BackupBuddy The WordPress Backup Plugin That’s So Easy to Use
Without a backup plan, your WordPress website is at risk.
YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE COULD BE LOST FOREVER IF YOU DO NOT MAKE A BACKUP.
Because WordPress does not contain built-in backups, we created BackupBuddy in 2010 to address the demand for a reliable WordPress backup solution. If your server crashes, even your host backup may not be adequate. Hacks, malware, user error, deleting files, and performing improper commands are all examples of WordPress security vulnerabilities. All of these factors have the potential to severely destroy your WordPress site. Keeping a current backup of your WordPress website is crucial for website security. Backup Buddy is here to assist you.
You need a solid WordPress backup strategy to protect your online work.
BACKUPBUDDY COVERS ALL FOUR BACKUP ELEMENTS IN ONE SINGLE PLUGIN
Your backup solution needs four components to be successful. Some backup solutions cover some but not all, leaving your
website vulnerable. Backup Buddy covers all four backup elements in one single plugin.
COMPLETE WORDPRESS WEBSITE BACKUP
Back up your entire WordPress website (database + all WP files).
SCHEDULED, AUTOMATIC BACKUPS
Set up backup schedules to run automatically.
STORE WORDPRESS BACKUPS OFF-SITE
Send and store your backup files off-site in a safe, secure location.
RESTORE YOUR WORDPRESS SITE
Restore your WordPress website quickly & easily from a backup.
How Backup Buddy Makes it Easy to Backup Your WordPress Site
With just a few clicks, Backup Buddy backs up your entire WordPress website from within your WordPress dashboard. Backup Buddy makes the WordPress backup process into five simple steps.
BACKUPBUDDY BACKS UP EVERYTHING ON YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE
While other WordPress backup plugins only backup the WordPress database, Backup Buddy backs up your entire WordPress installation, making sure you have a copy of all your WordPress website files.
Backup Buddy’s backup includes everything needed to run your WordPress website. Backup all WordPress files, all files in the WordPress Media library, your WordPress themes and WordPress plugins, and more. Once Backup Buddy completes your backup, you get a downloadable zip file of your entire WordPress website.
- Pages
- Posts
- Widgets
- Comments
- Theme Files
- Plugin Files
- Theme & Plugin Settings
- WordPress Settings
- WordPress Database
- WordPress Core Files
- Users
- Media Library Uploads
- Custom Post Types
- Categories & Tags
- Images, Videos, etc.
With features designed to make your WordPress backups a snap.
If something goes wrong, rest easy. Backup Buddy backs up your whole WordPress site, provides scheduled backups, allows you to send/store backups remotely off-site, and has a process for quickly and easily restoring WordPress from a backup.
Customizable Backup Contents
Not all WordPress backups are alike. Run database, files-only or complete backups, or set up custom backup profiles.
Downloadable Backup Zip Files
After a backup completes, you can download a zip file of your entire WordPress website.
Scheduled Backups
Backup Buddy offers automatic WordPress backup schedules (hourly, twice daily, daily, every other day, bi-weekly, weekly, monthly and more).
Store Backup Files Remotely
Automatically send your backup files to several remote WordPress backup storage locations including Backup Buddy Stash, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox & more.
Instant Email Notifications
Know immediately when Backup Buddy finishes or needs attention so you can always be sure you have a current and useful backup of your website.
Restore WordPress with ImportBuddy
Backup Buddy includes tool called ImportBuddy to restore your WordPress site to a previous backup if something goes wrong.
With Backup Buddy, you can easily restore from a backup.
ALSO PRONOUNCED “SAVING YOUR BACON”
Backup Buddy’s WordPress backup and restore feature is quick and simple. Simply upload the ImportBuddy file and your backup zip file, and ImportBuddy will walk you through the steps to restore your entire WordPress website, including your content, themes, plugins, widgets and everything else.
Individual WordPress File Restore
View contents of text-based files (.php, .html, .htaccess, etc.) & restore individual WordPress files to their original location (undelete or “roll back” a file).
