WP BackItUp Community Edition

75 Quality Score

Active Installs

17/30

The 6,000 active installs is tiny compared to the leading alternatives, which makes the plugin a niche choice rather than a mainstream one.

Update Freshness

22/25

Updated in late January 2026 and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, the plugin is clearly being kept current and receives a perfect maintenance score.

User Rating

14/15

A 92 out of 100 from 297 ratings is a strong endorsement from the small pool of users who have tried it.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads opened and zero resolved, there is no track record to show that help is available if you hit trouble.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested on WordPress 6.9.4 and supporting PHP 5.2.4, the compatibility profile is unusually broad and accommodating.

Scores higher than 41% of indexed plugins

About

Backup, restore, clone, duplicate or migrate your site effortlessly with the WPBackItUp backup plugin. Backup every setting, post, comment, revision, …

Active Installs 6k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.6/5

Last Updated 2026-01-25 10:09pm GMT

Requires WordPress 3.8.0+

Tested Up To 6.9.5

Requires PHP 5.2.4+

Security History

8 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 7 Medium

Most recent: September 9, 2026

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WP BackItUp Community Edition <= 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'backup_file' Parameter Medium

September 9, 2026 Patched in [] CVE-2026-18386

BackItUp <= 2.1.0 - Missing Authorization Medium

January 21, 2026 Patched in [] CVE-2025-68039

Backup and Restore WordPress <= 1.50 - Missing Authorization Medium

August 12, 2024 Patched in ["2.0.0"] CVE-2024-43268

Backup and Restore WordPress <= 1.50 - Missing Authorization Medium

August 12, 2024 Patched in ["2.0.0"] CVE-2024-43270

Backup and Restore Wordpress <= 1.50 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Backup Trigger Medium

August 12, 2024 Patched in ["2.0.0"] CVE-2024-43269

Backup and Restore WordPress WordPress <= 1.45 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via Log Files Medium

March 5, 2024 Patched in ["1.50"] CVE-2023-7232

Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin <= 1.9 - Authorization Bypass Medium

December 4, 2014 Patched in ["1.9.1"]

Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin <= 1.9 - Sensitive Information Disclosure High

July 16, 2014 Patched in ["1.9.1"] CVE-2014-9012

What It Does

WP BackItUp Community Edition creates full-site backups of your WordPress installation, capturing the database, media, themes, and plugins so you can restore, clone, or migrate a site to a new location. It runs on a scheduled basis and stores backups on the same server, with manual restore points available from the WordPress dashboard.

Who It's For

This plugin suits small business owners and solo site managers running a handful of WordPress sites who want a free, hands-off backup solution that works without connecting to cloud storage. It also fits well for users on legacy PHP 5.2.4 environments or older WordPress installs that cannot run newer backup plugins.

Who Should Skip It

If you operate a production ecommerce store, a large multisite network, or any site where backup reliability is mission-critical, you should look elsewhere given the absence of active support and the tiny install base of 6,000 sites. Anyone needing cloud offsite storage, incremental backups, or proven enterprise-grade recovery should also skip this plugin.

The Bottom Line

WP BackItUp Community Edition is a competently maintained backup tool with excellent compatibility and strong ratings, but the tiny install base and complete lack of support activity make it a hard sell over UpdraftPlus or All-in-One WP Migration. The overall quality score of 78.22 reflects those trade-offs accurately. Reasonable for low-stakes sites, but not the first choice for anyone whose business depends on reliable restores.

Pick UpdraftPlus when you want a free plugin with cloud storage options like Google Drive, Dropbox, and Amazon S3, plus a much larger user community.

All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 98/100

Choose All-in-One WP Migration when your main priority is moving sites between hosts in a few clicks without dealing with server configuration.

Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin 95/100

Opt for Duplicator if you need to package an entire site into a single archive for staged deployments or developer handoffs.

Jetpack 94/100

Pick Jetpack when you want backups bundled with security, performance, and uptime monitoring in one subscription.

WP STAGING 92/100

Choose WP STAGING when creating a local staging copy of a live site is your primary workflow for testing updates safely.

Use Cases

small business website owner WordPress blog backup multisite network administrator non-technical website manager freelance web developer e-commerce store owner content publisher disaster recovery website migration project site cloning for staging environments managed hosting provider