Let’s say, you are running your own website. You have spent many hours to customize and set up your theme and all your efforts are zero after updating new theme version. How terrible it is! In another case, your site is hacked and consequently, your data is damaged.

In both two circumstances, you can quickly restore your site if you have a backup. Creating regular WordPress backups is the best thing giving you a peace of mind and save you in catastrophic situations when something goes awry.

There are lots of ways to back up your database. You can backup manually or limited backup services provided by your hosting providers. However, using these two ways, they can be relatively complicated or you have to depend on your host providers.

The easier way in order to have backups of your database is using a backup plugin. In this article, we are going to list some free useful backup plugins, and then you can pick a suitable plugin for your site.

1. Updraftplus 

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This Updraftplus is one of the most popular backup plugin. With this plugin, you can create complete backup easily and store it into the cloud or other places such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Rackspace Cloud, DreamObjects, FTP, Openstack Swift, Email and several other storage options. Updraftplus also allows you to restore both file and database backups easily with a single click.

Moreover, this plugin also supports premium version with lots of interesting options, secure FTP, automatic backup and the ability to clone databases. The only thing that you might not like is the cluttered user interface which makes it difficult to locate the options.

2. Duplicator

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Another amazing backup plugin for you is called Duplicator. As its name, this plugin functions effectively in migrating, copying and cloning a site from one location to another. It is also a powerful solution for having backup your entire WordPress site. That’s why over 1000 users score 5 stars for this plugin.

However, this plugin does not support automated scheduled backups and users are required to have an average technical knowledge that will help users use this plugin more easily.

3. BackUpWordPress 

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If you are looking for a simple backup WordPress plugin, BackUp WordPress plugin is your ideal consideration. This plugin allows you to back up both your database and all your files automatically according to your schedules. Especially, it requires no setup and works well on low memory which is an excellent feature for users working on “shared host” environments. This plugin also supports zip and mysqldump for faster backups and helps you save lots of time.

4. BackWPup 

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Another plugin that you can think about is BackWPup helping you to have schedule complete automatic backups of your WordPress installation. This plugin gives you option to select an external Backup Service such as Dropbox, S3, FTP and so on. BackWPup supports both free and premium version offering with support. You can upgrade it to this premium version for more interesting features.

5. WP-DB-Backup

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This WP-DB-Backup is a truly simple, easy and effective backup plugin. As its name implies, this plugin allows you to backup your core WordPress database. In case you want to backup files, you should refer to other alternatives.

6. Backup & Store Dropbox 

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This free plugin is a useful tool to create and upload full backups to Dropbox. Besides, you can also restore, duplicate or migrate of your website easily. All you need are a Dropbox account for your backup and just several clicks in order to operate this plugin perfectly. This plugin works well on “Low Memory” hosting or server; moreover, it also helps you optimize your database automatically before backup. Let’s give it a try.

7. XCloner 

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Unlike above plugins, XCloner is a good solution for both WordPress and Joomla! websites. This plugin applies open sources such as TAR and Mysql; thus, you can store and control your backups in different ways. It is also possible to generate backups and share your custom backups with your clients.

8. WP Database backup

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This is another simple backup plugin for you. With WP Database Backup, you just need a single click in order to create backup and restore your database backup. This plugin also allows you to have manual or automated backups. If you want to experience more interesting features, you can buy its pro version.

That’s all. We hope that this list helped you select your best WordPress backup plugin. If you are using other plugins, don’t hesitate to share with us in Comment box below. In case, you want to update your site after having backup, you can refer to this article to get more detail instruction .