MP Customizer Backups
by Phil Johnston · Backup
Backup the Theme Mods in your Customizer with either a click or by triggering a function.
45 health vs 81 average across 83 Backup plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3056 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
66
now · peak 163
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
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-10 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-01-05 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-04 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-12-29 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-28 300+ → 200+ down after 535 days in band
- 2024-07-11 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-07-10 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-07-06 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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BackUpWordPress 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Backup Migration 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Umbrella: Update Backup Restore & Monitoring 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Modular DS: Monitor, update, and backup multiple websites 40K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Customizer Backup & Reset 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP BackItUp Community Edition 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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