10 Best SiteGround Migrator Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
SiteGround Migrator has 80,000+ 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 SiteGround Migrator
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WP 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 transfer tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.3, last updated today.
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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 migration tag on WordPress.org. About 13 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.3, last updated 11 days ago.
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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 migration tag on WordPress.org. About 38 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.3, last updated 17 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.
About 5 times the installs, rated 4.0 against 4.3, last updated 4 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.
About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.3, last updated 12 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.
10,000+ installs against 80,000+, rated 5.0 against 4.3, last updated August 5, 2026.
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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 migration tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.3, last updated 10 days ago.
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Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning
4.9 (1,633) 200,000+ active installsEffortlessly migrate, clone, or transfer your WordPress site to over 5,000 web hosts with Migrate Guru, trusted by Cloudways, Pantheon, and Dreamhost.
Shares the migration tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.3, last updated 10 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 migration tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.9 against 4.3, last updated 27 days ago.
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Search & Replace Everything
Paid version availableSearch & Replace Everything – Quick and Easy Way to Find and Replace Text, Links
4.7 (26) 20,000+ active installsQuick and Easy way to search all URLS, Content and replace them with new links and content in WordPress website.
Shares the migration tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
Switching from SiteGround Migrator: common questions
What is the best alternative to SiteGround Migrator?
WP STAGING is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which SiteGround Migrator alternative has the most users?
UpdraftPlus, with 3 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which SiteGround Migrator 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 SiteGround Migrator 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 SiteGround Migrator 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 SiteGround Migrator 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
WP STAGING is the closest match to SiteGround Migrator by the data we track, and UpdraftPlus has the widest reach with 3 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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