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Backup Migration
A heavy lifter for big sites that occasionally breaks everything.
HealthyGrowing
80/100
It migrates large sites effectively despite an intrusive prompt and a critical restore bug.
Active installs
~126,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 90k+
Rating
4.9★
1,313 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+73%
Growing fast
545 → 945 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +73% in the last year
545/day a year ago→945/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBackup Migration is a generally capable free backup and migration plugin that handles large sites with ease, but users have raised concerns about a disruptive in-editor review prompt and a serious restore bug that disabled multiple plugins and caused a white screen.
What people like
- +Works well for migrating and restoring large sites (over 1 GB) at no cost×2
- +Useful when other migration tools fail on certain hosting environments
- +Developer/support team is responsive and proactive
Common complaints
- −Restore process deactivated multiple plugins (including page builders and form plugins), causing a white screen with no error message
- −An intrusive review prompt overlays the site header during editing, interfering with normal workflow
- −Feature set may be overly complex for users who only need simple scheduled database backups
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.81★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 34%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-08-082026-01-052026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,313 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Blank screen after restoreAndre
- 2026-05-22★★★★★been a godsendskycaserotti
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Плагин «Миграция резервных копий»bokk1-shot
- 2026-05-11★★★★★DOPE PLUGIN, withgcesip1-shot
- 2026-05-06★★★★★Good Pluginmuhamadsoleh991-shot
- 2026-04-26★★★★★Goodnoviruses
- 2026-04-26★★★★★interferes with editing my site with message to evaluate.rafi.w
- 2026-04-25★★★★★Moved my 1 GB site from live to LocalWPJohn Concannon
- 2026-04-24★★★★★Worked perfect with no feesDiscant
- 2026-04-24★★★★★Resolveu rápido e fácilfixonweb1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Backup Migration
Top Backups plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
1,036
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
895
Prior 7-day baseline
958
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
18,886
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,036
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+15.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
16%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.49
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
34%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+9%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.88 → 4.81★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered