Best backup plugins for WordPress
The most popular backup plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. All-in-One WP Migration and Backup leads with 5M+ active installs, ahead of UpdraftPlus (4M+) and Jetpack (3M+). All 398 plugins tagged “backup” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
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Top 10 backup plugins
- 1.
All-in-One WP Migration and BackupThe most installed backup plugin, with 5M+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 7,677 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
UpdraftPlus4M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 8,716 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.Jetpack
3M+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 2,409 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.
Duplicator1M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 4,940 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 5.ManageWP Worker
1M+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 680 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 6.
WPvivid900K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,571 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Backuply600K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 135 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.
BackWPup400K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 1,323 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 9.
JetBackup200K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 1,056 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
Widget Importer & Exporter200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 117 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 398 plugins tagged “backup”

All-in-One WP Migration and Backup
#10by ServMask12 days ago
Trusted by 60M+ sites: The gold standard for WordPress migration and backup. Migrate, backup, and restore your WordPress site with one click.
- Installs
- 5M+
- Rating
- 4.5(7.7K)
- Downloads
- 43.7K/day

UpdraftPlus
#14by David Anderson / Team Updraft12 days ago
Backup, restore or migrate your WordPress website to another host or domain. Schedule backups or run manually. Migrate in minutes.
- Installs
- 4M+
- Rating
- 4.8(8.7K)
- Downloads
- 37.6K/day
Jetpack
#17by Automattic5 days ago
Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI agent to your site. Plus backup, malware scan, firewall, stats, CDN, and SEO tools in one plugin.
- Installs
- 3M+
- Rating
- 3.7(2.4K)
- Downloads
- 35K/day

Duplicator
Down in the last 7 days:1#43by Syed Balkhi5 days ago
The best WordPress backup and migration plugin. Quickly and easily backup ,migrate, copy, move, or clone your site from one location to another.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.9(4.9K)
- Downloads
- 21.6K/day
ManageWP Worker
#55by ManageWP6 days ago
A better way to manage dozens of WordPress websites.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.6(680)
- Downloads
- 2.9K/day

WPvivid
#69by wpvividplugins9 days ago
All-in-one WordPress backup, migration and staging plugin — schedule automatic backups, restore in one click, and migrate or clone sites safely.
- Installs
- 900K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.6K)
- Downloads
- 13.5K/day

Backuply
Down in the last 7 days:1#101by Softaculous17 days ago
Backup, restores, and migration with Backuply are fairly simple with a wide range of storage options from Local Backups, FTP to cloud options like AWS …
- Installs
- 600K+
- Rating
- 4.5(135)
- Downloads
- 3.1K/day

BackWPup
Up in the last 7 days:1#134by WP Media25 days ago
Back up, restore, and protect your WordPress website with automated backups, cloud storage, one-click recovery, and AI-assisted backup management.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 4.0(1.3K)
- Downloads
- 3.6K/day

JetBackup
Up in the last 7 days:5#238by JetBackup21 days ago
Backup, restore, and migrate WordPress sites fast. Supports TAR, remote backups, multi schedules, and full multisite compatibility.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.5(1.1K)
- Downloads
- 3K/day

Widget Importer & Exporter
#264by Steven Gliebe23 days ago
Import and export your widgets.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.7(117)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day

InfiniteWP Client
Down in the last 7 days:1#267by revmakx2 months ago
Install this plugin on unlimited sites and manage them all from a central dashboard. This plugin communicates with your InfiniteWP Admin Panel.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.4(177)
- Downloads
- 1.1K/day

WP STAGING
Up in the last 7 days:2#298by Rene Hermenau2 days ago
WordPress backup plugin: backups, restore & migration in minutes. Clone or duplicate your site, test updates on a staging copy. 100% unit-tested.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(2.5K)
- Downloads
- 3.1K/day
WP Umbrella
Up in the last 7 days:7#486by WP Umbrella - Backup WordPress9 days ago
Everything you need to sell WordPress maintenance and manage multiple sites effortlessly: backup, update, uptime monitoring, and security.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.8(81)
- Downloads
- 3K/day

BackUpWordPress
#514by Tom Willmot3 days ago
Simple automated backups of your WordPress-powered website.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.7(1.4K)
- Downloads
- 143/day

Backup Migration
Up in the last 7 days:2#517by Inisev3 days ago
Backup, migrate, and create staging sites with free cloud storage and support.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.3K)
- Downloads
- 605/day

BlogVault Backup & Staging
Down in the last 7 days:2#540by akshatc9 days ago
Secure incremental backups with staging, migration, and one-click restore for WordPress. Offsite storage and easy recovery.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.6(333)
- Downloads
- 624/day
Database Backup for WordPress
#624by WP Engine6 months ago
Database Backup for WordPress is your one-stop database backup solution for WordPress.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.5(66)
- Downloads
- 197/day

WP Duplicate Page
#652by Ninja Team2 months ago
Duplicate pages, posts, and custom post types with one click. Create templates, preserve content states, and speed up workflows.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.2(16)
- Downloads
- 311/day
WP-DBManager
Up in the last 7 days:1#701by Lester Chan3 months ago
Manages your WordPress database.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.4(95)
- Downloads
- 260/day

Total Upkeep
Down in the last 7 days:2#790by BoldGrid2 months ago
Automated backups, remote backup to Amazon S3 and Google Drive, stop website crashes before they happen and more. Total Upkeep is the backup solution …
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.8(442)
- Downloads
- 143/day

