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Best backups plugins for WordPress

The most popular backups plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MainWP Child leads with 700K+ active installs, ahead of WP Umbrella (90K+) and BackUpWordPress (80K+). All 20 plugins tagged “backups” 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 backups plugins

  1. 1.
    MainWP Child

    The most installed backups plugin, with 700K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 71 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  2. 2.
    WP Umbrella

    90K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 81 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  3. 3.
    BackUpWordPress

    80K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,373 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  4. 4.
    Backup Migration

    80K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,339 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  5. 5.
    Modular DS

    40K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 133 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    MainWP Dashboard

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 2,354 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  7. 7.
    Backup Bolt

    800+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  8. 8.
    Demi

    300+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

  9. 9.
    Siteward Child

    200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 days ago.

  10. 10.
    MP Customizer Backups

    200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

All 20 plugins tagged “backups”