Every single file and database is missing. Bombshell!

It may sound implausible, but website failure happens more often than you think.

It may be because of host outage due to malware, coding errors, blackout or security breaches on the server. Or, even worse, your site might be hacked!

No matter what, being the owner, it’s your responsibility to implement an appropriate backup plan for your website. You can’t rely solely on the limited backup your host provides you.

BackUpBuddy

This popular premium WordPress backup plugin is a complete WordPress website backup solution that allows you to schedule daily, weekly, or monthly backups. The tool automatically stores your backups in Amazon S3, FTP, Stash, Rackspace, and even email to yourself.

ImportBuddy is an integrated tool that has the ability to do real-time backups and restore your website with BackupBuddy. Once your backup is ready or needs attention, you have the option to receive instant email notifications about it. BackUpBuddy is not a subscription-based service, which means there is no monthly fee. The premium version supports regular updates, 1GB cloud storage, and forums.

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UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration

With over a million installs and extraordinary 4.9/5 star rating, UpdraftPlus is undoubtedly a great WordPress backup plugin. You can FTP transfer your files to the cloud via Amazon S3 and other popular online storage solutions, like Google Diver, DreamObjets, Dropbox, and Rackspace.

The premium version comes with additional 1GB backup storage on the Updraft Vault, additional backup options, secure FTP, automatic backup, an ability to use clone database and send backups to remote destinations.

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Duplicator

In the event when you need a failover when your primary site goes down, you can rely on a plugin like Duplicator to make things right. This powerful WordPress migration plugin not only backs up your data but also an entire WordPress site. It is capable of duplicating your live site to a staging area when large changes need to made and has the ability to move the staging site into the live site once everything is completed.

You can migrate, copy, or clone your site between domains and hosts using fancy tools and without struggling with messy SQL scripts.

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BackUPWordPress: WordPress Backup Plugin

BackUpWordPress is a well-rated simple to use plugin that enables you to set up a schedule for your website backups easily. You can backup everything including all of your files and entire database using BackUpWordPress and it doesn’t take up too many resources while doing so due to the plugin’s low memory usage.

Although the plugin requires a PHP version 5.3.2 or later to use, you can get free support on their page if needed. In addition, BackUpWordPress is available in multiple languages with translations for Spanish, Chinese, German, Russian, etc.

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VaultPress

Automattic, the father WordPress, created this real-time backup and security scanning service and plugin. VaultPress is powered by Jetpack and easily backs up every post, media file, revisions and everything on your site to servers. The best part is VaultPress is guarded against hackers, host outage, accidental damage, and malware.

You never know when a disaster comes and hit your website badly. Be proactive instead, and you’ll be delighted you prepared.

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