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BlogVault Backup & Staging

by akshatc · Backup

Also makes 1 other plugin · 110K+ installs across the portfolio →

Secure incremental backups with staging, migration, and one-click restore for WordPress. Offsite storage and easy recovery.

How scoring works →
89 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 89/100
Support 70/100

89 health vs 71 average across 256 Backup plugins

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.

98 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 91/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+837% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

110.5K

now · peak 226.7K

111K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

BlogVault Backup & S · #532 you UpdraftPlus: WP Back · #15 Duplicator · #41 WPvivid · #70

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.6Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

6

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v6.48

65

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

6.48 · 3mo ago6.47 · 3mo ago6.44 · 4mo ago6.39 · 5mo ago6.36 · 7mo ago6.02 · 9mo ago5.93 · 1.4y ago5.92 · 1.5y ago5.91 · 1.6y ago5.88 · 1.7y ago5.85 · 1.7y ago5.81 · 1.8y ago5.77 · 1.9y ago5.73 · 2.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v6.48 71%
v6.02 5.8%
Older / other versions 23%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
80K–90K ≈89K

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

Install history · since 2015-04-21 · 1,470 observations

80KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
6.65
Last updated
10d ago
Added
2014-01-04 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.0

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 6.48 Fix: Preserve default PHP error handling after PHP Error Monitoring processes an error. Tweak: Reduce repeated firewall IP whitelist lookups. 6.48
  2. Version 6.47 Fix: Prevent stale WordPress core update cleanup rules from deleting files added by newer WordPress core packages. 6.47
  3. Version 6.44 Tweak: Improved the WP core updates flow. Tweak: Improved the plugin auto-install flow. 6.44
  4. Version 6.39 Tweak: Code Restructuring New: Added Connection key support 6.39
  5. Version 6.36 Tweak: Improvements in Auto-login and File System Tweak: Code Restructuring 6.36
  6. Version 6.02 Tweak: Improved Authentication 6.02

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2017-04-06 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects 1.40 - 1.44 Patched in 1.45

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-06-04 90K+ → 80K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-06-03 80K+ → 90K+ up after 18 days in tier
  3. 2025-05-16 90K+ → 80K+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-15 80K+ → 90K+ up after 7 days in tier
  5. 2025-05-08 90K+ → 80K+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-05-07 80K+ → 90K+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2025-05-05 90K+ → 80K+ down after 83 days in tier
  8. 2025-02-11 80K+ → 90K+ up after 20 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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