Best snapshot plugins for WordPress
The most popular snapshot plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Database Snapshots leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of Resetify (100+) and ShrinkTheWeb (STW) Website Previews Plugin (60+). All 19 plugins tagged “snapshot” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 snapshot plugins
- 1.
Database SnapshotsThe most installed snapshot plugin, with 900+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 2.
Resetify100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
ShrinkTheWeb (STW) Website Previews Plugin60+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 4.Snap A Site
50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.JW Player Snapshot Tool
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 6.Custom Fields Snapshots
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.MindValley Widget Snapshot
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 8.Web Screenshort
10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 9.Pagepeeker
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 10.Apercite
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
All 19 plugins tagged “snapshot”

Database Snapshots
Down in the last 7 days:34#7,235by wpvividplugins3 years ago
Create snapshots of a WordPress database quickly.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Resetify
Up in the last 7 days:126#16,505by Dominopress7 months ago
Fast & secure WordPress reset and database cleanup tool. Instantly reset your site, clean orphaned data, and manage snapshots.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

ShrinkTheWeb (STW) Website Previews Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:36#19,200by puravida19769 years ago
This plugin accesses the ShrinkTheWeb API to automatically replace special tags in posts with website screenshots, where desired.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Snap A Site
Down in the last 7 days:10#20,771by Babar13 years ago
The easiest way to take and embed snapshot of a site on Wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JW Player Snapshot Tool
Up in the last 7 days:324#29,262by Rangerti14 years ago
JW Player Snapshot Tool is a small JW Player module to create video snapshot
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Fields Snapshots
#30,811by аlex1 year ago
Create backups of your Advanced Custom Fields data for easy migration, version control, and restoration.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MindValley Widget Snapshot
Up in the last 7 days:568#33,936by Mindvalley15 years ago
Takes snapshots , enable import and export widget settings & configurations.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Web Screenshort
Up in the last 7 days:10,125#35,315by aijazsiddique12 years ago
This plugin allows any WordPress user to easily add thumbnail previews This plugin using webthumbnail.org api
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pagepeeker
Up in the last 7 days:5,138#41,555by Anup Debnath13 years ago
Put website thumbnails on your site. Use this shortcode [pagepeeker size="t" url="google.com" alt="Google"]
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Apercite
Down in the last 7 days:7,998#43,671by Francis16 years ago
The aim of this plugin is to display a thumbnail when hovering over a link in the blog posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Thumbshots plugin
#48,491by sam2kb6 years ago
This plugin uses the Thumbshots.RU API to replace special tags in posts with website screenshots. Note: This plugin is no longer maintained.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tumil's Migration Safety Net for Divi 5
Up in the last 7 days:5,183#53,142by Tumil2 months ago
Verify your Divi 4 → Divi 5 migration: snapshot every page before, re-scan after, and see exactly what changed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

BTFU
#57,256by jkirkertoday
One-click file + database checkpoints for WordPress development. Snapshot, experiment, roll back. (The F stands for Files.)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Selmitec QuickSnap Restore
#65,845by selmitec8 months ago
Create one-click site snapshots and restore quickly from the WordPress admin area. Minimal UI and lightweight footprint.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TryDemoWP
#66,087by trydemowp13 days ago
Take snapshots of your WordPress site and publish any one of them as a live, self-destructing demo on TryDemoWP.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Snapshotify
Up in the last 7 days:833#71,869by DaftPlug15 days ago
Secure your website with complete backup, restore, and migration with automated snapshots, one-click restores, cloud storage, and easy site migration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Snapshots
Down in the last 7 days:6,280#71,893by Blackbam8 years ago
Create, manage and view snapshots of any post (or custom post type) whenever you want. Like user-managed revisions with a lot of useful functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sleekode Chrono Snap
Down in the last 7 days:12,658#73,992by ms13th2 months ago
A sleek, ultra-lightweight configuration manager to instantly snapshot and rollback your plugin states.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day