WORDPRESS 6 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared (100% Objective)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-meta" style="font-family: "Open Sans"; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 7px !important; padding: 0px;"> <span class="post-category" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: black;">WORDPRESS</b></span></span></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="color: white; font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://smartblogger.com/wordpress-backup-plugin/" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" style="background-color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="6 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared (100% Objective)">6 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared (100% Objective)</a></span></h1> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Imagine if one day your blog just disappeared.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It’s a terrifying thought, right?</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">You put all that work into writing amazing content and developing an audience. The last thing you want is for it all to go up in a puff of smoke because of some technical issue or hacker.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">But if you don’t back up your website regularly, that’s exactly what would happen if something ever went wrong.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thankfully, I have some good news for you:</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Backing up your website isn’t something you need a developer for. Heck, it’s not even that complicated.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And with the right WordPress backup plugin, you’ll be able to sleep easy knowing that no matter what happens to your site, you can always have it up and running again in no time.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">To help you get started on the right foot with WordPress backups, I’m going to spend this post going through six WordPress backup plugins and helping you choose the one that’s right for you.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">But first…</span><br /> <span style="background-color: black;"><span id="more-9250" style="color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span></div> </h1> <h2 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Here’s What to Look For in a WordPress Backup Plugin</span></h2> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">While the backup plugin that you eventually choose will depend on your personal preferences, there are a few key features you should at least consider when making your choice:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Does the plugin offer automation?</strong> Automated backups let you “set it and forget it.” In other words, it keeps you from having to remember to do it manually every week/month/whatever time frame.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Does the plugin take full or partial backups?</strong> All the plugins on this list offer full site backups. But if you search elsewhere, you will find some plugins that will only back up specific parts of your websites, like just your database or theme.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How does the plugin handle restoring from backups?</strong> Some plugins give you built-in tools, while others require you to manually upload the files and import your database.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Does the plugin work with remote storage?</strong> If the plugin doesn’t let you back up to remote storage, you’ll be entirely responsible for keeping your backup files safe. Some plugins will store your backups on your server, which can still be useful, but won’t help you if your server gets wiped clean.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Does the plugin offer site migrations?</strong> This is the least important question. But if you think you’ll move your site often — like from a local staging site (that you use for tests) to your live site — this feature comes in handy.</span></li> </ul> </h1> <h2 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> The 6 Best Backup Plugins Compared in Detail</span></h2> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In order to help you make your decision, I want to give you an actual idea how these plugins function in the real world. So, in addition to giving you each plugin’s feature list, I’ll also show you the actual process for how you can use the plugin to back up and restore your website.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Let’s dive in…</span></div> </h1> <h3 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.45em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> #1: UpdraftPlus</span></h3> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <hr class="style11" style="background-image: url("https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dash.png"); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat-x; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; height: 6px;" /> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">By the numbers, UpdraftPlus is the most popular backup plugin at WordPress.org. It also has a staggering five-star rating on <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">over 2,672 reviews </em>to help explain its popularity.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So, why do so many people like UpdraftPlus? Probably because it gives you nearly all of the points I discussed above <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">without charging a penny</em> (though there is a premium version with more features).</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Here’s what you get with UpdraftPlus:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Manual or automatic backups (based on a schedule that you define)</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Full-site backups or backups of specific parts of your site (like your database)</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Easy restore from backup via a dedicated tool</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Off-site backup to Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, and more</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">UpdraftVault dedicated backup storage, which is basically a dedicated cloud storage service for UpdraftPlus (<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">storage costs extra, though</em>)</span></li> </ul> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In fact, the only feature that you might miss in the free version is a dedicated site migration tool. If you do want that migration feature, though, you can always purchase UpdraftPlus premium starting at $70.</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="UpdraftPlus table" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9252 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/001-updraftplus-table.png" data-srcset="" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/001-updraftplus-table.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/001-updraftplus-table.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/001-updraftplus-table-300x214.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> WHO IS UPDRAFTPLUS GOOD FOR?