Set 01 · Premium storage
Off-site copies, everywhere at once.
Free BackupEase stores locally and on Google Drive. Pro adds FTP, SFTP, OneDrive, and Dropbox – and sends a single backup to as many of them as you like, simultaneously. One run, redundant everywhere.
- Local, Google Drive, FTP, SFTP, OneDrive & Dropbox
- Fan out one backup to multiple providers at once
- Credentials encrypted at rest with AES-256-CBC
Set 02 · Advanced scheduling
As many schedules as your site actually needs.
Run a database backup every two hours and a full-site backup weekly – at the same time, each on its own retention. Pro unlocks hourly and every-2/3/4/6/8/12-hour cadences plus multiple independent named schedules, all on your WordPress timezone.
- Hourly through monthly, plus custom multi-hour cadences
- Multiple independent, named schedules
- Runs on WP-Cron in your site's own timezone
Set 03 · Effortless migration
Move a whole site with one key.
Generate a single-use migration key on the old site, paste it into a fresh install, and click start. BackupEase pulls every file and the database over HTTPS, runs a serialization-safe search-replace, and rewrites wp-config.php – no FTP client, no downtime.
- Pull migration over HTTPS - nothing to upload by hand
- Serialization-safe search-replace on import
- Automatic wp-config.php rewrite (salts, prefix, DB)
Core engine · Reliability
Built to finish the backup - on any server.
Server timeouts are the number-one cause of failed WordPress backups. BackupEase adapts to your host – WP-CLI where it exists, chunked PHP where it does not – so every backup finishes.
Intelligent processing engine
BackupEase detects WP-CLI for fast background jobs and falls back to automatic chunked PHP processing on servers without it.
- WP-CLI auto-detection
- Chunked PHP fallback
- exec() capability probing
Adaptive aggressiveness
Pick Low, Medium, or High intensity. Each step tunes the PHP time limit to your host so a backup never times out mid-run.
- Low / Medium / High modes
- Per-step time-limit tuning
- Resource-exhaustion guards
Multi-cloud & local storage
Keep copies on your server and push off-site to Google Drive, FTP, SFTP, OneDrive, and Dropbox - several at once.
- 6 storage destinations
- Simultaneous uploads
- Setup wizard
Smart retention
Independent policies for each destination - by count, by age, or both. Preview exactly what a cleanup removes before it runs.
- Per-destination rules
- Count / days / both
- File & Table exclusions
Encrypted credentials
OAuth tokens and client secrets are encrypted at rest with AES-256 CBC. Legacy plaintext values migrate automatically on first save.
- AES-256-CBC at rest
- Auto-migrates legacy keys
- No secrets in the clear
Real-time monitoring
Watch every backup with live progress, the method used, and file sizes. Sizes are computed once and cached to skip an extra round-trip.
- Live progress indicators
- Method + size reporting
- Cached size calculation
Free vs Pro
Everything in Lite, plus the professional layer.
The free BackupEase on WordPress.org does the core job. Pro adds the storage, scheduling, and migration that agencies and serious site owners rely on.
| Capability | BackupEase · Free |
BackupEase Pro
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|---|---|---|
| Storage & destinations | ||
| Storage destinations | Local + Google Drive | + FTP, SFTP, OneDrive, Dropbox |
| Simultaneous cloud upload | Limited | Multiple providers at once |
| Encrypted credentials (AES-256) | ||
| Retention policies | Basic | Per-destination · count / days / both |
| Compression | ZIP | ZIP + tar.zst — smaller, faster |
| Scheduling | ||
| Backup frequency | Daily · Weekly · Monthly | Hourly → every 2/3/4/6/8/12h + D/W/M |
| Schedule management | Single schedule | Multiple independent named schedules |
| Pre-update snapshots | — | |
| Migration & support | ||
| One-click pull migration | — | |
| WP-CLI processing engine | ||
| Support | Community forum | Priority email |
| Updates & new releases | Community | 12 months included |
Pricing · BackupEase
One plugin. Pick how many sites.
Every plan unlocks the full Pro layer – multi-cloud storage, unlimited schedules, and the migration engine. The only difference is how many sites you can activate.