Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More vs My Private Site – Make Your Whole Site Private, Force Login & Block Registration Spam

WordPress Backup & Migration Plugin Duplicator provides a simple way to move WordPress sites, create reliable backups, or clone a site for staging. With Duplicator, you can easily migrate, transfer, or clone your WordPress site between domains or hosts with no downtime. Create full backups of your website, or package your entire site to download and install elsewhere with only a few steps. At Duplicator, reliabilty, security, and ease of use are our top priorities. Our variety of cloud backup integrations and easy migration wizard make Duplicator the most beginner-friendly backup and migration plugin on the market. You don’t have to hire a developer. Create a backup and migrate sites in just a few minutes. Duplicator Pro This plugin is the Lite version of Duplicator Pro, which comes with scheduled backups, cloud storage integrations, multisite support, and more. Get Duplicator Pro for the complete migration and backup solution. Easy Site Migration, Backup, and Cloning Duplicator streamlines site migrations by packaging your website files and database into a single file, known as a “backup”. Download and re-install your “backup” on any new WordPress location or server without dealing with complicated setups. Launch at your new destination without installing WordPress. Duplicator is the only migration and backup plugin that works on an empty site. See why experts love Duplicator: “Duplicator provides an easy to use tool to make backups of your site, or to transfer it to another location.” Richard McAdams – Expert Web Developer Secure WordPress Backups Duplicator offers cloud WordPress backups with military-grade encryption. Automatically backup your entire WordPress site to secure cloud storage. Recovery Points (1-click Restore) Duplicator makes 1-click restores for WordPress backups easy and stress-free. Quickly restore your entire website in minutes just like a time machine. Fast WordPress Migrations Duplicator makes WordPress website migrations fast and stress-free. Quickly move to a new host, domain, or server. No downtime, no data loss, and no coding required. WordPress Multisite Backups Duplicator offers automatic WordPress Multisite backups with easy 1-click restore. Safely backup your entire Multisite network to secure cloud storage. WooCommerce Backups Duplicator offers reliable WooCommerce backups with military-grade encryption. Easily and automatically back up your entire online store to secure cloud storage. Pre-configured WordPress Installs Never start from scratch with Duplicator’s smart pre-configured WordPress installs. Save time and hassle duplicating ready-made sites with 1-click. WordPress Recovery Points with Quick Rollbacks Duplicator offers hourly recovery points and 1-click rollbacks for WordPress sites. Quickly and automatically recover from failed WordPress updates or disasters. Partial WordPress Backup Plugin Duplicator makes partial backups for WordPress quick and easy. Save storage and restore sites faster with database-only, media-only, or completely custom backups. Server to Server WordPress Migration Import Tool Duplicator makes server-to-server WordPress migrations fast and hassle-free. Quickly import your website to a new server in minutes. No downtime, no data loss. Smart WordPress Migration Wizard Duplicator’s smart WordPress migration wizard makes transferring your website to a new host or server effortless. No downtime, no data loss, and no code required. Drag & Drop Import WordPress Website Tool Migrating WordPress sites has never been easier with Duplicator’s drag & drop import tools. Quickly transfer your site to a new host or server in minutes, no code required. Clone WordPress Website Plugin Duplicator clones your entire WordPress website with 1-click, no code needed. Perfect for staging sites, sandbox, or site migration. WordPress Staging Site Duplicator Pro lets you create a WordPress staging site directly from your WordPress dashboard. Safely test plugin updates, theme changes, and new features on a staging environment before pushing changes to your live site. No manual setup, no separate hosting, and no risk to your production site. Duplicator Pro Features Duplicator Pro takes Duplicator to the next level with features you’ll love, such as: WordPress staging sites – create a staging copy of your site to safely test changes before going live Drag and Drop installs – just drag the backup file to the destination site! Scheduled backups Cloud Storage to Dropbox Backups, Google Drive Backups, Microsoft OneDrive Backups, Amazon S3 Backups and FTP/SFTP Backups Custom Backups and Cloning: want just plugins, or just themes, just the database? No problem! A special 2-step streamlined installer mode for mega-fast