</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">UpdraftPlus is the plugin I recommend for most casual bloggers because it strikes a good balance between flexibility/features and ease of use.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">But while it’s <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">easy</em> to use, it’s not the <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">easiest</em> to use. We have other plugins on this list that simplify the process even more. (Of course, those may have other downsides for you.)</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO TAKE A BACKUP WITH UPDRAFTPLUS</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Once you install and activate UpdraftPlus, you can access its settings by heading to <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Settings → UpdraftPlus</strong>.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">To run a manual backup, you just need to click the big blue <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Backup Now</strong> button:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="UpdraftPlus backup restore" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9253 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/002-updraftplus-backup-restore.png" data-srcset="" height="256" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/002-updraftplus-backup-restore.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/002-updraftplus-backup-restore.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/002-updraftplus-backup-restore-300x110.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Then, you can choose whether to back up your entire site, or just a specific part:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="UpdraftPlus - choose backup" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9254 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/003-updraftplus-choose-backup.png" data-srcset="" height="438" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/003-updraftplus-choose-backup.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/003-updraftplus-choose-backup.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/003-updraftplus-choose-backup-300x188.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And that’s all there is to it! Depending on the size of your site, the backup may take a few minutes to create.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Once it’s finished, you can download the files to your computer by visiting the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Existing Backups</strong> tab:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="UpdraftPlus - download files" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9255 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/004-updraftplus-download-files.png" data-srcset="" height="229" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/004-updraftplus-download-files.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/004-updraftplus-download-files.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/004-updraftplus-download-files-300x98.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Something to note about UpdraftPlus is that it divides its backups into different files. <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">You need to download all five files to have the full backup of your site.</strong></span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Of course, one of the benefits of UpdraftPlus is that you don’t actually have to manually run your backups.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you want to set up automated backups and/or off-site backups, you can do that by going to the plugin’s <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Settings </strong>tab, and choosing how often you’d like to run a backup:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="UpdraftPlus - set up backups" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9256 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/005-updraftplus-set-up-backups.png" data-srcset="" height="455" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/005-updraftplus-set-up-backups.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/005-updraftplus-set-up-backups.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/005-updraftplus-set-up-backups-300x195.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As you can see on the image above, you can also choose a remote storage option, so you don’t have to rely on the backups on your server.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO RESTORE YOUR SITE FROM BACKUP WITH UPDRAFTPLUS</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">UpdraftPlus lets you restore from backup in two ways.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">First, you can run a one-click restore by going to the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Existing Backups</strong> tab and clicking the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Restore </strong>button:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="UpdraftPlus - one click restore" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9257 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/006-updraftplus-one-click-restore.png" data-srcset="" height="247" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/006-updraftplus-one-click-restore.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/006-updraftplus-one-click-restore.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/006-updraftplus-one-click-restore-300x106.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Note:</strong> This only works if the backup you want to restore from is still on your server.</span></em></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Second, you can upload a set of backup files from your own computer or from remote storage. You’ll need to upload <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">all five</em> backup data files to get a full backup.</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="UpdraftPlus - upload backup files" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9258 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/007-updraftplus-upload-backup-files.png" data-srcset="" height="367" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/007-updraftplus-upload-backup-files.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/007-updraftplus-upload-backup-files.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/007-updraftplus-upload-backup-files-300x157.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div class="jbox yellow" style="border-color: rgb(239, 229, 175); border-radius: 1px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 2px 2px 4px; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0.5em; padding: 9px 15px; text-shadow: none;"> <div class="jbox-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Note:</strong> After publishing our post, UpdraftPlus approached us to offer our readers a 20% discount on their premium plan. All you have to do is enter the coupon code <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">smartBlogger20</strong> and you’ll get a 20% discount. This offer will only last until the end of 2017.