WordPress Backup and restore plugins: selection criteria and comparison
Compare features, licenses and deployment needs.
Source description: “Trusted by 60M+ sites: The gold standard for WordPress migration and backup. Migrate, backup, and restore your WordPress…” Deployment: WordPress 3.3 / PHP 5.3. Listed version 7.112. 5,000,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
UpdraftPlus covers WordPress backup, restoration and migration to a different host or domain. Backups can be scheduled or started manually, giving site operators both recurring and on-demand workflows.
Source description: “Improve your WP security with powerful one-click tools like backup, WAF, and malware scan. Includes free tools like…” Deployment: WordPress 7.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 16.3.1. 3,000,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “The best WordPress backup and migration plugin. Quickly and easily backup ,migrate, copy, move, or clone your site…” Deployment: WordPress 5.3 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 5.0.6. 1,000,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “All-in-one WordPress backup, migration and staging plugin — schedule automatic backups, restore in one click, and migrate or…” Deployment: WordPress 4.5 / PHP 5.6. Listed version 0.9.136. 900,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Backup, restores, and migration with Backuply are fairly simple with a wide range of storage options from Local…” Deployment: WordPress 4.7 / PHP 5.5. Listed version 1.5.9. 600,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Back up, restore, and protect your WordPress website with automated backups, cloud storage, one-click recovery, and AI-assisted backup…” Deployment: WordPress 5.3 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 5.7.8. 400,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Backup, restore, and migrate WordPress sites fast. Supports TAR, remote backups, multi schedules, and full multisite compatibility.” Deployment: WordPress 6.0 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 3.1.23.6. 200,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “WordPress backup plugin: backups, restore & migration in minutes. Clone or duplicate your site, test updates on a…” Deployment: WordPress 3.6 / PHP 7.0. Listed version 4.17.0. 100,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Everything you need to sell WordPress maintenance and manage multiple sites effortlessly: backup, update, uptime monitoring, and security.” Deployment: WordPress 5.8 / PHP 7.4. Listed version 2.28.0. 90,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Simple automated backups of your WordPress-powered website.” Deployment: WordPress 3.9 / PHP not specified. Listed version 3.14. 80,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Source description: “Backup, migrate, and create staging sites with free cloud storage and support.” Deployment: WordPress 4.6 / PHP 5.6. Listed version 2.1.7. 80,000 active installations reported by WordPress.org.