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WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP
Free backups are a steal until the scheduler goes rogue.
HealthyDeclining
65/100
The free features are useful but frequent reliability issues and broken scheduling make this a risky choice for backups.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.5★
102 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-19%
Declining
179 → 145 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
Declining · -19% in the last year
179/day a year ago→145/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Database Backup is appreciated for offering scheduled and FTP-based backups for free where competitors charge, but it is undermined by reliability issues, buggy scheduling, and slow support.
What people like
- +Offers scheduled backups and FTP delivery for free, without requiring a premium subscription
- +Quick and simple to use for basic backups×2
Common complaints
- −Backup process can hang or stall without any error message, leaving users unable to complete a backup×2
- −Auto-scheduler behaves incorrectly, ignoring configured intervals and triggering backups far more frequently than set (e.g. every 10 minutes instead of monthly)
- −Local/custom backup destination does not work — backups are not saved to a mounted or configured local drive
- −Logging feature is broken, generating only empty log files and making debugging impossible
- −Support is slow and unhelpful, responding with generic requests for more information rather than addressing the reported issue
- −Plugin sends persistent success-notification emails after updates with no working unsubscribe option
- −Can cause site outages (504 Gateway Timeout) during backup operations
- −UI does not correctly display the saved backup schedule time
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.40★Verified rating — drops from 4.50★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 26%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 102 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-23★★★★★Un buen pluginmjvalino1-shot
- 2025-08-01★★★★★excelente pluginiscjapv1-shot
- 2025-07-30★★★★★Started well, but failed where it counts!mraandrews
- 2025-07-29★★★★★Exactly what you needLee Logan
- 2025-03-10★★★★★Die Emails nerven penetrantsoma500
- 2025-02-19★★★★★Simple setup and works fastelectronic4you1-shot
- 2025-01-21★★★★★Plugin reviewanhdao1-shot
- 2024-12-17★★★★★Great plugin!Jeff Kunz
- 2024-09-30★★★★★Auto-Backups Stopped WorkingJennifer
- 2024-08-20★★★★★OptimumTassos Kambouropoulos
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP Database Backup
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.
130
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
141
Prior 7-day baseline
244
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,164
Mean release-day peak (30d)
251
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-7.8%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.29
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
26%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-67%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.50 → 4.40★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered