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BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin
A veteran backup tool currently stumbling through a messy interface redesign.
DecliningPoor rating
46/100
Reliable backup history is currently marred by a confusing interface update and broken user settings.
Active installs
~625,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 500k+
Rating
4.0★
1,319 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-6%
Declining
3,659 → 3,424 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 2.15★
- MINORreview volume down 75% vs prior 6mo
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
Declining · -6% in the last year
3,659/day a year ago→3,424/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayBackWPup is a long-standing WordPress backup plugin with a loyal user base and responsive support, but its version 5 interface overhaul drew serious criticism for breaking existing setups and introducing non-standard, confusing UX patterns.
What people like
- +Reliable backup and restore functionality that has saved sites in real emergencies×3
- +Support team is responsive, helpful, and takes user concerns seriously×6
- +Long-term users praise its consistent performance over competitors×4
- +Plugin has stabilized after the rocky v5 transition, per users who stuck with it×2
- +Simple setup and useful automatic backup scheduling
Common complaints
- −Version 5 interface overhaul introduced non-standard UX patterns that feel out of place in WordPress, causing significant usability problems (since 5)×4
- −Migration to v5 automatically enabled local server backups without user consent, silently filling sites with large .tar files in the uploads folder (since 5)
- −Existing backup jobs and configurations broke during the v5 transition (since 5)×2
- −Restore process is difficult or unclear, with at least one user deleting the plugin over it
- −Backup process can be slow and some advanced options are confusing
Review trustMostly organic
- 2.15★Verified rating — drops from 4.00★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 19%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 26% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-03-112025-11-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,319 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-26★★★★★Got the help I neededsparkyparks
- 2026-05-06★★★★★Awesome and useful pluginOleksandr
- 2026-03-17★★★★★Needs Improvementaydenkenna
- 2026-03-16★★★★★Excellent Work!!nickar2
- 2026-01-09★★★★★Even the free version is well-supportedrjj11-shot
- 2025-12-23★★★★★nice ux, simple customisationpigsound
- 2025-12-10★★★★★BackWPup IS BACK!benoitfouc
- 2025-11-19★★★★★Great plugin and great teampixel007
- 2025-11-13★★★★★Works great and great support!oli89
- 2025-11-10★★★★★updateahmedlepoete
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to BackWPup
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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.
2,958
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
3,305
Prior 7-day baseline
3,005
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
88,979
Mean release-day peak (30d)
9,561
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-10.5%
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.
26%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.19
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
27%
5★ share in analyzed sample
19%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-75%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.26 → 2.15★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered