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Database Backup for WordPress
It saves your data but charges you to actually get it back.
HealthyGrowing
67/100
The plugin provides basic backups but lacks maintenance and locks the essential restore function behind a paywall.
Active installs
~75,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+
Rating
4.5★
66 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+419%
Growing fast
37 → 192 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 · +419% in the last year
37/day a year ago→192/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayDatabase Backup for WordPress is a long-standing plugin that users once found reliable and easy to use, but it has accumulated meaningful complaints around slow performance, compatibility breakage with newer WordPress versions, and a restore function that is locked behind a premium tier.
What people like
- +Generally reliable for performing database backups when it works×3
- +Supports scheduled email backups and direct download to computer×2
- +Support team is responsive and helpful
- +Option to save backups locally is available for manual backups
Common complaints
- −Very slow backup performance×2
- −Restore functionality is not included — it requires a separate premium plugin or upgrade
- −Broken or non-functional with newer versions of WordPress; backup progress bar stuck at 0% (since 4.7.1)
- −PHP notice/error displayed on all pages due to an undefined index bug
- −FTP location errors make the plugin unusable for some users
- −Scheduled automatic backups do not allow choosing a custom local save directory
- −Storing the database backup on the server poses a potential security risk
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.43★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 66 total
Latest reviews · 66 analyzed
- 2022-05-01★★★★★very slowVu Tru So
- 2019-03-13★★★★★does it's jobmeisterleise
- 2019-02-06★★★★★Good pluginabacusgnus
- 2018-11-30★★★★★Has PHP errorscorsac
- 2018-06-20★★★★★Love this plugin – just wish one feature was addedjonalmada
- 2018-05-20★★★★★Install, activate, setup and forget … until neededbarnez
- 2018-04-30★★★★★Happy with the way the plugin worksO_Breda
- 2017-06-27★★★★★Works greatTribulant Software
- 2017-06-09★★★★★very useful pluginsaroarjahan1-shot
- 2017-06-03★★★★★Just What You Need When You Need ItKit Singleton
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Database Backup for WordPress
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.
229
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
251
Prior 7-day baseline
211
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,259
Mean release-day peak (30d)
229
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-8.8%
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.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.47 → 4.43★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered