10 Best BackWPup Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
BackWPup sits at #6 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to BackWPup
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Duplicator
Closest matchDuplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More
4.9 (4,940) 1 million+ active installsThe best WordPress backup and migration plugin. Quickly and easily backup ,migrate, copy, move, or clone your site from one location to another.
#2 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.0, last updated 8 days ago.
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UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
4.8 (8,690) 3 million+ active installsBackup, restore or migrate your WordPress website to another host or domain. Schedule backups or run manually. Migrate in minutes.
#1 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About 7.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.0, last updated 2 days ago.
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Jetpack
Paid version availableJetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
3.7 (2,407) 3 million+ active installsImprove your WP security with powerful one-click tools like backup, WAF, and malware scan. Includes free tools like stats, CDN and social sharing.
#3 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About 7.5 times the installs, rated 3.7 against 4.0, last updated 10 days ago.
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Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone
4.5 (135) 600,000+ active installsBackup, restores, and migration with Backuply are fairly simple with a wide range of storage options from Local Backups, FTP to cloud options like AWS …
#8 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About 1.5 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.0, last updated 21 days ago.
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WP STAGING
Paid version availableWP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups
4.8 (2,470) 100,000+ active installsWordPress backup plugin: backups, restore & migration in minutes. Clone or duplicate your site, test updates on a staging copy. 100% unit-tested.
#7 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.0, last updated 3 days ago.
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WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging
4.9 (1,563) 900,000+ active installsAll-in-one WordPress backup, migration and staging plugin — schedule automatic backups, restore in one click, and migrate or clone sites safely.
#5 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About 2.3 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.0, last updated 24 days ago.
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JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate
4.5 (1,056) 200,000+ active installsBackup, restore, and migrate WordPress sites fast. Supports TAR, remote backups, multi schedules, and full multisite compatibility.
#9 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.0, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.9 (1,338) 80,000+ active installsBackup, migrate, and create staging sites with free cloud storage and support.
#10 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.0, last updated August 11, 2026.
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All-in-One WP Migration
Paid version availableAll-in-One WP Migration and Backup
4.5 (7,672) 5 million+ active installsTrusted by 60M+ sites: The gold standard for WordPress migration and backup. Migrate, backup, and restore your WordPress site with one click.
#4 in the WordPress.org Backup Plugins ranking. About 13 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.0, last updated 15 days ago.
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Code Snippets
Paid version available4.7 (509) 1 million+ active installsManage custom WordPress code in one dashboard. Create PHP and HTML snippets, preview code, track snippet totals and reuse code across sites.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.0, last updated today.
BackWPup against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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BackWPup vs Duplicator400,000+ vs 1 million+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.9
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BackWPup vs UpdraftPlus400,000+ vs 3 million+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.8
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BackWPup vs Jetpack400,000+ vs 3 million+ installs · 4.0 vs 3.7
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BackWPup vs Backuply400,000+ vs 600,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.5
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BackWPup vs WP STAGING400,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.8
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BackWPup vs WPvivid400,000+ vs 900,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.9
Switching from BackWPup: common questions
What is the best alternative to BackWPup?
Duplicator is the closest match: it shares the Backup Plugins top 10 with BackWPup and has 1 million+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which BackWPup alternative has the most users?
All-in-One WP Migration, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which BackWPup alternative is rated highest?
Duplicator, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,940 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these BackWPup alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with BackWPup score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against BackWPup on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Duplicator is the closest match to BackWPup by the data we track, and All-in-One WP Migration has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. Code Snippets shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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What moved this week
One email a week, built from the same daily snapshots these rankings come from: the plugins that climbed, what launched, and one ranking worth a look.