# UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin ## Description [The UpdraftPlus Backup & Migration Plugin](https://updraftplus.com/) is trusted by the WordPress community to backup, restore and migrate their WordPress websites. UpdraftPlus is actively installed on more than 3 million websites around the world. ### Backup with UpdraftPlus UpdraftPlus is the world’s highest ranking and most popular scheduled backup and migration plugin. Backup to your preferred storage location and restore in just three clicks. Backup to Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3 (or compatible), Rackspace Cloud, FTP, DreamObjects, Openstack Swift or email. The paid version also allows you to backup to Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Backblaze B2, SFTP, SCP, pCloud, WebDAV or UpdraftVault, our integrated storage option for UpdraftPlus. Backup manually or schedule to run every 2, 4, 8 or 12 hours, daily, weekly, monthly or fortnightly. ### Restore with UpdraftPlus Your WordPress website is vulnerable. Your site may get hacked. Something could go wrong with an update or your server could crash. You might need to reverse a change made or a mistake caused by human error. Whatever the reason, you can restore your WordPress website in just a few clicks with UpdraftPlus. Choose which components to restore (e.g. plugins, themes, database etc.), click again to restore, then click again to return to the main screen. ### Migrate with UpdraftPlus It’s easy to migrate your WordPress website to another web host, server or domain with this free version of UpdraftPlus. To migrate, simply download your database, plugins, themes etc. from the source site, then upload them into your destination site. When migrating, a built-in search-and-replace engine identifies old strings and replaces these to reflect the new location. UpdraftPlus saves you time and reduces the risk of broken links or missing files associated with manual migrations. ### Why UpdraftPlus? Writing a reliable backup and migration plugin that ‘just works’ consistently across millions of different WordPress deployments is hard. UpdraftPlus is relied upon to do exactly that. We’re trusted and actively deployed on more websites around the world than any other WordPress backup and migration plugin. UpdraftPlus: - Backs up, migrates and restores - Offers a huge number of remote storage locations - Allows you to schedule backups, so you can ‘set and forget’ - Is comprehensive and easy to use - Is proven to work on over 3 million sites. ### UpdraftPlus Premium The free version of UpdraftPlus will back up and migrate your website perfectly well. However, if you need more features and options you can purchase our Premium version. Backup and Migrate with UpdraftPlus Premium, and: - Get automatic backups before updates. Restore the very latest version if a WordPress or plugin update breaks your site. - Backup Incrementally. Changes are added to the master, saving server resources vs repeatedly backing up in full. - Get more remote storage options including Microsoft OneDrive, SFTP, Microsoft Azure, WebDAV, Google Cloud, SCP, Backblaze and pCloud. - Get 1GB of integrated storage with UpdraftVault for 99.999% reliability, redundancy and scalability. - Get more control over how many backups are stored in a specified interval. ### Managing multiple websites? UpdraftCentral is a powerful remote control dashboard for WordPress that allows you to manage your backups, as well as updates, users, pages, posts, plugins and themes from one central location. ### Need to create a temporary clone of your site? UpdraftClone makes it quick and easy to create a temporary sandbox for changes you want to try out. Simply select the versions of WordPress and PHP that you want, and we’ll do the rest. ### The full suite of plugins from Team Updraft and friends - [UpdraftPlus](https://updraftplus.com/). - [WP-Optimize](https://getwpo.com/). - [All-In-One Security (AIOS)](https://aiosplugin.com/). - [WP Overnight](https://wpovernight.com/). - [Easy Updates Manager](https://easyupdatesmanager.com/). - [Internal Link Juicer](https://www.internallinkjuicer.com/). ### License ``` Copyright 2011-24 David Anderson 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 Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA ``` ### Frequently Asked Questions #### How do I install the UpdraftPlus backup & migration plugin? Here are the installation guidelines from our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ReY7Z19h2I) or from [our website](https://updraftplus.com/download/). #### What if I have a problem / need support ? If you’re struggling to backup, migrate or restore there’s help available. Search existing topics on the WordPress support forum or post a new one. Our support and development teams check and respond to queries everyday. UpdraftPlus Premium customers can log a ticket directly with our support and development teams via the [UpdraftPlus support hub](https://updraftplus.com/support/). Before you get in touch, please ensure that you have read through our [FAQs](https://updraftplus.com/frequently-asked-questions) and that you’ve updated to the latest release of our plugin. It helps greatly if you can include the backup log and as much other information as possible in your report, for example the PHP version, your website, the error description, how you got to the page that caused it, any other relevant plugins you have installed, plus any other information that might be of use. #### Reviews UpdraftPlus has been straightforward to set up and manage for my WordPress projects. Scheduling backups, controlling retention, and creating manual backups before major website changes has been easy and dependable. It gives me peace of mind knowing I have recent backups available while I’m actively developing and maintaining client websites. Very useful plugin. #### Contributors & Developers “UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors: - [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidanderson/) - [Backup with UpdraftPlus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/backup-with-updraftplus/) - [Prashant Baldha](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pmbaldha/) - [DNutbourne](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dnutbourne/) - [aporter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aporter/) - [bcrodua](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bcrodua/) ### Changelog #### 1.26.7 – 21/Aug/2026 - SECURITY: Restoration now requires provision of a nonce, preventing an insider threat. - TWEAK: Improved user experience for scheduled monthly backups. #### 1.26.6 – 23/Jul/2026 - FEATURE: A popup will appear for data removal options upon plugin deactivation. #### 1.26.5 – 05/Jun/2026 - SECURITY: Previous versions contained a defect allowing unauthorized operations. #### Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. - 8,138 5-star reviews - 164 4-star reviews - 54 3-star reviews - 44 2-star reviews - 243 1-star reviews [Read all reviews](/content/support/plugin/updraftplus/reviews/index.html).