10 Best Customizer Backup & Reset Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Customizer Backup & Reset has 7,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. 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 Customizer Backup & Reset
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Database Backup for WordPress
Closest match4.5 (66) 60,000+ active installsDatabase Backup for WordPress is your one-stop database backup solution for WordPress.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 8.6 times the installs, last updated April 20, 2026.
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4.4 (95) 60,000+ active installsManages your WordPress database.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 8.6 times the installs, last updated 29 days ago.
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The WP Remote WordPress Plugin
4.6 (74) 30,000+ active installsManage updates, backups, and more across all your WordPress sites with WP Remote.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.2 (129) 10,000+ active installsXCloner is a backup plugin that allows you to safely back up and restore your WordPress sites. You can send site backups to SFTP, Dropbox, Amazon, Goo …
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 26, 2026.
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WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP
4.5 (102) 30,000+ active installsCreate & Restore Database Backup easily on single click. Manual or automated backups (backup to Dropbox, Google drive, Amazon s3,FTP,Email).
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.0 (128) 10,000+ active installsBackup and Staging by WP Time Capsule is an automated incremental backup plugin that backs up your website changes as per your schedule to Dropbox, Go …
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated June 10, 2026.
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Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid
4.8 (440) 50,000+ active installsAutomated backups, remote backup to Amazon S3 and Google Drive, stop website crashes before they happen and more. Total Upkeep is the backup solution …
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 7.1 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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Prime Mover – Backup and Migration
5.0 (138) 10,000+ active installsThe simplest all-around plugin to migrate WordPress and do backups. These support multisite backup/migration or cloning a WP site/multisite subsite.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated August 5, 2026.
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4.5 (35) 20,000+ active installsSave each change and get back online fast with one-click restores. The most proven WordPress backup plugin with over 270 million backups.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 2.9 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
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Modular DS: Monitor, update, and backup multiple websites
5.0 (126) 40,000+ active installsManage all your WordPress sites from one place. Automate updates, backups, uptime monitoring, security, reports, and more.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 5.7 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
Switching from Customizer Backup & Reset: common questions
What is the best alternative to Customizer Backup & Reset?
Database Backup for WordPress is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Customizer Backup & Reset alternative has the most users?
Database Backup for WordPress, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Customizer Backup & Reset alternative is rated highest?
Prime Mover, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 138 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Customizer Backup & Reset 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 Customizer Backup & Reset 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 Customizer Backup & Reset 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
Database Backup for WordPress is the closest match to Customizer Backup & Reset by the data we track, and Database Backup for WordPress has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. Modular DS shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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