WP BackItUp Community Edition
by Chris Simmons · Backup
Backup, restore, clone, duplicate or migrate your site effortlessly with the WPBackItUp backup plugin. Backup every setting, post, comment, revision, …
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-08-20. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
82 health vs 71 average across 257 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,416 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
769
now · peak 6.1K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v2.1.0
112
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 43% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-05-27 · 1,431 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.10 *Release Date – January 25, 2026 SECURITY: Fixed broken access control vulnerability in admin action dispatcher – Added authentication and authorization checks to prevent unauthenticated users from triggering admin actio 2.10
- — Version 2.00 *Release Date – August 16, 2025 UPDATE : Security Updates UPDATE : Major update to address technical debt in plugin 2.00
- — Version 1.50 *Release Date – March 15, 2024 UPDATE : Updates to add randomized log file suffix UPDATE : Updates to log file collection UPDATE : Misc minor fixes 1.50
- — Version 1.45 *Release Date – December 23, 2023 UPDATE : Updates to support WordPress 6.4 Enhancements UPDATE: Escaped reserved ‘offset’ keyword to fix the mariadb version > 10.6 conflict UPDATE: php deprecated function fix 1.45
- — Version 1.43 *Release Date – August 12, 2022 UPDATE : Updates to support WordPress 6.0 Enhancements 1.43
- — Version 1.42 *Release Date – March 24, 2022 UPDATE : Updates to support WordPress 5.9 Enhancements 1.42
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence7 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- Medium · 5.3 BackItUp <= 2.1.0 - Missing Authorization ↗
- Medium · 5.3 Backup and Restore WordPress WordPress <= 1.45 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via Log Files ↗2024-03-05 CVE-2023-7232 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.45 Patched in 1.50
- 2014-12-04 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.9 Patched in 1.9.1
- 2014-07-16 CVE-2014-9012 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.9 Patched in 1.9.1
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 129 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 162 days in tier
- 2025-08-20 9K+ → 7K+ down after 326 days in tier
- 2024-09-28 10K+ → 9K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-26 9K+ → 10K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-24 10K+ → 9K+ down
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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BackUpWordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 3M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
Backup Migration 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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