Best WordPress Backup Plugins in 2026

All-in-One WP Migration and Backup is developed by ServMask. First listed on WordPress.org on 7 January 2014, it had more than five million active installations in November 2026, the most of any backup plugin, with version 7.113 released on 27 October 2026.

The plugin exports an entire site, including database, media, themes and plugins, into a single .wpress archive and imports it through a drag-and-drop screen on the destination site. It processes data in 512 KB chunks to suit resource-limited hosting, supports PHP 5.3 to 8.4, and can migrate between MySQL, MariaDB and SQLite databases, with find-and-replace and selective export for developers. ServMask states plainly that the free plugin backs up and exports sites of any size, but restoring a large backup for free depends on the host's upload limit; the paid Unlimited Extension adds one-click restore from the Backups page and bypasses PHP upload, timeout and memory limits. The plugin page also claims use by "over 60 million websites" and by organisations such as NASA and Harvard; these are vendor claims. Scheduled backups to cloud storage require further paid extensions.

UpdraftPlus is developed by Team Updraft, led by David Anderson, and was first listed on WordPress.org on 22 May 2012. It had more than four million active installations in November 2026, second only to All-in-One WP Migration, and version 1.26.14 was released on 26 October 2026.

Its core strength is scheduled backup to remote storage, available in the free version: backups can be sent to Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3 and compatible services, Rackspace Cloud, FTP, DreamObjects, OpenStack Swift or email, on schedules from every two hours to monthly. Restores let users choose components such as plugins, themes or the database. The paid edition adds Microsoft OneDrive, Azure, Google Cloud, Backblaze B2, SFTP, SCP, pCloud, WebDAV and UpdraftVault storage, along with automatic backups before updates, one-click migration, incremental backups and staging. Team Updraft also develops the All-In-One Security plugin and, according to the BackUpWordPress plugin page, now recommends UpdraftPlus to BackUpWordPress users. Premium licences are sold per number of sites and include 1 GB of UpdraftVault storage.

Duplicator is a backup and migration plugin listed on WordPress.org under the author Syed Balkhi, first listed on 7 June 2011, which makes it one of the oldest plugins in this list. It had more than one million active installations in November 2026 and was updated to version 5.1.1 on 3 November 2026.

Duplicator packages a site's files and database into a single "backup" archive with an installer, which can be downloaded and installed on another domain or host, making it popular for cloning sites and moving staging copies to production. The plugin page states that the free Lite edition is built on the same engine as Duplicator Pro and includes backups of any size, encrypted archives, one-click restore and cloud storage, while Pro adds scheduled backups, more cloud storage integrations, multisite support and staging sites. Duplicator's pricing page lists Basic (two sites), Plus (five sites), Pro and Elite bundle plans at list prices from $79 to $599, with promotional discounts shown at checkout; Duplicator also sells its own cloud storage plans from $29 per year for 2 GB.

WPvivid Backup, Migration & Staging is developed by WPvivid and was first listed on WordPress.org on 4 January 2019. It reached more than 900,000 active installations by November 2026, with version 0.9.140 released on 9 November 2026.

Unusually, the free plugin includes backup, migration and staging as basic features. Backups can cover the whole site, files only or the database only; scheduled backups run every 12 hours, daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly; and backups can be sent to Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, FTP and SFTP. The staging feature creates a copy in a subdirectory of the live site, and auto-migration clones a site to a new domain in one click. WPvivid Pro adds incremental backups, database encryption, automatic backups before updates, multisite backup and staging, pushing staging to live, white labelling and more storage destinations such as Wasabi, pCloud and Backblaze; a MainWP extension manages child sites centrally. Pro licences are priced in US dollars and are among the cheaper offers in the category, with lifetime options.

BackWPup is one of the oldest backup plugins, first listed on WordPress.org on 5 July 2009. It is published under the WP Media author account, had more than 400,000 active installations in November 2026, and reached version 5.7.8 on 14 October 2026.

The free version backs up the database and files automatically, stores backups on the server or in the cloud, and helps restore a site after a failure; the plugin page describes it as having been refined over more than a decade. BackWPup Pro adds advanced recovery, migration, security and multisite capabilities, including data encryption and a restore application. From version 5.7, BackWPup supports AI-assisted backup management, letting users check backup status, run backups and troubleshoot in natural language. Its plugin page states it is "trusted by more than 500,000 WordPress websites", a higher figure than WordPress.org's current count of 400,000+, which may include Pro-only installs. Pro prices are shown in dollars or euros with an introductory discount for the first year.

JetBackup for WordPress is a backup, restore and migration plugin distributed under the WordPress.org slug "backup", first listed on 12 May 2012. In November 2026 it had more than 200,000 active installations, with version 3.1.24.10 released on 18 October 2026.

The free version offers unlimited full or partial backups and restores, backup of files, database or both, selective folder inclusion, live progress reporting, import and download of backup files, migration across domains or hosts, multisite support with selective subsite restore and scheduled backups. It includes 2 GB of free off-site cloud storage and supports the TAR archive format. A distinctive feature is exporting backups to hosting control panels, with support for cPanel and DirectAdmin, which reflects JetBackup's background in server-level backup software for hosting providers. Premium versions are sold on JetBackup's own website; that pricing page could not be retrieved for this list, so prices are not given.

WP STAGING is a staging, backup and migration plugin developed by Rene Hermenau and his team; the plugin page states that it is developed in Germany. First listed on 5 August 2015, it had more than 100,000 active installations in November 2026 and was updated to version 4.21.0 on 13 November 2026.

