UpdraftPlus
Back up, restore and migrate your WordPress website with UpdraftPlus
UpdraftPlus features
Explore all of the features of UpdraftPlus, the world’s preferred backup and migration plugin.
Back up and restore
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Back up WordPress files and the database
Back up everything in the WordPress content directory and every database table beginning with the ‘wp_’ prefix.
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Schedule backups
Set and forget! Schedule to run every 2, 4, 8 or 12 hours, daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
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Rapid restore
Click once against the backup you want to restore. Select what to restore (e.g. plugins, themes etc.) and let UpdraftPlus do the rest.
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Automatically back up before updates
Restore in minutes from a backup taken immediately before the WordPress core, plugin or theme update that broke your site.
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Back up incrementally
Back up incremental changes made (vs taking full backups every time) and save server resources.
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Back up individual tables
Back up individual tables as opposed to the whole site database.
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Premium backup scheduling
Run backups at set times e.g. at 3am / during periods of low traffic to conserve server resources for peak traffic.
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Advanced retention rules
Automatically reduce the number of backups stored as they age, saving storage space.
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Detailed reports
No more combing through log files. Send reports to any email address. Get cryptographic checksums and verify the integrity of the backup files.
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Back up to multiple locations
If you lose access to one set of backups, you’ll have a spare.
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Restore from other backup plugins
Import and restore backups from MySQL and some legacy backup plugins.
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Run from the WP-CLI
Run from the WordPress command line instead of from the WordPress dashboard.
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WordPress multisite compatible
Lifts UpdraftPlus to the network admin area. Back up and migrate subsites and more!
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Back up more files
Back up files outside of the wp_content directory (e.g other directories on your server, wp-config file etc.)
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Encrypt the database
Keep sensitive data like user data, passwords and secret keys safe and secure.
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Anonymise data
Automatically anonymise personal data before backing up. Supports compliance with GDPR, CCPA and other privacy laws.
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Lock access to UpdraftPlus via a password
Prevents admins (e.g. clients) with access to the WordPress dashboard from accessing UpdraftPlus.
Migrate
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Migrate
Migrate in minutes! Download backups from the source site, then restore them on the destination site.
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Direct site-to-site migration
Link two sites once then migrate back and forth as many times as you please. Perfect for migrating a live site to a development environment then back again.
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Search and replace built in
Reduces risk associated with manual migrations. Identifies old strings and replaces them with new ones.
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Migration clean-ups
Clean-up tasks run automatically behind the scenes to maximise the success of your WordPress migration project.
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Selective migration
Pick and choose which plugins, themes and database tables to migrate.
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Multisite migration
Migrate a single site into a WordPress multisite network or migrate a subsite into another multisite network.
Storage
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More backup options than anyone else
Back up to Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, FTP, DreamObjects, OpenStack Swift or Email.
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Back up to premium locations
Get even more storage locations including Microsoft OneDrive, Backblaze, SFTP, FTPS, SCP, Microsoft Azure, WebDAV, Google Cloud, pCloud.
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Google Drive / Dropbox enhancement
Back up to subfolders rather than the default ‘app folder’.
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Amazon S3 encryption and more
Add a server-side encryption to the S3 storage settings and create an IAM user with restricted access to the Amazon S3 backup bucket, greatly increasing security.
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Save on Amazon S3 storage costs
Back up to the Amazon S3 ‘Infrequent access’ storage tier. It’s up to 40% cheaper than frequent storage classes, saving you money!
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Rackspace Cloud Files enhancement
Create unique usernames for each container, and manage all your websites’ backups in one Rackspace account. This ensures secure, isolated access, giving you peace of mind that no website can view or interfere with backups from other sites.
Testimonials
Get all UpdraftPlus features with Premium
UpdraftPlus Premium is an extremely comprehensive and cost effective WordPress backup and migration plugin.
Actively deployed on more WordPress websites than any other plugin in its category. Rated 5/5 stars on the WordPress plugin directory and ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot.
