Which are the best WordPress Backup Services? WordPress is an open source content management system, most often used as a blog publishing application, powered by PHP and MySQL. Today, WordPress is one of the leading open source CMS systems available.
WordPress (WP) backup plugins enable WP users to safely backup the site’s MySQL database, files, themes, media etc to prevent against storage crashes, hackers and other faults. Below is a list of the comparison of some of different backup services for WP
WordPress Backup Services
| Name | Price | Full site backup | Storage | Other features/demerits |
| BlogVault | $25-$99/yr | Yes | Amazon S3 servers | Easy scripted restore, Trial-restore, Automatic backup |
| WP-DB Manager | Free | No (only DB) | Email backups, local storage | Repair/manage DB, Automatic backup |
| WP DB Backup | Free | No (only DB) | Email backups, local storage | – |
| Automatic WordPress Backup | Free | Yes | Amazon S3 (Account needed, not provided with service) | Automatic backup, Linux only |
| BackupBuddy | $25-$197/yr | Yes | Email backups, FTP backups | Install WordPress through plug-in, Automatic backup, Scripted restore |
* VaultPress is not released to public yet, hence not included above.
1 Vaultpress
VaultPress is created by Automattic, the owner of WordPress. It offers full backup services to privately hosted WP sites. The service is still in beta. In addition to backup, the service aims to offer services to provide security updates, security alerts & blog monitoring. VaultPress plans to charge about $15/month for their service. [Update: Read the Vaultpress review]
2. Blogvault
BlogVault is a premium WordPress backup service that backups all aspects of the blog (Database, Plug-ins, Themes, Images, Media, Comments etc). The backup process is automated and the data is saved to Amazon S3 servers. The service costs between $25 – $99/year depending on the size and number of sites backed up.
The features provided include automated timed backup, multiple blogs, full restore (via a script), move/migrate blogs & trial restore (provides a dry run of the restore on its servers). Additionally, all non-DB backups are incremental (only new/modified files) reducing the load on the site.
3. WP DB Manager
WP-DB manager is a popular WordPress plug-in that backs up the WP database. The plug-in is more of a DB management plug-in than a backup service. It provides DB repair, delete, backup & automated-backup. However, the plug-in does not backup WP files, themes and only the database. Additionally, restore has to be done using MySQL tools.
4. WP-DB backup
5. Automatic WordPress BackUp
Automatic WordPress backup backs up your database as well as the themes, plug-ins, media etc. The backup is automatic or manually triggered and backup is stored in Amazon S3 storage. An Amazon S3 storage account is necessary to use the plug-in. However, the plug-in does not provide any restore features and is Linux only (Windows not supported).
6. BackupBuddy
BackupBuddy provides full site backup, including themes, plug-ins, media etc. Admins can use the automatic backup option to set periodic backup. The backup can uploaded sent by email or FTP or kept in local storage. The pricing options range from $25-$197 per year. The plug-in provides restore feature that can automatically migrate/move the blog.
Several other plug-ins exists that provide WordPress backup services, but above are some of the premium/popular services.
Guest author Akshat C is a system programmer and web developer and the founder of BlogVault.