by andrewjbaker 5 (1 reviews)

CloudScale Backup & Restore

Name: CloudScale Backup & Restore
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: andrewjbaker

Back up sites of any size to S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, SFTP, WebDAV or Managed Cloud. Free full restore, clones and automated DR.

CloudScale Backup & Restore ranks #32,906 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #2,295 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Oct 28, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v3.2.865 Current Version v3.2.865

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 28 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.2.865
Last Updated: Oct 28, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 8.1 or higher
Author: andrewjbaker

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about CloudScale Backup & Restore

Yes. Full restore, selective table restore, single post restore, cloud restore, staging clones and automated standby restore are all in the free plugin. Only Managed Cloud storage is paid; your own cloud accounts cost nothing extra.

Yes. The database is dumped in 500-row pages, so memory stays flat whatever its size. Backups and restores run without PHP's time limit, large uploads are sent in retried chunks, and an S3 or Managed Cloud download that stops part way resumes. A backup killed mid-run is picked up and finished or restarted. The System Info panel shows your server's limits and the methods in use.

On your server in wp-content/uploads/cloudscale-backup-<random>/. The random part makes the folder name unguessable, and it carries deny rules for Apache, nginx and IIS plus an index.php and 0700 permissions. Download any backup from the admin with the Download button. Copies go to every cloud destination you enable.

In one of ten Amazon S3 regions. Automatic picks the region nearest your site by measuring it; you can also choose one, for example to keep data in Europe. Changing region sends new backups there; backups in the old region expire within 90 days.

Yes. In the Restore window choose Full restore (files, then database), Specific tables only (just the tables you tick) or Single post or page. Upload a .sql file to restore a database only. On the command line, wp csbr restore takes --db-only, --files-only and --components=<list>.

Yes. Install WordPress and this plugin on the new host, then restore the backup from an upload or straight from your cloud storage. Files and database are both restored. If the domain changed, run wp search-replace 'old.example' 'new.example' --all-tables afterwards. To copy a site onto the same server under a new URL, use Clone Targets, which rewrites URLs for you.

Choose the days of the week and the time of day; cloud copies run a set delay after the local backup. For reliable timing, point a real system cron job at wp-cron.php instead of relying on visitor traffic. Your server's time and timezone are shown next to the schedule.

Install WordPress and this plugin on the second server, then open the Standby & DR tab there (never on the live site). Choose a hot standby or a refreshed copy, label its alerts, type MAKE THIS A COPY and press Apply. On the Automated Restore tab connect the cloud storage the live site backs up to, choose the site to copy from, and switch on the schedule. The checklist shows anything still missing. A hot standby also needs something outside WordPress to move your DNS; the plugin's GitHub repository has a Cloudflare script for that.

Create an empty directory the web server can write to, with a wp-config.php naming an empty database (or one your database user can create). Take a backup that includes WordPress core files. On the Clone Targets tab add the directory, its URL and that wp-config.php, press Verify, then Clone Now. Everything in the target is replaced and every URL is rewritten. The wp-config.php must hold literal database values, and cloning needs the PHP mysqli extension. A clone is a complete copy, including mail settings and scheduled tasks, so block outgoing email on it before you browse it. Hook csbr_clone_post_restore to run your own steps afterwards.

Maintenance mode is removed even when a restore fails, including on a PHP fatal or out-of-memory error, and you are alerted with the reason. The restore result lists anything that could not be written. There is no automatic rollback of a partly restored database, so take a server snapshot first (the Restore window asks you to confirm you have) and restore again or from that snapshot.