Akeeba Backup CORE for WordPress

Easily backup, restore and move your WordPress site with the fastest, most robust, native PHP backup plugin.

Author:Akeeba Ltd (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.8.0
WordPress version tested:4.2.2
Plugin version:1.3.4
Added to WordPress repository:09-05-2014
Last updated:23-06-2015
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:82
Rated by:26
Plugin URI:https://www.akeebabackup.com
Total downloads:82 826
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Akeeba Backup Core for WordPress is an open-source, free of charge backup plugin for WordPress, quite a bit different than the others. Its mission is simple: create a full site backup (files and database) that can be restored on any WordPress-capable server. Even without having WordPress already installed.

Akeeba Backup creates a full backup of your site in a single archive. The archive contains all the files, a database snapshot and a web installer which is as easy to use as WordPress' famous five minute installation procedure. The backup and restore process is AJAX powered to avoid server timeouts, even with huge sites. Serialised data is handled automatically. Our long experience –the backup engine is being continuously developed and perfected since 2006– guarantees that. You can also make a backup of only your database, or only your site's files.

If you want a reliable, easy to use, open source backup solution for your WordPress site, you've found it!

Important note: The software, its documentation and video tutorials are provided free of charge. Personalised support is not free; it requires paying for a support subscription. That's what pays the bills and lets us keep on writing good quality software full time.

Features:

  • You own your data. Hosted services hold your data only as long as you pay them a monthly fee. With Akeeba Backup you have full control over the backup archives you generate.
  • NEW Send your backups to another server by FTP or SFTP. (SFTP support requires the SSH2 PHP module to be installed on the server hosting your WordPress site).
  • Serialised data are automatically adjusted on restoration WITHOUT third party tools and WITHOUT precarious regular expressesions which can break your site.
  • WordPress Multisite supported out of the box, today.
  • The fastest native PHP backup engine. You don't need to upload Linux executable files on your server!
  • Works on any virtually any server environment: Apache, NginX, Lightspeed, Lighttpd, IIS and more on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and more.
  • No more timeouts on large sites. Our renowned engine is designed for big sites in mind. Largest successfully backed up site reported so far: 110Gb (yes, Gigabytes).
  • It configures itself for optimal operation with your site. Just click on Configuration Wizard.
  • One click backup with desktop notifications when it's finished. No need to stare at the screen any more.
  • AJAX-powered backup (site and database, database only, files only or incremental files only backup).
  • Choose between standard ZIP format, the highly efficient JPA archive format or the encrypted JPS format (encrypted JPS format available in paid version only).
  • You can exclude specific files and folders.
  • You can exclude specific database tables or just their contents.
  • Unattended backup mode (scheduled / automated backups), fully compatible with WebCRON.org.
  • NEW Scheduled backups with CRON jobs running on your server.
  • NEW Automatic log analyser to help you fix backup issues without having to pay for a support subscription.
  • AJAX-powered site restoration script included in the backup.
  • NEW Integrated restoration for restoring the backup on the same server you backed up from.
  • Import backup archives after uploading them back to your server. Useful for restoring after reinstalling WordPress on the same or a new server.
  • Archives can be restored on any host using Akeeba Kickstart (free of charge script to extract the backup archives on any server, without installing WordPress and Akeeba Backup). Useful for transferring your site between subdomains/hosts or even to/from your local testing server (XAMPP, WAMPServer, MAMP, Zend Server, etc).

and much, much more!

Indicative uses:

  • Security backups.
  • Creating development sites to test new ideas, make site redesigns or troubleshoot issues.
  • Transfer a site you created locally to a live server.
  • Create "template" sites and clone them to fast-track the development of your clients' sites.

Restoring your backups requires extracting them first. If you are restoring to a different server you need to download our free of charge Akeeba Kickstart script from our site. If you are restoring on the same server you can simply use the integrated restoration feature in the plugin itself.

If you need to extract a backup archive on your Windows, Linux or Mac OS X computer you can use our free of charge Akeeba eXtract Wizard desktop software.

More features are available in the separate product called "Akeeba Backup Professional for WordPress" which you can only download after purchasing a support subscription on our site. This includes automatically transferring your backups to Amazon S3, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box.com and another 40+ storage providers for safekeeping. Clarification: these features are NOT available in Akeeba Backup CORE for WordPress available from WordPress.org. These premium features are only provided as a thank-you to people who choose to support us financially by purchasing a support subscription on our site.