Jetpack VaultPress

77 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

A 60/30 popularity score reflects a modest 10,000 active installs, a significant decline from VaultPress's earlier prominence as a top-tier backup service.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect 100/25 maintenance score reflects a last-updated timestamp of April 2026 and confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9.4, which is the result of a maintenance-only release pointing users to the replacement plugin.

User Rating

11/15

A 76/15 user rating score is middling and likely reflects frustration from long-time users who were pushed toward the newer Jetpack VaultPress Backup product.

Support Health

8/15

A 50/15 support health score is the result of zero support threads and zero resolutions, indicating no community troubleshooting activity for this deprecated listing.

WP Compatibility

15/15

A perfect 100/15 compatibility score confirms the plugin is tested with WordPress 6.9.4 and requires only PHP 7.2, which keeps it broadly compatible though the deprecation makes this moot.

Scores higher than 54% of indexed plugins

About

(DEPRECATED: Please install "Jetpack VaultPress Backup" instead) Jetpack VaultPress offers real-time backups, one-click restores, and premiu …

Active Installs 10k+

Rating ★★★½ 3.8/5

Last Updated 2026-04-10 9:18pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.2+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 7.2+

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 Critical 1 High

Most recent: September 16, 2017

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What It Does

Jetpack VaultPress provided real-time backups, one-click site restores, and premium security scanning through the Jetpack service. The plugin itself is now a deprecated shell that directs users to install the newer Jetpack VaultPress Backup plugin. Functionally, you should treat this listing as a migration notice rather than an active backup tool.

Who It's For

This listing is only relevant to the roughly 10,000 sites still running the legacy VaultPress plugin who need to know they should migrate to the standalone Jetpack VaultPress Backup plugin. New users should skip it entirely and install the replacement directly. It is not a product to evaluate on its own merits.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone setting up backups today should skip this plugin because Automattic has officially deprecated it in favour of Jetpack VaultPress Backup. Installing it means starting with an unsupported bridge that adds no value over the successor.

The Bottom Line

Jetpack VaultPress is effectively a tombstone plugin that exists solely to redirect users to Jetpack VaultPress Backup, and its 76.81/100 overall score is dragged down by weak popularity and zero support activity. New users have no reason to install it, and the 10,000 lingering sites should migrate to the active replacement as soon as possible. The category is well served by stronger, actively maintained options like Wordfence, Really Simple Security, and the current Jetpack suite.

Pick this for a lightweight security and SSL hardening layer rather than backup functionality, with a 98.71/100 quality score and 3 million installs.

Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 97/100

Choose Wordfence when you need an active firewall and malware scanning engine alongside security alerts, backed by 5 million installs and a 97.05/100 score.

Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 94/100

Pick the parent Jetpack plugin when you want backups, security, performance, and growth tools in a single subscription from Automattic, scoring 94.11/100 with 3 million installs.

All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 91/100

Choose AIOS for a free, modular security plugin with firewall, login lockdown, and database tools, scoring 91.23/100 with 1 million installs.

Safe SVG 89/100

Pick Safe SVG only if you need to safely allow SVG uploads, which is a narrow gap filler scoring 89.07/100, not a backup or full security replacement.