</span></div> </div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"> </span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> </div> </h1> <h3 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.45em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> #2: BackWPup</span></h3> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <hr class="style11" style="background-image: url("https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dash.png"); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat-x; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; height: 6px;" /> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">BackWPup is another popular WordPress backup plugin with over 600,000 active installs.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Here’s what you get with this plugin:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Full or partial site backups</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Automated backups via a few different methods</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Off-site backup to Dropbox, email, S3 services, and others (<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Google Drive is not available in the free version, though</strong>)</span></li> </ul> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And here’s one unique, though niche, BackWPup feature:</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The free version works with WordPress MultiSite. Most WordPress backup plugins lock MultiSite support behind their Pro versions.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">You may notice one feature missing from this list, though — <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BackWPup does not offer a tool to restore from backup</strong>. You’ll have to do that manually.</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="BackWPup - table" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9259 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/008-backwpup-table.png" data-srcset="" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/008-backwpup-table.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/008-backwpup-table.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/008-backwpup-table-300x214.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> WHO IS BACKWPUP GOOD FOR?</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">BackWPup is more flexible than UpdraftPlus in certain aspects as it offers more customization options when it comes to <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">how</em> and <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">what</em> to backup. But those same customization options make the plugin less user-friendly than UpdraftPlus and might feel overwhelming to casual bloggers.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For example, you can run backups via WP-CLI, export backups as WordPress XML files, trigger backups by visiting an external URL, and more.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you’re a <a href="https://smartblogger.com/launch-mistakes/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="launch mistakes">WordPress beginner</a>, that might all  sound like gibberish to you, which is okay, because you won’t need those options. But <a href="https://smartblogger.com/wordpress-hacks/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="WordPress hacks">advanced WordPress users</a> should appreciate them, especially the WP-CLI integration.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So unless you want those advanced options, I recommend you choose one of the simpler backup plugins on this list.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO TAKE A BACKUP WITH BACKWPUP</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">To start running backups with BackWPup, you need to create a <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Job</strong>. A <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Job</strong> is basically any task that you want the plugin to complete:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="BackWPup - create a job" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9260 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/009-backwpup-create-a-job.png" data-srcset="" height="428" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/009-backwpup-create-a-job.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/009-backwpup-create-a-job.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/009-backwpup-create-a-job-300x183.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">You can also choose where to send the results of your <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Job</strong>:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="BackWPup - job destination" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9261 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/010-backwpup-job-destination.png" data-srcset="" height="359" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/010-backwpup-job-destination.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/010-backwpup-job-destination.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/010-backwpup-job-destination-300x154.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As well as whether to run that job manually or via some type of automation:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="BackWPup - job schedule" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9262 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/011-backwpup-job-schedule.png" data-srcset="" height="389" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/011-backwpup-job-schedule.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/011-backwpup-job-schedule.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/011-backwpup-job-schedule-300x167.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">From the screenshots above, I think you’ll be able to see why I don’t recommend this plugin for beginners. Unless you’re a power WordPress user, terms like <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">WordPress cron</strong> and <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">WP-CLI</strong> mean nothing to you.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO RESTORE YOUR SITE FROM BACKUP WITH BACKWPUP</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Again, BackWPup does <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">not </strong>currently offer a dedicated restore-from-backup tool. Instead, you’ll need to manually restore your site by uploading the actual files via FTP and importing your database.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">While that’s not <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">too hard</em> to do, this is another reason why BackWPup is not a great option for beginners.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The developers are working on adding a restore tool to their plugin, though, so this may change in the near future.</span></div> </h1> <h3 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.45em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> #3: VaultPress/Jetpack</span></h3> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <hr class="style11" style="background-image: url("https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dash.png"); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat-x; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; height: 6px;" /> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">VaultPress is part of the Jetpack plugin from Automattic, the same company behind WordPress.com. It’s designed to make things as easy as possible for you to both back up and restore your site (if needed). Essentially, it puts your backups on autopilot.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">That means:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Automatic daily and real-time backups. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yes </em>—<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> real-time means that any time you make a change on your site, that change gets synched right away.</em></span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">30 days of backup storage in the VaultPress cloud</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">One-click restores from the VaultPress interface</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Easy migrations — restore to different sites with the click of a button</span></li> </ul> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And beyond backups, on the higher tier plans, VaultPress also scans your site for vulnerabilities and helps you fix any problems that it discovers.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Sounds pretty slick, right? So what’s the catch? Well, unlike all of the other plugins on this list, <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">there’s no free version</strong>.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you want to use VaultPress, you have to pay their yearly fee.</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="VaultPress - table" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9263 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/012-vaultpress-table.png" data-srcset="" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/012-vaultpress-table.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/012-vaultpress-table.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/012-vaultpress-table-300x214.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> WHO IS VAULTPRESS GOOD FOR?</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In terms of pure ease of use, VaultPress is the best option for beginners and casual WordPress users. It’s simple and pretty much hands-free. There is a small one-time setup to enable one-click restores, but once you complete that, VaultPress requires essentially zero manual input.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So if you’re looking for the <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">absolute easiest</em> WordPress backup solution, this is it. Just remember that you’re going to pay $39 per year for that ease of use, whereas something like UpdraftPlus is <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">almost</em> as simple without the price tag.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO TAKE A BACKUP WITH VAULTPRESS</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Even though VaultPress is part of the Jetpack subscription plan, it’s technically a separate plugin. So before you can get started taking backups, you’ll need to install and activate both <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Jetpack</a> <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">and</strong> <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/vaultpress/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">VaultPress</a>. The process is straightforward, but if you need help you can find instructions for both <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/installing-jetpack/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Jetpack</a> and <a href="https://help.vaultpress.com/install-vaultpress/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">VaultPress</a>.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Once you have both those plugins up and running, VaultPress automatically starts working. While you don’t technically need to configure anything for it to take your first backup, if you have a large site, you might want to give VaultPress remote access through SSH or FTP to speed up the process:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="VaultPress - settings" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9264 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/013-vaultpress-settings.png" data-srcset="" height="329" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/013-vaultpress-settings.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/013-vaultpress-settings.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/013-vaultpress-settings-300x141.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you’re not sure why/how to do this, VaultPress <a href="https://help.vaultpress.com/ftp/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">has a support article</a> on the subject and you can always reach out to Jetpack/VaultPress support or your host’s support.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Once VaultPress completes your first backup, you can manage all your backups from the VaultPress interface. If you want, you can also download physical copies to your local computer for safekeeping:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="VaultPress - manage backups" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9265 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/014-vaultpress-manage-backups.png" data-srcset="" height="281" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/014-vaultpress-manage-backups.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/014-vaultpress-manage-backups.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/014-vaultpress-manage-backups-300x120.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO RESTORE YOUR SITE FROM BACKUP WITH VAULTPRESS</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">To enable one-click restores, you’ll first need to give VaultPress remote access to your site (<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">if you haven’t already configured it to speed up your backups</em>).</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Again, if you’re not sure just how to do that, <a href="https://help.vaultpress.com/ftp/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">give this support article a read</a>. Or you can always reach out to Jetpack/VaultPress support and/or your host’s support team.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Once you complete that one-time setup process, all you need to do to restore your site is click a button in the VaultPress interface:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="VaultPress - restore" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9266 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/015-vaultpress-restore.png" data-srcset="" height="274" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/015-vaultpress-restore.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/015-vaultpress-restore.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/015-vaultpress-restore-300x117.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h3 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.45em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> #4: Duplicator</span></h3> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <hr class="style11" style="background-image: url("https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dash.png"); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat-x; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; height: 6px;" /> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Duplicator is a popular and well-rated WordPress migration plugin. Because there’s a good deal of overlap between what happens when you migrate a site and what happens when you backup/restore a site, Duplicator functions great as a backup tool as well.