10 Best Zippy Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Zippy has 8,000+ 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 Zippy
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BlogVault Backup & Staging
Closest match4.6 (330) 80,000+ active installsSecure incremental backups with staging, migration, and one-click restore for WordPress. Offsite storage and easy recovery.
Shares the backup, migration tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 10 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, migration tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated June 10, 2026.
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FastDup – Fastest WordPress Migration & Duplicator
4.6 (27) 5,000+ active installsFastDup - Fastest WordPress Migration & Duplicator
Shares the backup, migration tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 15 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, migration tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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Everest Backup
Paid version availableEverest 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, migration tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 18 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, migration tags on WordPress.org. About 125 times the installs, 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 backup, migration tags on WordPress.org. About 375 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.5 (38) 300+ active installsFree WordPress migration plugin. Move to a new host or domain with a restore code. No 4GB zip cap.
Shares the backup, migration tags on WordPress.org. 300+ installs against 8,000+, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.3 (400) 80,000+ active installsTransfer your WordPress website to SiteGround without any hassle in a completely automated way using SiteGround Migrator.
Shares the migration tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 22, 2026.
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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 2.5 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
Switching from Zippy: common questions
What is the best alternative to Zippy?
BlogVault Backup & Staging is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 80,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Zippy alternative has the most users?
UpdraftPlus, with 3 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Zippy 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 Zippy 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 Zippy 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 Zippy 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
BlogVault Backup & Staging is the closest match to Zippy by the data we track, and UpdraftPlus has the widest reach with 3 million+ active installs. Free 1-Click WordPress Migration 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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