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.

Features

Full Site Backups – Backup your entire WordPress site including database, plugins, themes, and uploads
Database-Only Backups – Create lightweight backups of just your database
Files-Only Backups – Backup only your WordPress files without the database
Cloud Storage Support – Store backups on Amazon S3, Dropbox, or Google Drive
Local Storage – Keep backups on your server
Site Migration – Easily migrate your site to a new domain with automatic URL replacement
Search and Replace – Perform database search and replace operations with serialization support
Scheduled Backups – Set up automatic backups on your preferred schedule
Chunked Processing – Handle large sites without memory issues
Encrypted Credentials – Cloud storage credentials are encrypted using AES-256-CBC
REST API – Full REST API for integration with other tools
WP-CLI Support – Command line interface for backup and migration operations

Remote Backup Storage

Amazon S3
Dropbox
Google Drive

Swish Backup & Migrate PRO

Upgrade to PRO for advanced features: Get PRO

Multisite Support – Full compatibility with WordPress multisite networks
Multisite Clone Site – Clone sites within your multisite network
Unlimited Backup/Restore Size – No file size limits on backups or restores
Full Backups – Complete backups including wp-core, wp-content, themes, plugins, uploads, and database

Requirements

WordPress 6.0 or higher
PHP 8.1 or higher
Write access to wp-content/uploads directory

CLI Backup Commands

Swish Backup includes WP-CLI commands for backup and migration operations. Requires WP-CLI to be installed.

Backup Commands:

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

Import Commands:

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

Utility Commands:

wp swish status - Check active import session status
wp swish cleanup - Clean up stale import sessions

Privacy Policy

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.