6 best add-ons for taking backups of your site

 up your site , you can do the backup manually using your site control panel (cPanel) provided by the hosting provider, or rely on ready-made plugins.
In this article, we will provide you with the best add-ons with which you can back up your site, explaining the pros and cons of each of them through user experiences.

 

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1.Add UpdraftPlus

UpdraftPlus is currently the most popular WordPress backup plugin today, installed by over 3 million active users with a 4.8 star rating. 

A backup extension should work by running full backups of your files and database, and sometimes letting you customize the files you want to back up.

This extension has a free version that also comes with the basic features, and you can easily set up full, manual or scheduled backups of all your website files including your database.

A quick look at how to deal with the addition 

After doing a search for ‘UpdraftPlus’ extension and installing it on your site, go to the extension and choose the Settings tab and see the most important settings required in the following figure

Here are some of the pros and cons of UpdraftPlus:

Positives:

• The support team is constantly fixing bugs
• Automatic scheduled backup capability
• Possibility to make incremental incremental backups (in paid version)
• Excellent cloud backup options to reduce hosting load
• Outstanding user interface and easy to handle
• Make a backup during the update for any addition of a feature and a defect, the feature is that the site does not fall due to the update (the defect will be mentioned in the negatives)
• His updates are constant and regular

Negatives:

• The paid add-on is expensive ($70)  
• The free plugin does not work on MultiSites and the paid version must be purchased ( note: Multisite is a special feature in WordPress that enables you to create multiple sites, and each site has its own WordPress control panel, but they are interconnected)
• The feature of transferring the site from one server to another server (or even to a subdomain) Migration only works on the paid version
• In the event of updating any extension, an automatic backup is made, and this increases the storage space on the hosting 
• Copying may take a long time
• Many features like Migration and clone should get the paid version
• Backup not working if SSL certificate expires
• It does not have a security scan against malware

 

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2. Add Duplicator 

 Duplicator is mainly used to migrate and migrate any WordPress sites to another site or subdomain but it also has powerful backup features, it’s free and easy to use and gives you stable backups, installed by over 1 million active users and 4.9 stars rating., It has both free and paid versions (Price starts at $69/year)

A quick look at how to deal with the addition 

After doing a search for the Duplicator extension, installing it, and adding it, go to the extension and select it. The following figure will appear. Put the name of the copy and you can put a password for the resulting zip file if you want. As for the features of the MySQL server, do not change it (for the advanced user)

The site will be scanned and then a Build button will appear, click on it to start copying

The pros and cons of adding a duplicator are as follows

Positives:

• The extension gives you email notifications of events such as a backup failure (in the paid version) 
• Easy User Interface
• The ability to back up the multisite (in the paid version)
• Migration site feature 
• Warning message feature during copying of large contents such as videos and images 
• Special support for developers ( inspirationfeed reference)

Negatives:

• Premium technical support for the paid version only 
• There is a scheduled backup in the paid version only  
• No more than 500MB can be backed up in the free version
• Duplicator working with wordfence
• No incremental backup
• Some knowledge of server and database settings is required  
• You need technical expertise to upload files via FTP

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3. Add BackWPup 

One of the popular backup plugins that has been installed by more than 700,000 active users, rated 4.4 out of five stars, comes in two versions, the first is free and the second is paid, with a price starting at $69 per year. In the cloud, it allows automatically scheduling backups and restoring a WordPress site from backup is easy and simple.

A quick look at how to deal with the addition 

After doing a search for the BackWPup extension, installing and adding it, go to the extension and select Add New Job. The following figure will appear to you with an explanation of the most important requirements 

After saving, go to functions and press the Run button to start copying as follows

Some of the pros and cons of Adding BackWPup are as follows

Positives:

• good support team
•  Send notifications by e-mail
• Secure and encrypted backup
• Storage of several types of compressed files (zip, tar, tar.gz)
• There are cloud copies on several platforms (google drive, dropbox, oneDrive, Azure etc.)

Negatives:

• User interface may be difficult for beginners
• Cloud storage in the paid version only 
• Restore Pro . only
• It does not support multisites
• No security and malware scanning

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4. Add blogvaultblogvault 

Rated 4.2 stars, Active installations Over 70k, Popular backup service Creates offsite backups independently on BlogVault servers, so there will be no load on your server, Creates automatic website backup daily and allows You do a manual backup as well as an incremental backup.

A quick look at how to deal with the addition 

After doing a search for the blogvault plugin, installing it and adding it, go to the plugin and choose it, then do the following

After the work has begun, you will be sent to create an account on the blogvault website, then a backup copy will be made from all the site, and after the process is completed, choose to look at the site details as follows

It shows you all the details with the possibility of controlling everything. See the following figure for details and their meaning

The pros and cons of adding blogvault are as follows

Positives:

• It creates independent backups on its own servers BlogVault and saves your server space.
• Automatic website backup daily and allows you to manually create unlimited backups.
• Offers incremental incremental backups  
• Besides backups, it helps you to restore your website easily. You can store your backup archive for 90 days, so you can recover your site from any mishap.
•  It provides the option to migrate and move your website to another host.
• Good support and there is the possibility of chatting
• It helps you to restore website easily
• Good user interface

Negatives:

• Its prices are exorbitant as it costs $89 for the lowest plans
• It does not offer more than 7 days of testing and must then be purchased
• There is no email notification when any problem occurs (  Reference 1 ) ( Reference 2 )
• Does not provide a secure scan ( reference )

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5.Add VaultPress  

VaultPress was founded by Automattic, although it started as a standalone plugin, but is now part of the JetPack product . Just without providing a free version.

A quick look at how to deal with the addition

 After doing a search for and installing the VaultPress plugin, go to it in the jetpack submenu as follows

The following screen will appear, press the button to go to the price plans

Choose the plan you want as follows

After the payment process, the following screen will appear for you. Choose settings and set up the following means to connect with vaultpress

To access your server for backup or restore backup, credits will be sent to each of the following on your email that you registered for the plan

Now add your site from Add New Site and type the name of your site

Then press the Backup Now button and the copying will begin

The pros and cons of adding VaultPress are as follows

Positives:

• Simple user interface
• Presenting a simple process to the user step by step, with clear instructions 
• Offers easy site transfer
• Schedule backups 
•  Premium support and protection from security threats
• Provides statistical information after system backup 

Negatives:

• Does not contain a free version
• Does not contain encrypted backup
• It is difficult to differentiate between the plans and the prices offered by it 
• Recurring expenses can increase if you have multiple WordPress sites and you will pay for each site.
• You will have to subscribe to JetPack and install Jetpack plugins on your site..
• Backups are only stored for 30 days on lower plans. If you want unlimited backup archives, you have to pay $29 per month per website which is much more expensive for starters.

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6. Add BoldGrid 

This add-on is used by more than 60 thousand sites and has 4.7 stars in the overall rating. It allows you to create site backups and restores. It can be used to transfer the site when switching hosting. You can also set up automatic backups or create manual backups easily.

Equipped with an automatic error protection feature that automatically creates a backup of your site before updating it. If an update fails, your WordPress site will automatically be reverted to the last backup to protect it from update errors.

You can store up to 10 backup archives on the control panel with cloud backup capability. 

A quick look at how to deal with the addition 

After doing a search for the BoldGrid extension, installing it, adding it and purchasing it, go to the extension and choose it and then go to settings. If you want to make scheduled copies daily at a certain time, do the following

There are distinct features, including making an automatic backup before updates are made to WordPress, and this is for security so that the site does not fall after the update and the inability to restore the site as it was

You can choose whether you want to back up all the contents of the site or you want to make custom copies of specific folders

It is also possible to copy entire database tables or specific tables as custom copies (complete copying is recommended for beginners)

The pros and cons of adding BoldGrid are as follows

Positives:

• Auto copy work
• Easy relocation and migration to the site
• Backup via FTP / SFTP, Amazon S3, Google Drive
• Copying can be done automatically or manually
• Ease of clone and migration

Negatives:

• Its price is 60 dollars a year

In the end, the process of backing up on the server of the site means that if the server hardware goes down or gets hacked in the worst case, you will not have a backup which defeats the purpose of setting up regular backups, that is why we highly recommend that you store your backups on a server Third party storage such as Dropbox, Amazon S3, and Google Drive.

Backup using extensions may cause your site information to be leaked, so we recommend using safe and reliable extensions, and keeping copies of your site in a safe source