Premium features

How to use Dropbox Enhanced

Store your WordPress backups in Dropbox subfolders

Section titled Store your WordPress backups in Dropbox subfolders

This feature allows you to use any Dropbox subfolder for your backups.  This is particularly useful if you are managing backups for multiple sites and do not want them all to be stored in the same default ‘UpdraftPlus’ folder.

1. Install and Activate UpdraftPlus

Section titled 1. Install and Activate UpdraftPlus

If you haven’t already, purchase, install and activate UpdraftPlus Premium.

Go to ‘Settings > UpdraftPlus Backups’ and select ‘Dropbox’

In the the 'Choose your remote storage' section, select Dropbox

Scroll down, enter your folder name and click Save Changes.

In the 'Dropbox' section of UpdraftPlus add folder name for your Dropbox in the 'Store at

Click the link to start the authentication process.

In the 'Remote storage authentication' dialogue select the link to authorize access to your Dropbox account

Log in to link your UpdraftPlus account.

Dropbox login page

Click Complete setup.

To complete Dropbox setup click the 'Complete setup' button which will redirect you back to UpdraftPlus settings page

Click Backup Now on the UpdraftPlus >> Backup / Restore tab.

UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore tab

Check the options for Send this backup to remote storage and Dropbox, then click Backup Now.

Select 'Dropbox' in a 'Perform a backup' dialogue to take a new backup

Your backup is secured on Dropbox and is accessible from UpdraftPlus >> Backup / Restore >> Existing backups.

Dropbox existing backups log

Our plugins

Try TeamUpdraft’s full suite of WordPress plugins.

  • UpdraftPlus

    Back up, restore and migrate your WordPress website with UpdraftPlus

  • WP-Optimize

    Speed up and optimize your WordPress website. Cache your site, clean the database and compress images

  • UpdraftCentral

    Centrally manage all your WordPress websites’ plugins, updates, backups, users, pages and posts from one location