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Backup and Move Plugin

by Gaurav Aggarwal · Backup

This plugin allow blog administrators (even non-technicals) to create a complete backup of their blog and restore it on a different server,domain,etc

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 71 average across 163 Backup plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

33 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5444 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-10% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

200

now · peak 989

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Backup and Move Plug · #14291 WP STAGING · #332 Backuply · #94 BackWPup · #133

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈160

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
0.1
Last updated
14.9y ago
Added
2011-02-07 · 15 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
3.0.5
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-11-28 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-26 100+ → 200+ up after 9 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-17 200+ → 100+ down after 590 days in tier
  4. 2024-04-06 300+ → 200+ down after 378 days in tier
  5. 2023-03-25 400+ → 300+ down

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Backup and Move Plugin: 100+ active installs, 3.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/backup-and-move