InstaWP Connect
Down in the last 7 days:1#821by InstaWP6 days ago
Create a staging WordPress site from production (live site). Ideal for testing updates, version change or re-write. Sync back only the changes.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(12)
- Downloads
- 1K/day

Clone
#824by migrate1 year ago
100% FREE clone and migration
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.1(339)
- Downloads
- 132/day
Modular DS
Up in the last 7 days:5#826by Modular DS26 days ago
Manage all your WordPress sites from one place. Automate updates, backups, uptime monitoring, security, reports, and more.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 5.0(133)
- Downloads
- 390/day

The WP Remote WordPress Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:2#944by akshatc9 days ago
Manage updates, backups, and more across all your WordPress sites with WP Remote.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(75)
- Downloads
- 287/day
Kadence Central
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,003by Nexcess2 months ago
Manage multiple WordPress sites from one dashboard.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 120/day

WP Database Backup
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,092by Backup For WP2 months ago
Create & Restore Database Backup easily on single click. Manual or automated backups (backup to Dropbox, Google drive, Amazon s3,FTP,Email).
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(102)
- Downloads
- 191/day
Jetpack VaultPress Backup
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,144by Automattic3 days ago
Save each change and get back online fast with one-click restores. The most proven WordPress backup plugin with over 270 million backups.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(35)
- Downloads
- 242/day

Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,453by revmakx16 days ago
Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule is an automated incremental backup plugin that backs up your website changes as per your schedule to Dropbox, Go …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.0(128)
- Downloads
- 532/day

Softaculous
Down in the last 7 days:10#1,559by Softaculous3 months ago
Softaculous provides a single-login centralized panel where you can manage tons of your WordPress websites efficiently, unitedly as well as singularly …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 74/day

Prime Mover
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,583by Codexonics20 days ago
The simplest all-around plugin to migrate WordPress and do backups. These support multisite backup/migration or cloning a WP site/multisite subsite.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(141)
- Downloads
- 334/day

Doubly
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,769by Unlimited Elements10 months ago
Easily move, duplicate, backup and copy paste content and designs between your WordPress websites in seconds.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(14)
- Downloads
- 43/day

WPvivid Backup for MainWP
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,982by wpvividplugins3 months ago
Set up and control WPvivid Backup Free and Pro for all child sites directly from your MainWP Dashboard.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 84/day

Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,019by watchful11 days ago
XCloner is a backup plugin that allows you to safely back up and restore your WordPress sites. You can send site backups to SFTP, Dropbox, Amazon, Goo …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.2(129)
- Downloads
- 209/day

Print My Blog
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,326by Michael Nelson26 days ago
Make printing your blog easy and impressive. For you & your visitors. One post or thousands.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(115)
- Downloads
- 124/day

Zippy
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,523by Gesundheit Bewegt GmbH1 year ago
Incredibly easy solution to archive pages and posts as zip file and unpack them back even on the other website!
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.6(16)
- Downloads
- 45/day

Customizer Backup & Reset
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,538by WPZOOM3 months ago
Reset theme customizations made via WordPress Customizer with backup, export, and import features.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.2(15)
- Downloads
- 48/day

FastDup
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,141by Ninja Team2 months ago
FastDup - Fastest WordPress Migration & Duplicator
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.6(27)
- Downloads
- 56/day
WP-Stateless
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,399by UDX Usability Dynamics1 day ago
Upload and serve your WordPress media files from Google Cloud Storage.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.9(51)
- Downloads
- 226/day

Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,564by David Baumwald1 year ago
An UpdraftPlus extension that excludes image size thumbnails, generated by WordPress, from Updraft backups.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 25/day
Remote Website Management by Watchful
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,680by watchful25 days ago
A web developers toolbox for remotely managing and monitoring tens, hundreds, or thousands of WordPress websites at once.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 61/day

Export Media as ZIP
Up in the last 7 days:54#3,894by Huzoor Bux1 month ago
Export images from your WordPress media library as a ZIP file — filter by year and image size before downloading.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 76/day

Everest Backup
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,061by everestthemes4 days ago
Everest Backup is a modern tool that will take care of your website's backups, restoration, migration, and cloning.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(45)
- Downloads
- 58/day
Export Themes
Up in the last 7 days:19#4,261by Sergio Milardovich2 months ago
Export any installed theme as a .zip file you can upload to another WordPress site.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(13)
- Downloads
- 38/day

QNAP NAS Backup
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,499by qnapplugin11 days ago
Backup, migrate restore your WordPress website with QNAP NAS.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.1(9)
- Downloads
- 34/day
InstaMigrate
Up in the last 7 days:286#5,000by InstaWP10 days ago
Secure REST API endpoints for WordPress site migration — database export/import, file transfer, and search-replace.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 418/day

PlugVersions
Up in the last 7 days:2#5,655by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago
Retains up to three versions when you update a plugin. It works with premium and custom plugins too.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 33/day

pCloud WP Backup
Down in the last 7 days:30#6,163by ploudapp3 days ago
The pCloud WP Backup plugin will help you backup everything on your blog with one click and store it in the cloud in the most secure way.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 2.8(20)
- Downloads
- 34/day

iControlWP
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,963by Paul12 days ago
Manage all your WordPress sites in one place - updates, uptime, backups & security.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.8(63)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Backup Bolt
Up in the last 7 days:49#7,426by Backup Bolt8 days ago
Create and download a WordPress backup with one click. Choose a custom backup to save storage space or back up your entire site in a compressed ZIP fi …
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 32/day

Glow
Down in the last 7 days:11#7,541by teamglow3 days ago
All-in-one WordPress maintenance, support and client management platform for agencies.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 149/day