10 Best Prime Mover Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Prime Mover has 10,000+ 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 Prime Mover
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Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin
4.4 (45) 3,000+ active installsEverest Backup is a modern tool that will take care of your website's backups, restoration, migration, and cloning.
Shares the backup, clone, migrate WordPress tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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WP STAGING
Paid version availableWP STAGING – WordPress Backups, Restore, Migration & Clone
4.8 (2,464) 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.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 5.0, last updated today.
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UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
4.8 (8,637) 3 million+ active installsBackup, restore or migrate your WordPress website to another host or domain. Schedule backups or run manually. Migrate in minutes.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 300 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 5.0, last updated 17 days ago.
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All-in-One WP Migration
Paid version availableAll-in-One WP Migration and Backup
4.5 (7,665) 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.
Shares the backup, clone tags on WordPress.org. About 500 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 5.0, last updated 18 days ago.
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WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging
4.9 (1,541) 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.
Shares the backup, clone tags on WordPress.org. About 90 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 5.0, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.6 (330) 80,000+ active installsSecure incremental backups with staging, migration, and one-click restore for WordPress. Offsite storage and easy recovery.
Shares the backup, clone tags on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 5.0, last updated 10 days ago.
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BackWPup
Paid version availableBackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin
4.0 (1,321) 400,000+ active installsBack up, restore, and protect your WordPress website with automated backups, cloud storage, one-click recovery, and AI-assisted backup management.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, rated 4.0 against 5.0, last updated 4 days ago.
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Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More
4.9 (4,930) 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.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 5.0, last updated 11 days ago.
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JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate
4.5 (1,054) 200,000+ active installsBackup, restore, and migrate WordPress sites fast. Supports TAR, remote backups, multi schedules, and full multisite compatibility.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 5.0, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.9 (1,331) 80,000+ active installsBackup, migrate, and create staging sites with free cloud storage and support.
Shares the backup tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 5.0, last updated 27 days ago.
Switching from Prime Mover: common questions
What is the best alternative to Prime Mover?
Everest Backup is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Prime Mover alternative has the most users?
All-in-One WP Migration, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Prime Mover alternative is rated highest?
Duplicator, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,930 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Prime Mover 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 Prime Mover 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 Prime Mover 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
Everest Backup is the closest match to Prime Mover by the data we track, and All-in-One WP Migration has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. WP STAGING shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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