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">That said, many of the backup features that come for free in the other plugins are only available in the paid Duplicator Pro plugin.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Here’s what you can do in the free version of the plugin:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Download a full site backup</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Fairly easy restore from backup (though it’s not a one-click restore)</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Easy site migrations</span></li> </ul> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And if you upgrade to Duplicator Pro, here’s what you’ll get:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Scheduled backups</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Off-site storage at Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Special support for extra-large websites</span></li> </ul> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="Duplicator - table" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9267 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/016-duplicator-table.png" data-srcset="" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/016-duplicator-table.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/016-duplicator-table.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/016-duplicator-table-300x214.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> WHO IS DUPLICATOR GOOD FOR?</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Duplicator is a good option for intermediate users and above.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As someone who works with WordPress for a living, I find it convenient and often use it to move sites around and back them up. But I don’t believe it’s <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">as good</em> an option for beginners as tools like UpdraftPlus or VaultPress.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Here’s how it shakes out:</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you’re comfortable using FTP, you might enjoy this plugin for its convenience and flexibility. But if you just want a simple backup utility, some of the other plugins are better suited for you.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO TAKE A BACKUP WITH DUPLICATOR</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">To back up your site with Duplicator, you’ll need to create something called a <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Package</strong>.</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="Duplicator - create a package" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9268 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/017-duplicator-create-a-package.png" data-srcset="" height="403" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/017-duplicator-create-a-package.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/017-duplicator-create-a-package.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/017-duplicator-create-a-package-300x173.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Package</strong> consists of two files:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Installer</strong> — contains a setup wizard that helps you migrate or restore your site</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Archive</strong> — contains a complete backup of your WordPress site</span></li> </ul> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="Duplicator - package completed" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9269 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/018-duplicator-package-completed.png" data-srcset="" height="394" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/018-duplicator-package-completed.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/018-duplicator-package-completed.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/018-duplicator-package-completed-300x169.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Put together, those two files are all you need to completely back up your WordPress site.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO RESTORE YOUR SITE FROM BACKUP WITH DUPLICATOR</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Whether you’re migrating your site or restoring your site from backup, Duplicator uses the same process.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It’s not as simple as something like UpdraftPlus, but it is more streamlined than the completely manual process offered by BackWPup.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Basically, you’ll need to use FTP or cPanel to upload <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">both</strong> files to the server where you want to restore or migrate your site.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Then you can go to <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">yourdomain.com/installer.php</strong> and follow the plugin’s four-step wizard to restore your site. The only <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">slightly</em> technical thing that you’ll need to do is create an empty database for Duplicator to connect to (<a href="https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9363/2180/how-to-create-and-maintain-mysql-databases-in-cpanel" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">here’s how to do that in cPanel</a>, the most common hosting management tool):</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="Duplicator - restore site" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9270 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/019-duplicator-restore-site.png" data-srcset="" height="384" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/019-duplicator-restore-site.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/019-duplicator-restore-site.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/019-duplicator-restore-site-300x165.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h3 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.45em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> #5: BackUpWordPress</span></h3> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <hr class="style11" style="background-image: url("https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dash.png"); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat-x; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; height: 6px;" /> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">BackUpWordPress is a backup plugin from Human Made, one of the largest WordPress development agencies. In addition to working with enterprise clients like <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">USA Today,</em> they’ve also created some of their own products like BackUpWordPress.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">With BackUpWordPress, you can:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Take complete site backups or database backups</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Create separate schedules for complete backups and database backups</span></li> </ul> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you upgrade to the Pro version starting at $29, you’ll also get the ability to back up to off-site storage like Google Drive, DropBox, Amazon S3 and more.</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="BackUpWordPress - table" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9271 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/020-backupwordpress-table.png" data-srcset="" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/020-backupwordpress-table.