Best WordPress backup plugins for WordPress
The most popular WordPress backup plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. UpdraftPlus leads with 4M+ active installs, ahead of Duplicator (1M+) and Backuply (600K+). All 33 plugins tagged “wordpress backup” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 WordPress backup plugins
- 1.
UpdraftPlusThe most installed WordPress backup plugin, with 4M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 8,716 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Duplicator1M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 4,940 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 3.
Backuply600K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 135 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
BackWPup400K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 1,323 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
WP STAGING100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 2,471 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 6.
Total Upkeep40K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 442 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin30K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 8.
WP Database Backup20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 102 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 129 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 10.
WebToffee WP Backup and Migration5K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 49 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
All 33 plugins tagged “wordpress backup”
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
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
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
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
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
Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin
#968by WP Royal5 months ago
WordPress backup plugin to create full website backups and restore them easily. Built in migration to easily migrate your website, smart pre-update ba …
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 253/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
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
WebToffee WP Backup and Migration
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,062by WebToffee3 days ago
Easily backup, restore, or migrate. Supports one-click backup and scheduled backup. Backup selected content to Amazon S3, Google Drive, FTP/SFTP, etc.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(49)
- Downloads
- 87/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
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
myRepono WordPress Backup Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:28#14,221by myRepono10 years ago
Automate your WordPress, website & database backups using the myRepono remote website backup service.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.4(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
RESLVD Easy Backup
Up in the last 7 days:77#19,877by reslvd1 month ago
Manual WordPress backup for files and database. Create local downloadable ZIP backups with no cloud account or external service.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Zoneit Backup
Up in the last 7 days:1,081#31,388by Zoneit Cloud1 year ago
Create backup from website files and db
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZHBackup
Down in the last 7 days:771#31,493by Zain Hassan2 months ago
WordPress backup plugin for full-site backup, restore, and migration. Chunked database export, scheduled backups, and server-side restore.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BackShift
Down in the last 7 days:352#31,932by yahakker5 days ago
Stop backup timeouts. A powerful, lightweight backup and migration plugin built specifically for shared hosting.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Site Backup
Up in the last 7 days:11,825#36,003by Elementor Addon9 years ago
Backup and restore your site in one click. Schedule automatic backup of your site. No worries anymore!!!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Unifyca Audit Connector
#41,834by unifyca25 days ago
Connect your WordPress site to Unifyca for centralized management, audits, backups, monitoring and website documentation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Backup by VOGA Press
Up in the last 7 days:4,540#42,586by VOGAPress10 years ago
Simplest way to manage and monitor your backups with VOGAPress cloud service. FREE cloud backup service is available for personal WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BackupFlow
#51,018by codefreex2 months ago
Simple WordPress backup, restore, and migration plugin with local backups, FTP storage, Google Drive upload, one-click restore and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FlyBackup
#54,425by jshossen2 months ago
Fast, reliable WordPress backups that just work. One-click automated backups without technical complexity. Backup your database, files, and restore wi …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WJ Website Backup
Down in the last 7 days:4,774#56,346by kingsamar3611 days ago
WJ Website Backup provides WordPress database and website file backups to the Webjooll Backup service. It includes backup history, retention informati …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
maca BackUp
#59,029by macas2 months ago
Backup and restore for WordPress — full site, database, files, Smart Restore, and modular cloud storage.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DailyBkup
Down in the last 7 days:6,659#62,279by dailyBkup5 months ago
Automatic WordPress backups to Dropbox. Schedule daily backups of your files and database — and restore with one click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SplendorBackups
Up in the last 7 days:8,856#63,302by splendorsoft2 months ago
Schedule automatic local backups for AI1WM / All-in-One WP Migration and Backup with retention, logs, and admin-only backup management.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Web Plura Backup & Restore
#63,404by Web Plura3 days ago
Create local full-site, database, or files backups with restore review, resumable jobs, history, and restore readiness.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
BackupNest
#63,492by 希扎尔 (Xī zhā ěr)1 month ago
Simple, reliable WordPress backup and restore plugin with local storage, scheduling, and automatic retention.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
One Click Complete Backups By Maida Themes
#69,926by Adnan Hyder Pervez5 months ago
Create and download a full WordPress backup, including the database, in one click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Entabit Backup
Down in the last 7 days:10,502#70,951by entabit6 months ago
Secure WordPress backups with local downloads.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shyama Backup
Down in the last 7 days:13,676#71,311by Priyanka Behera1 month ago
A lightweight WordPress backup plugin for creating database, uploads, plugins, and themes backups.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BackUpSavvy Premium wordpress plugin
Down in the last 7 days:18,908#72,703by pdtasktrack6 years ago
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Sof …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SEInc Backup
Down in the last 7 days:309#73,484by seobaked1 year ago
A simple WordPress backup plugin for creating and managing backups of your WordPress site to custom folder path.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day