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Why Backup Your WordPress Site & Protect Your Online Work?
WITHOUT A BACKUP, YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE COULD BE LOST FOREVER.
Your WordPress website needs a reliable backup strategy using a trusted WordPress backup plugin like BackupBuddy. WordPress doesn’t include built-in backups, so we built BackupBuddy in 2010 to meet the need for a solid WordPress backup solution.
Even your host backup may not be enough if you experience a server crash. Other WordPress security issues include hacks, malware, user error, deleted files and running bad commands. All of these things can completely wipe out your WordPress site forever. Having a current backup of your WordPress website is critical for protecting your website. BackupBuddy is here to help.Buy BackupBuddy →
ITHEMES BACKUPBUDDY WORDPRESS PLUGIN
MALWARE
BAD COMMANDS
DELETED FILES
HACKS
USER ERRORS
SERVER CRASHES
How to Backup Your WordPress Site
WATCH BACKUPBUDDY WORK TO BACKUP WORDPRESS & YOUR CONTENT
With just a few clicks, BackupBuddy backs up your entire WordPress website from within your WordPress dashboard. BackupBuddy makes the process of how to backup a WordPress site into five simple steps.
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BACKUPBUDDY BACKS UP EVERYTHING ON YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE
While other WordPress backup plugins only backup the WordPress database, BackupBuddy backs up your entire WordPress installation, making sure you have a copy of all your WordPress website files.
ITHEMES BACKUPBUDDY WORDPRESS PLUGIN
BackupBuddy’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 BackupBuddy completes your backup, you get a downloadable zip file of your entire WordPress website.ITHEMES BACKUPBUDDY WORDPRESS PLUGIN
- 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.
Download the PDF: 10 Features to Consider When Choosing a WordPress Backup Plugin
A Solid WordPress Backup Strategy
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. BackupBuddy 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.Buy BackupBuddy →
So if something goes wrong, rest easy. BackupBuddy 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.
Customize 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
BackupBuddy 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 BackupBuddy Stash, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox & more.
Instant Email Notifications
Know immediately when BackupBuddy finishes or needs attention so you can always be sure you have a current and useful backup of your website.
Restore WordPress with ImportBuddy
BackupBuddy includes tool called ImportBuddy to restore your WordPress site to a previous backup if something goes wrong.

Introducing BackupBuddy Stash Live
REAL-TIME WORDPRESS BACKUP • CLOUD-BASED WORDPRESS BACKUP
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Restore WordPress From a Backup
ALSO PRONOUNCED “SAVING YOUR BACON”
BackupBuddy’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. BackupBuddy’s WordPress database rollback is useful for when you accidentally permanently delete a post, page or comment.
Complete WordPress Website Restore
BackupBuddy handles restoring your entire WordPress website back to its original glory, including all uploads, media library files, themes and plugin files.Learn more about WordPress backup & restore →
“BackupBuddy is the first plugin I install on every WordPress site. It’s my top “must-have” WordPress plugin, hands down.”
—LISA SABIN-WILSON, AUTHOR OF WORDPRESS FOR DUMMIES
Move WordPress or Migrate WordPress
SAVE HOURS OF WORK (AND WE MEAN HOURS!)
Need to change hosts or domains for your WordPress site? You can do that with BackupBuddy, too. BackupBuddy helps you move a WordPress site to a new host or domain easily. BackupBuddy’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? BackupBuddy 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
DEVELOPER FEATURE
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
DEVELOPER FEATURE
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
DEVELOPER FEATURE
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.Learn more about moving WordPress →
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. ITHEMES BACKUPBUDDY WORDPRESS PLUGIN
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. ITHEMES BACKUPBUDDY WORDPRESS PLUGIN
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. ITHEMES BACKUPBUDDY WORDPRESS PLUGIN
Serialized Data
DEVELOPER FEATURE
Most WordPress backup plugins just skip over serialized data, because it’s complicated to migrate properly.
Database Mass Text Replacement
DEVELOPER FEATURE
Update text throughout your database. This is great for updating URLs, strings of text.
WordPress Cron Manager
DEVELOPER FEATURE
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.Get BackupBuddy Now →