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/020-backupwordpress-table.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/020-backupwordpress-table-300x214.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> WHO IS BACKUPWORDPRESS GOOD FOR?</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">BackUpWordPress is a great option for casual users who want something that works out of the box. There’s literally nothing you need to configure — just activate and go.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">On the other hand, it doesn’t currently offer a dedicated restore function. That means the simplicity only extends to actually backing up your site, not restoring it.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Also, in the free version, you don’t get remote storage, so you have to manually download your backups on a regular basis.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO TAKE A BACKUP WITH BACKUPWORDPRESS</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As I mentioned, you don’t actually need to do anything after activating the plugin. By default, BackUpWordPress starts off with backups already scheduled.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">It will:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Back up your database every day</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Back up your entire site every week</span></li> </ul> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you want, you can always manually create a backup by clicking <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Run now</strong>:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="BackUpWordPress - manually create database" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9272 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/021-backupwordpress-manually-create-database.png" data-srcset="" height="311" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/021-backupwordpress-manually-create-database.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/021-backupwordpress-manually-create-database.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/021-backupwordpress-manually-create-database-300x133.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And you can also change the default schedule by clicking on <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Settings</strong>:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="BackUpWordPress - change default schedule" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9273 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/022-backupwordpress-change-default-schedule.png" data-srcset="" height="467" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/022-backupwordpress-change-default-schedule.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/022-backupwordpress-change-default-schedule.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/022-backupwordpress-change-default-schedule-300x200.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In the free version, you’ll then need to manually download your backups to your local computer in order to ensure that you always have a working copy available. While the plugin will store backups on your server <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(according to your settings)</em>, this is not a safe way to store your backups long-term because if something happens to your server, you’ll be unable to access your backups.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO RESTORE YOUR SITE FROM BACKUP WITH BACKUPWORDPRESS</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Again, BackUpWordPress does <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">not</strong> have a dedicated restore function. To restore your site from backup, you’ll need to upload all of the files via FTP and import your database via phpMyAdmin.</span></div> </h1> <h3 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.45em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> #6: All-in-One WP Migration</span></h3> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <hr class="style11" style="background-image: url("https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dash.png"); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat-x; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; height: 6px;" /> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Like Duplicator, All-in-One WP Migration is a migration plugin that serves double duty as a backup plugin. One thing that’s nice about All-in-One WP Migration, though, is that it offers a simpler restore process than Duplicator.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The plugin gives you:</span></div> <ul style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23.744px; margin: 1em 0px 1.4em 44px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Full or partial backups</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Easy restore from backup</span></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Functionalities that make migrating your site a breeze</span></li> </ul> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">You can also purchase individual premium extensions for off-site backups at cloud storage providers like Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and more.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">There’s no way to put your backups on an automatic schedule, though.</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="All-in-One WP Migration - table" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9274 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/023-allinonewpmigration-table.png" data-srcset="" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/023-allinonewpmigration-table.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/023-allinonewpmigration-table.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/023-allinonewpmigration-table-300x214.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> WHO IS ALL-IN-ONE WP MIGRATION GOOD FOR?</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Because it lacks scheduled backups, All-in-One WP Migration is good for users who are willing (or even prefer) to handle things manually.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">One advantage that All-in-One WP Migration has over some of the other backup plugins is that it gives you a good deal of control over which files you export, which is helpful if you only want to take partial backups.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Most of the time, you’ll probably want to take full backups anyway, so this isn’t a <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">huge</em> advantage for casual users. But partial backups can be helpful if you’re running an especially large site where taking a full backup every day takes up too much space and/or processing power.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For example, if you use tons of high-resolution images that don’t change very often, it’s a waste of resources to back up those files <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">every single time you take a backup</em>.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For most casual users, one of the plugins that focuses specifically on backups will offer a more streamlined solution.