The backup plugin BackWPup Free can be used to save your complete installation including /wp-content/ and push them to an external Backup Service, like Dropbox, S3, FTP and many more, see list below. With a single backup .zip file you are able to easily restore an installation.

BackWPup Free is the number 1 backup-plugin for WordPress with nearly 1.000.000 downloads and in the top 20 of all WordPress Plugins (checked on rankwp.com)

• Database Backup  (needs mysqli)
• WordPress XML Export
• Generate a file with installed plugins
• Optimize Database
• Check and repair Database
• File backup
• Backups in zip, tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2 format (needs gz, bz2, ZipArchive)
• Store backup to directory
• Store backup to FTP server (needs ftp)
• Store backup to Dropbox (needs curl)
• Store backup to S3 services (needs curl)
• Store backup to Microsoft Azure (Blob) (needs PHP 5.3.2, curl)
• Store backup to RackSpaceCloud (needs PHP 5.3.2, curl)
• Store backup to SugarSync (needs curl)
• PRO: Store backup to Amazon Glacier (needs PHP 5.3.3, curl)
• PRO: Store backup to Google Drive (needs PHP 5.3.3, curl)
• Send logs and backups by email
• Multi-site support only as network admin

Available languages

• english (standard)
• french / français (fr_FR)
• german / deutsch (de_DE)
• russian / pоссия (ru_RU)
• simplified chinese (zh_CN)

Requirements

• WordPress 3.4 and PHP 5.2.6 required!
• To use the Plugin with full functionality PHP 5.3.3 with mysqli, FTP,gz, bz2,  ZipArchive and curl is needed.
• Plugin functions that don’t work because of your server settings, will not be displayed in admin area.

Remember: The most expensive backup is the one you never did! And please test your backups!

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