WordPress Database Rollback
Roll back your WordPress database with just a few clicks. Backup Buddy’s WordPress database rollback is useful for when you accidentally permanently delete a post, page or comment.
Complete WordPress Website Restore
Backup Buddy handles restoring your entire WordPress website back to its original glory, including all uploads, media library files, themes and plugin files.
Need to move or migrate a WordPress site? Backup Buddy handles that, too.
SAVE HOURS OF WORK (AND WE MEAN HOURS!)
Need to change hosts or domains for your WordPress site? You can do that with Backup Buddy, too. Backup Buddy helps you move a WordPress site to a new host or domain easily. Backup Buddy’s WordPress migration feature is a very popular feature for WordPress developers who build custom sites for clients locally or on a temporary domain and then move the entire site over to a live domain.
Change Hosts or Servers
Need to move your WordPress site to a new host or server? Backup Buddy allows you to move your entire WordPress site to a new host or server.
Change Your Domain / URL
Need to change the domain name of your WordPress site? That’s easy, too. BackupBuddy handles moving your website to a different domain or URL.
URL Replacement
BackupBuddy automatically replaces all the URLs when you migrate a site to a new domain. BackupBuddy even has a tool for replacing other text in your database.
WordPress Migration
Build a custom site for a client on a temporary domain or locally, and then move the entire site with themes over to a live client domain with BackupBuddy’s WordPress migration.
Clone WordPress
Make a copy of an existing WordPress website using a BackupBuddy backup to easily clone WordPress. Use your copy to quickly spin up a dev site.
WordPress Staging & Deployment
With BackupBuddy’s Deployment feature, you can set up a WordPress staging site and connect it with your existing site so you can push or pull changes in as few as two clicks.
Features for WordPress Security & WordPress Optimization
We also make a WordPress security plugin as a companion to BackupBuddy to secure and protect your WordPress site. BackupBuddy includes a few built-in WordPress security and WordPress optimization tools to help your website run safely and more efficiently.
Exclude Files & Database Tables
Choose which files (or database tables) to exclude from your backups. This is helpful if you have a folder with lots of high-res images or videos.
WordPress Malware Scan
BackupBuddy does a free malware scan of your site to make sure your site and your online reputation are squeaky clean with all the major blacklist checks.
WordPress Server Tools
Take a deep look at your server settings and capabilities. Our built-in server tools are super helpful for tracking down possible hosting problems.
Serialized Data
Most WordPress backup plugins just skip over serialized data, because it’s complicated to migrate properly.
Database Mass Text Replacement
Update text throughout your database. This is great for updating URLs, strings of text.
WordPress Cron Manager
View, delete or manually run WordPress scheduled CRON jobs on low-traffic sites.
Interactive Site Directory Map
Visualize what takes up the most space on your site. It’s really cool to dig through and view your files this way.
Database Scan & Repair
Scans and repairs common issues with your database.
Customize Backup Storage Limits
Limit the number and size of the backups you store so you don’t fill up your Stash account with 40 old backups.
Perks of Joining the iThemes Community
1 GB OF FREE BACKUPBUDDY STASH STORAGE SPACE
Send your backups to BackupBuddy Stash and don’t worry about the complications of other remote storage locations. You can even migrate a site using files from Stash without having to manually download and upload files to your server.
MANAGE WORDPRESS WEBSITES WITH A FREE 30-DAY TRIAL OF ITHEMES SYNC PRO
iThemes Sync Pro makes it easy to manage multiple WordPress sites from one dashboard. Sync has some awesome features for BackupBuddy users – like remote backups, backup scheduling and more. Try iThemes Sync Pro FREE for 30 days!
PRIVATE, TICKETED SUPPORT IF YOU NEED HELP
We try to make backing up and moving a WordPress site as easy as possible. But if you ever need help, our team of WordPress backup support experts are standing by. They understand BackupBuddy and wild server configurations like the back of their hand.