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO TAKE A BACKUP WITH ALL-IN-ONE WP MIGRATION</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">To create a backup of your site, you need to <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Export</strong> it. You can export your entire site or exclude certain elements by using the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Advanced options</strong>:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="All-in-One WP Migration - create backup" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9275 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/024-allinonewpmigration-create-backup.png" data-srcset="" height="467" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/024-allinonewpmigration-create-backup.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/024-allinonewpmigration-create-backup.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/024-allinonewpmigration-create-backup-300x200.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Once you export your site, the plugin will prompt you to save the file to your computer (<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">or your offsite location if you purchase a premium extension</em>). And the files will also show up in the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Backups</strong> tab of the plugin.</span></div> </h1> <h4 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> HOW TO RESTORE YOUR SITE FROM BACKUP WITH ALL-IN-ONE WP MIGRATION</span></h4> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">To restore your site from a backup, you have two options.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">First, you can go to the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Backups</strong> tab and click the restore button:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="All-in-One WP Migration - restore" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9276 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/025-allinonewpmigration-restore.png" data-srcset="" height="483" sizes="(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/025-allinonewpmigration-restore.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/025-allinonewpmigration-restore.png 670w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/025-allinonewpmigration-restore-300x216.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="670" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Second, you can go to the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Import</strong> tab and upload a previously exported file from your computer or a remote storage location:</span></div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="embedded-image" style="display: inline-block; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="screenshot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="All-in-One WP Migration - import" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9277 lazy-loaded" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/026-allinonewpmigration-import.png" data-srcset="" height="424" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/026-allinonewpmigration-import.png" srcset="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/026-allinonewpmigration-import.png 700w, https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/026-allinonewpmigration-import-300x182.png 300w" style="border: 2px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.3s;" width="700" /></div> </div> <span style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"></span></span><div class="jbox yellow" style="border-color: rgb(239, 229, 175); border-radius: 1px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 2px 2px 4px; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0.5em; padding: 9px 15px; text-shadow: none;"> <div class="jbox-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Note:</strong> One well-known plugin that’s missing from this list is BackupBuddy. We intended to include it, but unfortunately iThemes does not offer a trial version, maintains a strict no-refund policy and did not respond to any of our requests for a demo licence. <img alt="🙁" class="emoji" draggable="false" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.3/svg/1f641.svg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.07em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: -0.1em; width: 1em;" /></span></div> </div> <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400;"> </span><div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> </div> </h1> <h2 style="font-family: "titillium web"; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 20px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Start Taking Backups and Sleep Easy Knowing That Your Site is Protected</span></h2> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Peace of mind is a beautiful thing.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And after you start using one of these WordPress backup plugins, that’s exactly what you’ll have.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Don’t wait — choose the plugin you like the best, install it, and create your first backup.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Then, no matter what happens to your site, you’ll always have a working copy tucked safely away.</span></div> <div style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And that means you can sleep easy knowing the work you’ve put into your site is safe and secure.</span></div> </h1> </div>

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<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: "Titillium Web"; line-height: 1.25em !important; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> How to Write a Blog Post – The Ultimate Guide</span></h1> <div> <div class="post-meta post-meta-details" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 0.9em; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div> <div class="before-content-widget" style="clear: both; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <br /> <figure class="post-image left" itemprop="image" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" style="float: left; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://smartblogger.com/how-to-write-a-blog-post/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img alt="How to Write a Blog Post – The Ultimate Guide" data-pin-nopin="true" height="703" src="https://smartblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/how-to-write-a-blog-post.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="703" /></span></a></figure><br /> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="text" style="font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 16.96px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Blogging is a battle.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A war to get your ideas the attention they deserve.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Your enemy? The dizzying array of online distractions that devour your readers.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This battle is not for the faint of heart.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">There are so many learning curves. Plugins you’ll need to install. Social networks you’ll need to employ. Marketing techniques you’ll need to try.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">But none of that stuff matters if you’re drowning your ideas in amateur writing. You might as well lay your sword down in defeat. Readers don’t have time for amateurs.