Backup on solid ground.

Yes. The core plugin is free and always will be. It includes full site backups, scheduled automation, one-click restore, and basic migration. No trial period, no feature lockout after 30 days. Archive encryption and incremental backups are Pro features.

Pro adds incremental backups (only backs up what changed — faster and uses less storage), archive encryption (AES-256), premium cloud providers with OAuth sign-in (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Backblaze B2), advanced cron scheduling, multisite support (Agency plan, coming soon), white-label branding (Agency plan, coming soon), and priority email support.

Yes. BackupRidge backs up your entire WordPress installation including all WooCommerce data — products, orders, customer info, and settings. Nothing is left behind.

For most sites, the impact is negligible — backups run in small, resumable chunks to avoid memory spikes, and scheduling is off by default, so you choose when they run. On very large sites or hosts with limited disk I/O, you may notice some load during the file-archive and upload phases. If that's a concern, schedule backups for off-peak hours and pick the Slow host or IO-constrained performance preset in Settings.

Yes, onto a plain WordPress install. Back up the current site, install BackupRidge on the new one, bring the archive in (browser upload, or copy it over FTP and use Discover local backups), and restore. If the domain changed, the old URLs are replaced with the new ones automatically during the restore — there is no extra step. See Moving to a New Host. Receiving an incoming site this way is free; pushing a migration directly from one BackupRidge install to another (including staging clones) is a Pro feature.

Yes. BackupRidge saves progress checkpoints and resumes from the last safe point. If needed, use Dashboard recovery actions or system cron trigger guidance in docs.

BackupRidge includes watchdog and resumption fallback behavior. For hosts with weak cron reliability, configure the WP-Cron and system cron trigger guidance so resumptions continue.

Yes. Restore can target specific components (database, themes, plugins, uploads, and more). See restore documentation for component-based recovery.

Large backups are split into numbered parts. You can download individual parts or use Download All for complete sets.

Tune PHP upload limits and chunk size. See Import Backup and Upload settings for upload_max_filesize, post_max_size, and chunk guidance.

Yes. Backup and upload paths include web-access protection controls. See the Security Overview section.

By default, backups are stored in a protected directory on your server (wp-content/uploads/backupridge/). You can also connect Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, FTP, or SFTP for off-site storage. Pro adds Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Backblaze B2.

All Pro and Agency purchases come with a 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. If it’s not right for you, submit a refund request via our contact form.

Yes. Your annual license includes all plugin updates and new features for the duration of your subscription. If you don't renew, the plugin continues to work — you just won't receive future updates or support.

On LiteSpeed hosts, WordPress can fail to reach itself (loopback) for cron and backup resumptions because the server aborts PHP when the connection closes. Add a noabort rule to your site’s .htaccess for wp-cron.php and admin-ajax.php. See our Documentation → Troubleshooting → LiteSpeed & loopback for the exact code, PHP options, and other checks.