56
Easy migrations for small sites but those persistent admin ads are annoying.
HealthyDeclining
56/100
It handles small migrations well but intrusive ads and reliability issues are significant problems.
Active installs
~55,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.1★
340 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-20%
Declining
154 → 123 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORnot updated in 7 months
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 · -20% in the last year
154/day a year ago→123/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayClone is a well-liked plugin for quickly migrating and backing up small WordPress sites, but it is hampered by intrusive admin advertising, core limitations around large sites and multisite, and at least one report of a backup failing when it was needed most.
What people like
- +Easy to use for cloning and migrating smaller sites×5
- +Works when other migration plugins crash or require payment×2
- +Fast backup and restore performance×2
- +Allows migration without downloading files locally, via URL copy
Common complaints
- −Intrusive, persistent banner ads in the WordPress admin panel that reappear immediately after dismissal×3
- −Struggles with or is unsuitable for large sites×3
- −No support for WordPress multisite
- −No external storage destination — backup files are stored on the same host, requiring equivalent free disk space
- −Core functionality reportedly locked behind payment
- −At least one report of a backup failing to restore when actually needed, resulting in site loss
- −No clear completion indicator during backup/restore process
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.03★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.10★
- 17%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 340 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-03-10★★★★★Works amazing!khairyfarhan1-shot
- 2024-04-01★★★★★Dont Trust!!mediplexnorderney1-shot
- 2023-09-12★★★★★Excellent!!Eliyahna
- 2023-07-29★★★★★Annoying Banner AdMark Andrew Elvidge
- 2023-07-07★★★★★Anything beyond excellent?nanaoss
- 2023-05-08★★★★★Massive Ad Throughout WordPressjoshthemoore1-shot
- 2023-01-19★★★★★When 100 % done, It still looks like is has not finishedwireB
- 2022-03-25★★★★★Best Clone Plugin, Easy To Usesawebdesigner
- 2021-03-20★★★★★Review from Top Rated Developersouravhalder0161-shot
- 2021-03-02★★★★★This plugin worked (tried others)matthewdhenderson
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Clone
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.
121
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
109
Prior 7-day baseline
93
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
152
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+11.0%
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.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.49
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
70%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.97 → 4.03★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered