by Tom Willmot 4.7 (1,373 reviews)

BackUpWordPress

Name: BackUpWordPress
Rating: 4.7 (1373 reviews)
Author: Tom Willmot

Simple automated backups of your WordPress-powered website.

BackUpWordPress ranks #507 among WordPress.org plugins with 80,000+ active installations, is #81 of 4,938 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.7/5 rating from 1,373 reviews, and was last updated Apr 24, 2024. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.5.10 (Current: 7.1)

v3.14 Current Version v3.14

Updated 2 years ago Last Update on 24 Apr, 2024

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#81 of 4,938 in Utilities & Tools Top 1% by installs No update in over a year

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4.9M

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Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (1,373 reviews)

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Overall 94%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Apr 26, 2024

BackUpWordPress [backupwordpress] < 3.14 (closed)

CVE-2024-3034 · Fixed in v3.14
Feb 23, 2022

BackUpWordPress [backupwordpress] < 3.13 (closed)

CVE-2022-4931 · Fixed in v3.13
Nov 1, 2007

BackUpWordPress [backupwordpress] < 0.4.3 (closed)

CVE-2007-5800 · Fixed in v0.4.3
BackUpWordPress [backupwordpress] < 0.4.3 (closed)

Fixed in v0.4.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.14
Last Updated: Apr 24, 2024
Requires WP: 3.9+
Tested Up To: 6.5.10
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Tom Willmot

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 1,373
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to back up their entire site without complex configuration. It solves the problem of protecting a site's database and files by automating backups on a customizable schedule.

No setup required
Works in low memory environments
Manage multiple schedules
Email backup files
Uses zip and mysqldump
Works on Linux and Windows Server
Exclude files and folders
Multiple language translations

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about BackUpWordPress

Backups are stored on your server in /wp-content/backups, you can change the directory. Important: By default BackUpWordPress backs up everything in your site root as well as your database, this includes any non WordPress folders that happen to be in your site root. This does mean that your backup directory can get quite large.

We no longer be sell or support the paid add-ons (e.g. for backups to Dropbox and Google Drive). It's certainly a good idea to backup to cloud storage to protect against server-wide risks. For this we recommend UpdraftPlus WordPress Backups which can do things for free BackupWordPress Premium could do on a paid basis. Click here for full comparison.

You need to download the latest backup file either by clicking download on the backups page or via FTP. Unzip the files and upload all the files to your server overwriting your site. You can then import the database using your hosts database management tool (likely phpMyAdmin).

No. I'm not receiving my backups by email Most servers have a filesize limit on email attachments, it's generally about 10mb. If your backup file is over that limit, it won't be sent attached to the email. Instead, you should receive an email with a link to download the backup. If you aren't even receiving that, then you likely have a mail issue on your server that you'll need to contact your host about.

BackUpWordPress stores the last 10 backups by default.

Unless your site is very large (many gigabytes) it should only take a few minutes to perform a backup. If your back up has been running for longer than an hour, it's safe to assume that something has gone wrong. Try de-activating and re-activating the plugin. If it keeps happening, contact support.

The issue is that your wp-cron.php is not returning a 200 response when hit with a HTTP request originating from your own server, it could be several things. In most cases, it's an issue with the server / site. There are some things you can test to confirm this is the issue. * Are scheduled posts working? (They use wp-cron as well.) * Are you hosted on Heart Internet? (wp-cron may not be supported by Heart Internet, see below for work-around.)

* Is your site private (i.e. is it behind some kind of authentication, maintenance plugin, .htaccess)? If so, wp-cron won't work until you remove it. If you are and you temporarily remove the authentication, do backups start working?

The script to be entered into the Heart Internet cPanel is: /usr/bin/php5 /home/sites/yourdomain.com/public_html/wp-cron.php (note the space between php5 and the location of the file). The file wp-cron.php chmod must be set to 711.

If your backups are failing, it's commonly caused by a lack of available resources on your server. To establish this is the case, exclude the complete (or parts of the) uploads folder and run a backup. If that succeeds, you know it's probably a server issue. If it does not succeed, you can find further assistance on our support forums. Further Support & Feedback General support questions should be posted in the WordPress support forums, tagged with backupwordpress.