SiteVault – Backup, Restore, Migration & Cloning
by Royal Plugins · Backup
Also makes 4 other plugins · 10.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple WordPress backup, restore, and migration plugin. Create backups, restore your site, and migrate to a new domain with ease.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
40+
≈40 estimated
Momentum
+20%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “backup”, “clone” and “database” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 2.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Backup plugin keeps 1.6%, across 286 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Backup plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 19 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 22 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
59
Momentum
Gaining ground
+0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
67%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| backup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| clone your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| database your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| migration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restore your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “backup”, “clone” and “database” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 16 Mar 2026 · 232 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 669 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
19
releases in the last 12 months
22d ago
latest release · v1.5.20 · 12 Oct 2026
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 249 days.
Install history since 15 Mar 2026
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.5.20). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Critical · 9.8 SiteVault – Backup, Restore, Migration & Cloning <= 1.5.19 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution ↗2026-10-06 CVE-2026-42696 Improper Control of Generation of Code Affects <= 1.5.19 Patched in 1.5.20
- Patched Medium · 5.3 SiteVault – Backup, Restore, Migration & Cloning <= 1.5.17 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure ↗2026-10-05 CVE-2026-105071 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.5.17 Patched in 1.5.18
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Simple WordPress backup, restore, and migration plugin. Create backups, restore your site, and migrate to a..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 16 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 16 of 16 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, WP-CLI, Amazon S3, Dropbox and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 8 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,266 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "clone" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-29 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 20+ → 30+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2026-09-13 10+ → 20+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 20+ → 10+ down after 42 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 30+ → 20+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-01 10+ → 20+ up
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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1-Click WordPress Migration Plugin – Backup, Migrate & Clone 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A -
Trinity Backup – Backup, Migrate, Restore, Clone & Schedule Backups 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
BlogVault Backup & Staging 80K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP-DBManager 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Clone 40K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
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