ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

Updraft Review - The Best WordPress backup and Recovery Plugin

Updated on October 20, 2016

What is Updraftplus?

I have been using Updraftplus for almost a year now. This is best rated WordPress plugin for 2016. This can be used a single way to backup and recovery of your Wordpress blog.

Features of Updraftplus

Lets see now in detail what are the features of Updraftplus:

  • Select your backup schedule - You can choose the automatic or manual schedule. It can be hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. You also have different option to backup database, plugin, themes, and files.

  • Updraftplus inbuilt storage - Along with a remote storage option, you also have a provision to use Updraftplus vault storage. It is a very reliable way to store data.

Updraftplus provides 1 GB of free data with every package. If you want to buy more space, you can buy it separately.

  • Remote Storage options - You have the option to send backup to remote storage option like Dropbox, Google Drive, FTP, SFTP, Amazon cloud etc. You also have the option to encrypt the data send over to server.


  • Restore your Backup - You can restore your individual components like plugins, database, or themes or you can restore complete blog. You have one click option to recover a particularly dated backup.

  • Customer Support - Updraftplus provides an excellent customer support. It provides web based ticket support for paid customer. For free user, it provides support via video tutorial, Forums and FAQs.

How Much Updraftplus cost?

Updraftplus free version comes with basic features. If you are looking for some extra feature like Microsoft cloud, advanced reporting, database encryption; you have to go for paid. It starts from $70.Dropbox subfolder $10 etc

You can also buy individual package like automatic backup $25,

Here is a complete comparison of free and paid version of Updraftplus

Video Tutorial of Updraftplu

Conclusion

After using Updraftplus for one long year, I am very much happy with this plugin. It is easy to use, reliable, secure and has all the feature you need to take backup of your WordPress blog.

Remember to be a successful blogger, you need to have a strong backup and restore plugin. You work so hard on your blog, you do not want to loose your content.

Remember to take backup regularly at least daily and weekly. Create multilayer backup like remote storage, email, local drive, Amazon etc.

I hope this hub helped you to understand the concept of backing up and recovery of your Wordpress blog. Looking forward to hear the comment from you.

working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)