BackWPupbyInpsyde GmbH

Version: 5.2.2

Schedule complete automatic backups of your WordPress installation. Decide which content will be stored (Dropbox, S3…). This is the free version

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Minimal impact on memory usage The memory usage of this plugin is less than the average memory usage of other plugins on WordPress.org + 200KB. Check FAQ for more.
Minimal impact on pagespeed The impact of this plugin on PageSpeed is less than the average impact of other plugins on WordPress.org + 1000 milliseconds
No PHP errors, warning, notices WP Hive automated test found PHP error/s while activating this plugin on our server
No Javascript issues WP Hive automated test found no JavaScrip error while activating this plugin on our server
Latest PHP 8.1.12 compatible WP Hive automated test found some warnings/errors while testing it with the latest version of PHP. They may/may not cause any issues. You are advised to test yourself
Latest WordPress 6.8.1 compatible WP Hive automated test found that the plugin may not be fully compatible due to PHP warnings, latest version of PHP\'s compatibility. However, this is an automated test and plugin maybe fully compatible. You are advised to test yourself
Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
No activation errors WP Hive automated test found no activation error while activating this plugin on our server
No resource errors WP Hive automated test found no resource error/s while trying this plugin on our server
Frequently updated The plugin was updated at least once in the last 90 days

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The test sites are hosted on Google Cloud VM instances, one site/plugin per instance. The machine type is n1-standard-1. The server is a 8 core CPU with 8GB of RAM.
The test sites are hosted on Apache/2 server and they are tested on PHP 8.1.12 & WordPress 6.8.1.
The database server is MySQL 10.6.10 and the default PHP memory limit is 512M.

19M

Total Downloads

500K

Active Installation

16 years

On WordPress

0.0%

Growth Rate

56

Support Thread

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About BackWPup

Description

The backup plugin BackWPup can be used to save your complete installation including /wp-content/ and push them to an external Backup Service, like Dropbox, S3, FTP and many more, see list below. With a single backup .zip file you are able to easily restore an installation. Please understand: this free version will not be supported as good as the BackWPup....

The backup plugin BackWPup can be used to save your complete installation including /wp-content/ and push them to an external Backup Service, like Dropbox, S3, FTP and many more, see list below. With a single backup .zip file you are able to easily restore an installation. Please understand: this free version will not be supported as good as the BackWPup Pro version. With our premium version you get first class support and more features.

Database Backup (needs mysqli)
WordPress XML Export
Generate a file with installed plugins
Optimize Database
Check and repair Database
File backup
Backups in zip, tar, tar.gz format (needs gz, ZipArchive)
Store backup to directory
Store backup to FTP server (needs ftp)
Store backup to Dropbox (needs curl)
Store backup to S3 services (needs curl)
Store backup to Microsoft Azure (Blob) (needs curl)
Store backup to RackSpaceCloud (curl)
Store backup to SugarSync (needs curl)
PRO: Store backup to Amazon Glacier (needs curl)
PRO: Store backup to Google Drive (needs curl)
Send logs and backups by email
Multi-site support only as network admin
Pro version and support available – BackWPup Pro
NEW – PRO: Restore your backups with only a few clicks from your WordPress backend. Also available as Standalone App.
NEW – PRO: Encrypt backup archives and restore from encrypted backups.

In case you need to comply with the new GDPR regulation, check out our post BacKWPup, Backups and GDPR.

Requirements

WordPress 3.9 and PHP 5.3.3 required! (read more about recommended php version and why you should switch to modern php)
To use the Plugin with full functionality PHP 5.3.3 with mysqli, FTP,gz, bz2, ZipArchive and curl is needed.
Plugin functions that don’t work because of your server settings, will not be displayed in admin area.

Our friends at OSTraining have done a tremendous job with their video tutorials on BackWPup. The complete series of five videos have been made available for free on YouTube.

(Are you a WordPress novice? Check out all of OSTraining’s WordPress video trainings!)

Remember: The most expensive backup is the one you never did! And please test your backups!

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Performance

Memory Usage

Average memory usage is35.54 KB
This is less than99%plugins

Page Speed

Average page loading time is increased by 0.02 s
This is faster than99%plugins

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Change

Average Change

+ 0.02s

/(front page)

- 0.08s

/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

- 0.03s

/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

- 0.01s

/wp-admin/edit.php

+ 0.02s

/wp-admin/index.php

+ 0.01s

/wp-admin/media-new.php

- 0.07s

/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

+ 0.01s

/wp-admin/options-writing.php

- 0.03s

/wp-admin/post-new.php

+ 0.37s

/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

- 0.03s

/wp-admin/upload.php

+ 0.07s

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Change

Average Change

+ 35.54KB

/ (front page)

+ 14.18KB

/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

+ 28.41KB

/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

+ 31.27KB

/wp-admin/edit.php

+ 37.21KB

/wp-admin/index.php

+ 34.29KB

/wp-admin/media-new.php

+ 29.93KB

/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

+ 28.51KB

/wp-admin/options-writing.php

+ 28.91KB

/wp-admin/post-new.php

+ 65.21KB

/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

+ 64.67KB

/wp-admin/upload.php

+ 28.37KB

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Database Tables

The plugin has added 0 additional options to your WordPress.

WP-Options

The plugin has added 25 additional options to your WordPress website.

Errors

PHP Compatibility Issue

The plugin has not been properly activated on PHP 8.1.12. It may not work.

WordPress Compatibility Issue

The plugin may not be fully compatible with WordPress 6.8.1.

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Error Log

We found the following errors while activating the plugin. Read more how WP Hive generates this data.

[20-May-2025 08:01:03 UTC] PHP Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the backwpup domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121

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Version : 5.2.2

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