Zain Hassan

ZHBackup – Restore & Migration is a full-site WordPress backup and restore plugin built for real migration workflows. It packages your database, media, plugins, themes, selected <code>wp-content</code> folders, root files, and optional custom root folders, then restores them through a chunked process designed to avoid request timeouts.
The database is stored as a structured package instead of one large SQL replay file, so large page-builder data, post meta, options, and other oversized values can be restored in smaller, traceable steps. Live activity logs show the progress of exports, imports, database rows, large values, file restore, validation, and cleanup.
After a restore, ZHBackup lets you review the site first and run stale-file cleanup separately from the restore process. This keeps restore completion predictable while still giving you a controlled way to remove old plugins, uploads, themes, and selected root-folder files that are not present in the backup.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Full-Site Backups — Back up the database, uploads, plugins, themes, mu-plugins, selected <code>wp-content</code> folders, root files, and optional custom root folders.</li>
<li>Structured Database Package — Export database schemas, row chunks, and large values separately for reliable restores of Elementor/page-builder data and other large rows.</li>
<li>Chunked Export and Restore — Process database and file operations in small AJAX steps to reduce timeout and memory-limit issues.</li>
<li>Browser Upload or Server Restore — Upload backups through the browser in resumable chunks, or place backups on the server via FTP/SFTP and restore from a table of available files.</li>
<li>Flexible Archive Formats — Create standard <code>.zip</code> backups or optimized <code>.zhbackup</code> archives.</li>
<li>Live Activity Logs — Follow professional export/import logs with database checkpoints, row counts, large-value restore events, file progress, validation, and cleanup status.</li>
<li>Post-Restore Cleanup — Save a cleanup plan after restore and run stale-file cleanup manually after reviewing the restored site.</li>
<li>Serialized-Safe Find & Replace — Update URLs safely across serialized PHP data, JSON-escaped URLs, and Elementor widget data.</li>
<li>Secure Backup Storage — Store backups outside the webroot when available, with <code>.htaccess</code>, <code>web.config</code>, and <code>index.php</code> protections when stored inside the site.</li>
<li>Retention Policies — Automatically clean up older backups by count or age using WP-Cron.</li>
<li>No Required Account — Use all backup, restore, migration, and cleanup features without a license key or forced signup.</li>
</ul>
WordPress.org Compliant:
<ul>
<li>No obfuscated or encoded PHP</li>
<li>Proper sanitization for all inputs</li>
<li>Escaped outputs throughout</li>
<li>Nonces for all form submissions</li>
<li>Capability checks on every action</li>
<li>No hidden external API calls</li>
<li>No telemetry without explicit consent</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
ZHBackup includes an optional newsletter signup form on the plugin Settings page.
This feature connects to an external service hosted by Hassan Zain at <code>hassanzain.com</code>. It is used only to add the submitted email address to the ZHBackup newsletter or product updates list.
Data is sent only when an administrator manually submits the optional signup form. The plugin does not contact this service during normal backup, restore, migration, import, export, or find-and-replace usage.
When the form is submitted, the plugin sends:
<ul>
<li>Email address entered in the signup form</li>
<li>Site URL (<code>home_url()</code>)</li>
<li>Plugin slug (<code>zhbackup</code>)</li>
<li>Plugin version</li>
</ul>
Terms of service: https://hassanzain.com/terms-and-conditions 
Privacy policy: https://hassanzain.com/privacy-policy
<h3>Privacy</h3>
ZHBackup does not send telemetry or usage analytics during normal backup, restore, migration, import, export, or find-and-replace operations.
The only optional external data transfer is the administrator-initiated newsletter signup described above.

ZHBackup – Restore & Migration

Full-site WordPress backup, restore, and migration with structured database packages and chunked server-side imports.

SwishFolio

Denis B

Swish Migrate and Backup is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to create full backups of your website, including the database, plugins, themes, uploads, and core files. It supports multiple cloud storage providers and makes site migration seamless.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Full Site Backups – Backup your entire WordPress site including database, plugins, themes, and uploads</li>
<li>Database-Only Backups – Create lightweight backups of just your database</li>
<li>Files-Only Backups – Backup only your WordPress files without the database</li>
<li>Cloud Storage Support – Store backups on Amazon S3, Dropbox, or Google Drive</li>
<li>Local Storage – Keep backups on your server</li>
<li>Site Migration – Easily migrate your site to a new domain with automatic URL replacement</li>
<li>Search and Replace – Perform database search and replace operations with serialization support</li>
<li>Scheduled Backups – Set up automatic backups on your preferred schedule</li>
<li>Chunked Processing – Handle large sites without memory issues</li>
<li>Encrypted Credentials – Cloud storage credentials are encrypted using AES-256-CBC</li>
<li>REST API – Full REST API for integration with other tools</li>
<li>WP-CLI Support – Command line interface for backup and migration operations</li>
</ul>
<h4>Remote Backup Storage</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amazon S3</li>
<li>Dropbox</li>
<li>Google Drive</li>
</ul>
<h4>Swish Backup & Migrate PRO</h4>
Upgrade to PRO for advanced features: <a href="https://swishbackup.swishfolio.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Get PRO</a>
<ul>
<li>Multisite Support – Full compatibility with WordPress multisite networks</li>
<li>Multisite Clone Site – Clone sites within your multisite network</li>
<li>Unlimited Backup/Restore Size – No file size limits on backups or restores</li>
<li>Full Backups – Complete backups including wp-core, wp-content, themes, plugins, uploads, and database</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 8.1 or higher</li>
<li>Write access to wp-content/uploads directory</li>
</ul>
<h4>CLI Backup Commands</h4>
Swish Backup includes WP-CLI commands for backup and migration operations. Requires <a href="https://wp-cli.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP-CLI</a> to be installed.
Backup Commands:
<pre><code>wp swish backup --type=database - Create a database-only backup
wp swish backup --type=full - Create a full backup (database + files)
wp swish backup --type=full --include-core - Full backup including WordPress core files
</code></pre>
Import Commands:
<pre><code>wp swish import /path/to/backup.zip - Import a backup (auto-detects old URL)
wp swish import backup.zip --old-url=https://old.com --new-url=https://new.com - Import with URL replacement
wp swish import backup.zip --skip-url-replace - Restore only, no URL replacement
</code></pre>
Utility Commands:
<pre><code>wp swish status - Check active import session status
wp swish cleanup - Clean up stale import sessions
</code></pre>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
This plugin stores backup files that may contain personal data from your WordPress database (such as user emails, names, and content). Backups are stored either locally on your server or on third-party cloud storage services that you configure.
When using cloud storage providers (Amazon S3, Dropbox, Google Drive), your backup data is transmitted to and stored on their servers according to their respective privacy policies.
The plugin does not collect or transmit any data to the plugin author or any other third party beyond the cloud storage services you explicitly configure.

Swish Migrate and Backup


Migrated a 1.9GB file, the process was a bit slow, but everything worked perfectly.


Just works

A WordPress backup and migration plugin with cloud storage support and no limits.

ZHBackup – Restore & Migration vs Swish Migrate and Backup