The free version clones a production site into a subdirectory such as example.com/staging-site, creates full, database-only or files-only backups, and runs automatic daily backups; search and replace of links and paths is performed automatically during cloning, backup and restore. The developer emphasises that it is not software-as-a-service: data stays on the merchant's server unless a remote storage workflow is chosen, and only administrators can access the clone. It states that the code is fully unit-tested and that it can back up and clone WooCommerce stores including orders, products and customer data. WP STAGING Pro adds Remote Sync, which pulls a site from one server to another with an API key, and a CLI that turns a backup into a local Docker-based development site; Pro prices are on the vendor's site.

BackUpWordPress is the oldest plugin in this list, first listed on WordPress.org on 2 September 2007, and had more than 80,000 active installations in November 2026; version 3.15 was released on 5 November 2026. The plugin page states that it "was created by our friends at Human Made but is now under new ownership", that the new owners will make occasional updates to the free software, and that patches can be sent to a GitHub organisation.

The plugin backs up the entire site, database and files on user-defined schedules, works in low-memory shared-hosting environments, supports multiple schedules, can email each backup file, uses zip and mysqldump when available, runs on Linux and Windows servers and allows files and folders to be excluded. The paid add-ons for backups to Dropbox and Google Drive are no longer sold or supported, and the plugin page recommends UpdraftPlus for cloud storage, linking to it. BackUpWordPress therefore suits simple on-server backups but lacks the off-site storage that most backup guidance recommends.

BlogVault Backup & Staging was first listed on WordPress.org on 4 January 2014 and had more than 80,000 active installations in November 2026, with version 6.83 released on 11 November 2026.

Unlike most plugins here, BlogVault stores all backups off-site on its own cloud infrastructure and runs backup and restore processing on its servers to reduce load on the site. Backups are incremental, encrypted and kept for up to 90 days, with custom schedules and multisite support; restores work even when the site is offline, and staging runs on BlogVault's cloud with selective merging back to live. A WooCommerce plan syncs orders and store changes in real time, with archives for up to 365 days. The plugin page states that BlogVault powers migrations for hosts including Pantheon, Liquid Web and Cloudways, and that it has backed up more than 450,000 sites; these are vendor figures. BlogVault is a paid service: its plans are priced per site per year, with a 50% first-year discount displayed in November 2026.

Backup Migration is developed by Inisev and sold in premium form as BackupBliss. First listed on WordPress.org on 1 December 2020, it had more than 80,000 active installations in November 2026 and was updated to version 2.1.9 on 10 November 2026.

The plugin describes itself as lightweight, at just over 1 MB, and offers one-click backups and free migration in two clicks. Its free version supports a wide range of storage destinations, including Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Wasabi, pCloud, SFTP and FTP, plus the vendor's own BackupBliss storage with 1 GB of free space, which the developer calls unique on the market. Backups can be scheduled daily, weekly or monthly, with options for which files and databases to include, where to store them, the file name and notification emails. Premium adds smart exclusion rules, Tar and GZip compression, full email notifications and automatic features. The BackupBliss pricing page presents a matrix of plans by number of domains and storage, which is complex to compare.

Total Upkeep is BoldGrid's backup, restore and migration plugin, first listed on WordPress.org on 23 May 2018. It had more than 40,000 active installations in November 2026, with version 1.17.4 released on 18 August 2026.

BoldGrid positions Total Upkeep as more than a backup plugin: alongside automated and manual full or customised backups, it checks that the server has the features needed to create backup archives properly, and its Site Check feature monitors the site for issues that could lead to a crash and provides tools to restore it. The plugin also clones, duplicates and migrates sites. Remote backups to FTP or SFTP, Amazon S3 and Google Drive are premium features. The premium version is included in BoldGrid Premium, which BoldGrid advertises at $2.50 per month billed annually, alongside features such as file version history and individual file restoration. Its install base is smaller and its update cadence slower than the leading plugins.

WP Database Backup is developed by Backup for WP and was first listed on WordPress.org on 21 March 2014. It had more than 20,000 active installations in November 2026, with version 7.14 released on 10 November 2026.

As its name indicates, the plugin focuses on database backups, created and restored with a single click, manually or on an automatic schedule; it can also back up files, and it includes one-click migration, search and replace in the backup file, table exclusion, and sorting and searching of the backup list. Backups can be stored on Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, FTP, SFTP, Backblaze or sent by email, with emailed reports. The developer also sells its own Backup for WP Cloudstorage. Pro licences are sold per number of sites, from $49 for one site to $499 for unlimited sites, each with one year of updates, and a $999 lifetime licence. The plugin is a lighter option than full-site tools where the database changes far more often than files, for example on stores or membership sites.

Jetpack VaultPress Backup is Automattic's backup service, available as a standalone plugin that provides cloud-based backups and one-click restores without the full Jetpack plugin. The standalone plugin was first listed on WordPress.org on 12 August 2021 and had more than 20,000 active installations in November 2026; version 4.0 was released on 4 November 2026.

Backups are stored in the Jetpack Cloud and capture changes in real time, and sites can be restored with one click, from the Jetpack mobile app, and even when the site or the host's servers are offline. Automattic states that the service runs on WordPress.com infrastructure, is built specifically for WordPress and WooCommerce sites, and has made "over 270 million backups". The plugin is not free to use: it requires a paid Jetpack plan that includes Backup, so prices are set by Jetpack's plans. Its low standalone install count understates usage, because many sites receive VaultPress Backup through the main Jetpack plugin; it ranks last here only because this list uses the standalone plugin's WordPress.org figure.