloading WP files and restoring WP files won’t clone your blogs successfully. You also need to copy the WordPress database and ensure that your data references the new domain. Otherwise, your database data will be restored to another website, but still be referencing the old location. This is why it’s important to have a WordPress backup plugin that is specifically created for cloning. This allows you to perform a backup of site ”A” in seconds and restore it to site ”B” in minutes with all the theme customizations, plugins, settings and configurations intact, and everything will be pointing to the new site (i.e. site “B”), instead of referencing the old one (site “A”).
Don’t Waste Time Fixing Serious Problems … Restore!
Here’s another practical time-saving tip: if your website ever gets hacked, or an unauthorized user somehow gets in and causes damage to your site, instead of spending days or weeks trying to repair the problem, just make a backup of your site, delete everything, and restore a previous working copy. Your site is now functional again and you can then send the damaged files to a WP 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 last tip:
Keep A Historical Record Of Your Website.
Imagine that a few years from now 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 changed things around on your site so much and would like to return to a simpler place. Perhaps you’ve accidentally deleted a bunch of articles and want to get those back.
If you keep a weekly backup of your site, your chances of losing important data are extremely low because you no longer have to be concerned about where things are stored or organized. Just go back to the time you remember you had published that content, restore the backup (note: it can be located anywhere, even on a test site) and retrieve the data you need.
Plugin 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. Support for this plugin includes a detailed step-by-step online installation and user guide, video tutorials, support helpdesk and one year of free upgrades and new releases with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, sixty day, full money-back 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
Software Pricing
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 domains, as well as perform automatic backups, 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 – Backup Creator developer license lets you install the plugin on unlimited personal and client domains. 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. Price = $100.00 (+ the cost of purchasing either the Express or Ultimate plugin editions).
Note: Pricing details of the Backup Creator product can vary, depending on whether there are any promotions or limited-time specials being offered. When we last checked, the product is selling for the amounts shown above. This may not be the actual price set by the software author when you visit the plugin website 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 ”how-to” videos of the plugin in action, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, testimonials, contact details and more, visit the Backup Creator website.
We Recommend
Performing regular backups of your site’s files and database is a vital 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 properly copy your sites and preconfigured WordPress installations.
For this reason, we highly recommend using Backup Creator to backup, clone and protect your WP websites.
For full details, visit the plugin website: Backup Creator – Back Up, Duplicate And Protect Your WP Web Site
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