installs Recovery Points added for very fast emergency site restores Support for managed and shared hosts such as WordPress.com, WPEngine, GoDaddy Managed, and more Multi-threaded to support larger websites & databases Migrate an entire multisite WordPress network or a sub site as a standalone site Database and user creation in the installer with cPanel API Connect to cPanel directly from the installer Custom plugin hooks for developers Advanced permissions Email notifications Professional support … and much more! Supported Backup Cloud Storage Integrations We support any Amazon S3 compatible storage providers plus these first-party integrations. Localhost Backups FTP/ SFTP Backups Dropbox Backups Google Drive Backups Microsoft OneDrive Backups Amazon S3 Backups Cloudflare R2 Backups Wasabi Backups Dream Objects Backups Vultr Backups Digital Ocean Spaces Backups Google Cloud Storage Backups Backblaze B2 Storage Backups Linode Object Storage Backups You can easily see why Duplicator is the best WordPress backup and migration plugin on the market! Want to unlock these features? Upgrade to our Pro version Branding Guidelines Duplicator® is a registered trademark of Snap Creek LLC. When writing about the backup & migration plugin by Duplicator, please make sure to uppercase the initial first letter. Duplicator (correct) duplicator (incorrect)

My Private Site makes your WordPress site private so only logged-in users can see your content. With one click, you can restrict access to all posts and pages, automatically redirect visitors to the login screen, and keep your site visible only to people you trust. Unlike full membership or subscription systems, My Private Site focuses on strong privacy without unnecessary complexity. It is ideal for family sites, schools, clubs, client previews, or development environments where you want to share content with a trusted audience without managing payments, profiles, or custom roles. Ideal Use Cases Family sites and school projects: Share personal updates, photos, or assignments only with family members, classmates, or teachers you choose. Development and staging sites: Safely show work-in-progress to clients or teammates without exposing unfinished content or letting it be indexed by search engines. Clubs, groups, and internal blogs: Create a private online space for members or staff without the overhead of a complex membership system. Digital Fortress protection My Private Site helps protect the “front door” of your private site with built-in safeguards for login and user registration, including registration spam protection and optional reCAPTCHA support. If spam accounts already exist, the Spam Account Cleanup tool helps preview, export, and batch-delete suspicious basic user accounts with protections for online store customers and confirmations. It also includes AI Crawler Defense to discourage automated collection of your site’s content. Key Features Make your entire WordPress site private with a single setting Redirect logged-out visitors automatically to the login page Choose where users land after login (requested page, home, dashboard, or custom URL) Support user self-registration on private sites when enabled Protect registration with built-in spam controls and optional reCAPTCHA Safely preview, export, and batch-delete spam subscriber accounts with the Spam Account Cleanup tool, while protecting detected EDD and WooCommerce customers Optionally block unauthenticated access to the WordPress REST API Simple, no-code setup using standard WordPress settings Privacy shortcode lets you selectively show or hide content within a page or post. Built-in Registration Spam Guard Fake registrations can quickly fill your user list and trigger a flood of notification emails. My Private Site includes Registration Spam Guard controls that help block automated signups before they become user accounts: * Registration reCAPTCHA: Adds an optional reCAPTCHA challenge to the WordPress registration form and rejects unsolved or unverifiable submissions. * Honeypot field: Adds an invisible registration field that normal visitors do not fill in, but many bots do. * Gibberish username detection: Blocks long, randomly mixed usernames often generated by registration bots. * Reserved administrator usernames: Blocks self-registrations that impersonate common site identities such as admin or webmaster. * URL-like username detection: Blocks usernames that look like domains or URLs, including phishing-style hosted page addresses. * Crypto scam phrase detection: Blocks usernames that carry common bait phrases such as balance checks, transfer notices, or withdrawal prompts. * Excessive email dots: Blocks email addresses with unusually dotted local parts commonly used in bulk fake accounts. * Suspicious Gmail plus aliases: Blocks Gmail plus-address aliases with random-looking tracking