A staggering 30,000 websites are attacked each day, according to Sophos Labs. That’s a lot of blood, sweat, and tears from WordPress developers gone to waste. Some people might still believe that only adult and gambling websites transmitted malicious code used in online phishing schemes, but most hackers today use harmless small business websites. Once a hacker’s work has been discovered, it is often too late to save a WordPress site’s valuable data. Backups offered through your hosting provider are not enough when it comes to restoring your website since many of them hold their customers responsible for backup liability. With the help of these four best backup plugins for WordPress, you can not only prevent your site from being used for malicious purposes but also restore its data in the event of an emergency.
BackupBuddy
BackupBuddy is a premium plugin offered through the iThemes collection that makes it easy for you to schedule automatic backups. Backup as minimally or extensively as you like by choosing certain files and tables to leave out of the backup process. The greatest benefit of BackupBuddy is that it allows you to regularly back up your database while backing up less frequently updated files on an occasional basis, saving time and data. BackupBuddy even offers malware and database scans to protect your data from hackers, database repair, and a mass text replacement tool that allows developers to make major changes to large sections of data. BackupBuddy is also compatible with BackupBuddy Stash, Amazon S3, Dropbox, FTP, Rackspace Cloud and your email client.
Notable Features:
- 1GB of free storage space
- Update testing before live release
- Multiple automatic backups with independent settings
- User-friendly configuration in minutes
- Scheduled daily, weekly or monthly backups
- Site restoration through ImportBuddy
VaultPress
VaultPress offers database backup and security scanning from none other than the creators of WordPress. VaultPress is a premium module that works with the Jetpack plugin, making it highly accessible for WordPress users. While VaultPress is free on WordPress.org, you must subscribe to use the service. Lite, Basic, and Premium plans all provide a variety of options. Under the Lite plan, you have access to daily backups for a single website. The automatic restoration tool makes it easy to restore data in the event of an accident. The Basic plan offers real-time backups, and the Premium plan upgrades with priority support and daily security scans to help prevent hacking.
Notable Features:
- Backs up your site automatically every day
- Built-in storage
- One-click repairs through the WordPress or VaultPress dashboard
- Support for site repair and restorations
- Daily malware scan and threat analysis
- One-click repairs on Premium
UpDraftPlus
UpDraftPlus is a free plugin that has achieved the highest ranking among all backup plugins on WordPress.org, and for good reason. UpDraftPlus is unique in its ability to extend to fit all the needs of your individual website. The plugin offers many add-on options, including a site duplicator and migrator that makes it quick and easy to make a copy of your website or move it onto another server. The premium version offers even more useful security features that will give you peace of mind from the many threats around the Web. This plugin offers storage compatibility with AmazonS3, Dropbox, Google Drive, Rackspace Cloud, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, OpenStack, and more.
Notable Features:
- Flexible site restoration for files, database, or website
- Automated backups on multiple schedules
- Data encryption and backups for security
- Automatic upload retry
- Premium customer support
BackWPUP
BackWPUP is an unique platform that integrates into your WordPress dashboard. This plugin is one of the most popular free version plugins available thanks to its automatic backup and restoration process. The premium version offers database scanning, repair and optimization all in one for added convenience. BackupWPUP is compatible with S3, FTP, RackSpaceCloud, Google Drive, SugarSync, and Dropbox.
Notable Features:
- Daily and weekly automatic backups
- Step-by-step restoration
- Database repair and optimization tool
- Storage format variety
- Premium customer support
With so many variables that can take down a website, even the best plugin or hosting backups may not be enough to keep your website optimized for security and storage. From storage to security, the best time to prepare your website is before a problem arises.
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Not sure where to start or need help setting up one of these site backup plugins, contact us online or call (817) 642-9686 for help in ensuring that your website is protected from online threats.
