UpdraftPlus
The UpdraftPlus Backup & Migration Plugin 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. Restore from other backup plugins including BackWPup, BackupWordPress, Simple Backups and more. Run backups at set times e.g. during periods of low traffic. Backup to more than one location for added protection. Get detailed reports. Includes cryptographic checksums so you can verify the integrity of the backup files and more. Get Premium migration. Migrating to the destination site is more direct and can be done from the source site. Get Multisite / multi-network compatibility. Backup non-WP files and databases e.g. tables belonging to your e-commerce store or customisations to WordPress core. Get database encryption. Manage your backups and migrations from the WP-CLI. Get Premium Support. Find out more on our comparison page. UpdraftPlus Premium is available for purchase here. 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. Choose between: UpdraftCentral (free, self-hosted) UpdraftCentral Premium (paid-for, self-hosted) UpdraftCentral Cloud (paid-for, fully-hosted) Optimize your sites centrally by combining the power of WP-Optimize and UpdraftCentral or manage your backups centrally by combining the power of UpdraftPlus with UpdraftCentral. 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. More about UpdraftClone The full suite of plugins from Team Updraft and friends UpdraftPlus. Backup, migrate and restore. Rated 5* on the plugin directory and trusted by more than 3 million WordPress website owner WP-Optimize. Clean the database, compress images and caching. Optimize your WordPress website. 5* user rating. 1 million + active installs. All-In-One Security (AIOS). Secure your WordPress website. Comprehensive, feature rich and easy to use. 5* user rating and 1 million + active installs. WP Overnight. Quality Extensions for your WooCommerce store. 5* rated invoicing, order and product management, customer management solutions and more. Easy Updates Manager. Take control of updates. Lots of features for free, and a Premium version with even more – over 300,000 users. Internal Link Juicer.Boost your SEO. Automate internal links within your WordPress website. Save time and rank higher in the search engines. For other useful, free plugins see our lead developer’s profile, here. Are you multilingual? Can you translate? Do you want to help people that speak your language to backup, migrate and restore their WordPress websites? The UpdraftPlus backup, migration and restoration plugin is ready and waiting. The translation process is easy, and web-based – please go here for instructions: https://updraftplus.com/translate/. Or, if you’re already an expert WordPress translator, just pick out the .pot file from the wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/languages/ directory – if you scan for translatable strings manually, then you need to get these functions: _x(), __(), _e(), _ex(), log_e(). Many thanks to our existing translators. License Copyright 2011-26 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 Non-English translators are provided by volunteers, and wordpress.org does not give plugin developers control over their translations; thus relying on them is at your own risk; UpdraftPlus cannot guarantee that translations from the original English are accurate. We recognise and thank those mentioned at https://updraftplus.com/acknowledgements/ for code and/or libraries used and/or modified under the terms of their open source licences.
ZenPress
ZenPress disables unused WordPress and WooCommerce features, blocks security vulnerabilities, and configures cache plugins from a single settings page. Combined with Cache Enabler, Autoptimize and SQLite Object Cache, ZenPress replaces the need for premium performance plugins. Settings integrate directly into the WordPress core interface, without requiring a custom dashboard. Why choose ZenPress? Use curated settings presets to configure your site quickly. Integrates with the WordPress core interface for a familiar experience. A free alternative to premium performance plugins. Disable unused features to reduce page load and remove unnecessary code. Block security vulnerabilities by disabling unused features. Remove unnecessary third-party plugin code. Lightweight codebase with no external dependencies. Features ZenPress includes the following features: Dashboard Settings Navigate between categories using a tabbed interface. Features are grouped by Performance, Security, and User Interface. Select from three presets: Corporate, Blog, or E-commerce. Each setting includes a description of what it does and what side effects to expect. ARIA-compliant tabs with full keyboard navigation. Design matches the WordPress core interface. Core Settings Block user enumeration. Clean up the admin bar. Disable “WordPress” spelling correction. Disable all feeds (RSS, Atom, comments). Disable application passwords. Disable author archives. Disable autosave (classic editor). Disable Dashicons (admin icons). Disable default lazy loading for images. Disable DNS prefetch. Disable jQuery Migrate script. Disable login language selector. Disable oEmbed. Disable password strength meter. Disable PDF thumbnails. Disable pingbacks and trackbacks. Disable prev/next post links in head. Disable shortlink. Disable Windows Live Writer link. Disable WordPress emoji scripts and styles. Disable XML-RPC and RSD link. Hide WordPress version. Limit post revisions to 10. Limit REST API to logged-in users. Remove “Thanks for using WordPress” from footer. Remove Help tab. Remove REST API links from page source. Remove WordPress logo from admin bar. Gutenberg Settings Disable default pattern categories in Site Editor. Load block styles separately. Remove WordPress default block patterns. WooCommerce Settings Disable Stripe scripts on product and cart pages. Disable WooCommerce cart fragments. Disable WooCommerce scripts and styles on non-shop pages. Disable WooCommerce widgets. Hide WooCommerce version. Remove WooCommerce default block patterns. Ads-blocker Settings Clean up the Dashboard. Tools Settings Protect login from brute force. Show cache actions in admin bar. Integrations ZenPress integrates with Cache Enabler, Autoptimize, and SQLite Object Cache. When any of these plugins is active, the Tools tab shows integration status and one-click autoconfig actions. Admin bar: Adds a ZenPress menu to the admin bar with “Clear all caches” and options for each active cache (page, static files, object cache). Only appears when Cache Enabler, Autoptimize, or SQLite Object Cache is active. Hides those plugins’ own admin bar buttons. Autoptimize: Minify JS and CSS, combine CSS, static file caching, 404 fallbacks. Cache Enabler: Clear cache on content changes, WebP, compression, minify HTML. SQLite Object Cache: Enable “Use APCu” in the plugin if available. Presets Corporate website: For business sites and portfolios. Disables RSS, author archives, and other features typically unused on company sites. Blog: For content-focused sites. Keeps RSS and other blog-related features while disabling unnecessary assets. E-commerce: For WooCommerce stores. Disables non-essential WooCommerce features and removes unused WordPress functionality. Accessibility Navigate the dashboard using a keyboard: Tab, Arrow keys, Home, End, and Enter for all interactions. Tab panels activate immediately when focus moves between sections. Visible focus indicators on every interactive element. ARIA labels provide context for screen readers and assistive technologies. Privacy Statement ZenPress does not store, collect, or transmit any data. It does not send data to any third party and does not include third-party resources. Accessibility Statement ZenPress aims to be accessible to all users.