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So before you venture any further down the blogging rabbit hole, you better make sure you know how to write like a pro.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Skip that step, and nothing can save you. Your battle is lost.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The good news is, writing effective blog posts is a skill you can learn. And it’s one you <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">must</em> learn.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">You have powerful ideas that can transform readers’ lives. Those ideas are worth fighting for.</span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So when you’re ready to enter the arena, arm yourself with this guide and fight the good fight.</span></div> </div> </div> </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-GRANDPRIZE-1stPlace-Wildlife-1200x520.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Jayaprakash Goji Bojan: "The Jungle Man Crossing the River" in Borneo, Indonesia - Grand Prix and First Class in "Wild Nature"</span><br /> What makes a great picture really "great" is not the photographer's ingenuity in capturing the camera or determining the shutter speed; it is the story behind that picture; the most recent example of this is the winner of the National Geographic Contest of the 2017 photographer among 11,000 exceptional portraits of photographers around the world!<br /> Singaporean photographer Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan has won the title with remarkable merit: an absent man looking in fear while hiding behind a tree with a river full of crocodiles!<br /> <br /> To capture this most painful and wonderful picture, Pujan waited patiently for long days in the Borneo River of Indonesia waiting for the jungle person to cross the river, knowing the behavior of these beings. Boyan risked his life by staying at the banks of this river full of predatory crocodiles, but he says he was actually like a spy while waiting for the appearance of a jungle man! The job took him completely so he did not feel cold or mosquito bites ... his mind was quite elsewhere!<br /> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-HonMen1-Underwater-750x500.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Jennifer O'Neill: The huge swarms of fish on the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Sea</span><br /> As you can see, the story and the story deserve to win the title and the winner of the prize of $ 10 thousand, in addition to winning the status of the first in the category of "wild nature." In addition to the exceptional picture that Bojan gave us, you can not miss the winning pictures in the rest of the competition.<br /> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-Wildlife-PeoplesChoice-750x465.jpg" /><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Harry Collins: Owl Hunting in New Hampshire, United States - Award-winning picture of "Public Love" in "Wild Nature" category</span><br /> <img height="425" src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-Underwater-PeoplesChoice-750x500.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Matthew Smith, "Candles invade the eastern coasts of Australia" - winner of the "Public Love" award in the category of "Underwater Photography"</span><br /> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-Landscapes-PeoplesChoice-750x484.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Wysz Kroszynski: "Sunset illuminates the lighthouse" in the Faroe Islands - category "landscapes"</span><br /> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-HonMen-Wildlife-750x500.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Photographer Lancey McMillan: "A monkey is riding in a hot spring" in Japan</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-HonMen1-Landscapes-750x500.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Giorgi Bupa: "Dead trees in a charming forest" in Lake Sogdel, Romania</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-HonMen1-Aerials-750x501.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Agatha Bernard: "Life After Life", Award of Public Love in the category "Photos from the top"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-GRANDPRIZE-1stPlace-Wildlife-750x500.jpg" /><br /> <br /> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-3rdPlace-Wildlife-750x500.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Pencey Mait: "Gray Heron Bird Fighting While White Eagle Looks" in Hawaii -</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Ranked third in the category of "wild nature"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-3rdPlace-Underwater-750x499.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Michael Patrick O'Neill: "The Gulf Stream Floods" in California - The category of "Underwater Photography"</span><br /> <br /> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-3rdPlace-Landscapes-750x500.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Mike Olbinski: "Storm over the Grand Canyon" - ranked third in the category of "landscape"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-3rdPlace-Aerials-750x426.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Greg Si: "The Gathering of the Magma and the Ocean" in Hawaii - ranked third in the category "Photos from the top"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-2ndPlace-Wildlife-750x499.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Alejandro Britto: Flamingo feeds his mule, Mexico - Second in the wild nature category</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-2ndPlace-Underwater-750x536.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Shane Gross: "shy creatures" in Cuba - second place in the category of "underwater photography"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-2ndPlace-Landscapes-750x611.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Johan Liao: Dushanze Grand Canyon, China -Second place in the category of "landscape"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-2ndPlace-Aerials-750x422.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Takahiro Bisho: "Snow-covered Mitaskaya Trees" in Takashima, Japan -</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Second in the category of "Photography from the top"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-1stPlace-Underwater-750x501.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Jim Obster, "anemones while interacting with blue light" - ranked first in the category of "underwater photography"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-1stPlace-Aerials-750x549.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Todd Kennedy: Rocky Pool in Sydney, Australia -Ranked first in the category "Photography from the top"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <img src="https://www.ibda3world.com/file/2017/12/NGNP-1stPlace-Landscapes-750x1125.jpg" /><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Cream Lilia: "This is nature in its raw form" Hawaii - ranked first in the category of "natural scenes"</span><br /> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">To view the winning and final photo gallery, visit<a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/nature-photographer-of-the-year-2017/" target="_blank">Official Competition page here.</a></span><br /> <div> <br /></div> <br /></div>

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