codes often seen in automated spam bursts. * Digit-dominant and gibberish email checks: Optional default-off checks for mostly numeric or random-looking email local parts. * Missing MX records: Blocks registrations when the email domain is not configured to receive mail. * Disposable email domains: Blocks common throwaway email services, including matching subdomains. * StopForumSpam lookup: Checks registrants against the StopForumSpam database. Each Registration Spam Guard option can be enabled separately, and registration reCAPTCHA can be enabled independently from login reCAPTCHA while sharing the same keys. When enabled, reCAPTCHA protects the standard WordPress registration form, and selected spam checks also block suspicious unauthenticated account-creation attempts from other public entry points, such as REST API, XML-RPC, admin-ajax, and custom registration forms. Blocked attempts are logged in the Spam Log area for quick review. Spam Account Cleanup If a site has already been hit by fake subscriber accounts, My Private Site includes a staged Spam Account Cleanup tool in Advanced settings. It previews basic users, applies hard protections for detected EDD and WooCommerce customers, store-order accounts, content authors, site managers, recently active users, and uploaded mailing lists, exports the exact dry-run queue to CSV, and only deletes after a backup acknowledgment and typed confirmation. Deletion runs in resumable browser-driven batches, reassigns any unexpectedly found WordPress content to the current admin instead of deleting it, and includes an optional orphaned usermeta sweep for metadata rows that no longer belong to any user. Built-in AI Crawler Defense The internet is rapidly changing, with AI crawlers and bots harvesting content without consent. My Private Site helps you defend your work with integrated AI Crawler Defense features: * NoAI and NoImageAI tags: Automatically add meta tags and headers that signal compliant AI systems not to use your text or images for training. * Block GPTBot: Add a robots.txt rule to prevent OpenAI’s crawler from accessing your site. * Really Simple Licensing (RSL): Publish a machine-readable license that explicitly prohibits AI training on your content. These protections are included free in the core plugin, easy to enable with a checkbox, and designed to safeguard your site without affecting normal visitors or search engines. You can use them even if you’re not using any other site privacy features. Watch the Video Overview and Demo Premium Add-ons Premium add-ons turn My Private Site into a comprehensive privacy suite, giving you enterprise-style layered security defenses, smarter oversight, and flexible access, without the complexity or cost. Advanced AI Crawler Defense, Visitor Intelligence, and Block IP provide protections regardless of whether you’re using any site privacy features. Public Pages 2.0: Allows site operators to designate certain specific pages, or pages with specified prefix, to be available to the public without login. Now also allows public site, private pages. Watch the video Advanced AI Crawler Defense: Protect WordPress content from AI crawlers using licensing, opt-out tags, selective bot blocking, and firewall defenses to control and safeguard your data. Watch the video Visitor Intelligence: Track logins, logouts, failed attempts, and bot activity with a unified log, anomaly detection, and export tools for stronger site oversight and security. Watch the video Guest Access: Grant temporary, secure access to private WordPress content using unique shareable links with expiration, one-time use, and full admin-controlled invite management. Watch the video Block IP: Block unwanted visitors by IP address or range with full IPv4/IPv6 support, configurable scope, and fast enforcement to secure your WordPress site. Watch the video Tags & Categories: Allows you to make pages public or (with Public Pages 2.0) private based on tags and categories. Watch the video Selective Content: Allows hiding, showing, and obscurifying page content through the use of shortcodes. Can also selectively hide widgets and sidebars. Watch the video Digital Fortress Bundle: All add-ons are available in bundle form. Watch the video Limits This plugin does not hide non-WordPress web pages, such as .html and .php files. It also won’t restrict images and other media and text files directly accessed by their URL. If your hosting provider’s filesystem protections haven’t been set up correctly, files may also be accessed by directory listing. Support Note Support has moved to the ZATZLabs site and is no longer provided on the WordPress.org forums. If you need a timely reply from the developer, please open a ticket. Mailing List If you’d like to keep up with the latest updates to this plugin, please visit David’s Lab Notes and add yourself to the mailing list.