michitzky

On a page within the “Tools” Submenu, you’ll find a simple form which lets you choose the ingredients of a current Backup:
<ul>
<li>Uploads (either by scanning your Upload Directory, or by fetching Attachments from your Database)</li>
<li>Active Theme (and its parent theme, if used)</li>
<li>SQL-Dump containing the Mysql Database</li>
<li>A list of active Plugins</li>
</ul>
Backups will be stored within a folder in wp-content and be downloadable from the Backend. Once the downloads are finished, the backup files on the Server can be flushed.
What’s good:
<ul>
<li>Simple: Choose what is included in your Backup and download the resulting ZIP Archive from your Backend</li>
<li>Unobtrusive: It’s nested within the “Tools” submenu and comes without any bling bling, following default WP Backend Styles</li>
<li>Lightweight: 28KB zipped, 72KB unzipped</li>
</ul>
The plugin author does not take any responsibility for the safety of your data or the integrity of the generated backups.
Credits:
This plugin uses 2createStudio’s shuttle export Script for SQL Export: 
https://github.com/2createStudio/shuttle-export
Banner-Image on Repository: B. Walker, 11.08.2010: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/22021026
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mk Simple Backups

It just does what is says. Quite light and easy to work with.
Thank you.



Nice plugin

Allows you to create simple backups on a dedicated page nested in the "Tools" Menu.

hypertextranch

Depending on the MySQL server setup the SSL certs used may not be in the trusted store, if that’s the case <code>mysqli_ssl_set()</code> needs to be called to set custom keys and certs before connect. This Plugin adds a custom DB class that allows these settings to be configured via custom constants.
This plugin will also add a custom item on the “At a Glance” section of the Dashboard to show if the <code>$wpdb</code> connection is secure or not.
Also find me on <a href="https://github.com/xyu/secure-db-connection" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.

Secure DB Connection


The plugin has not been updated for a long time, but it still works!


Still working in 2023

Sets SSL keys and certs for encrypted MySQL database connections.

mk Simple Backups vs Secure DB Connection