Total Upkeep Premium brings backup, restoration, migration, site monitoring, and troubleshooting tools to WordPress. Schedule backups or create them manually, then restore data after an update problem or when WordPress is inaccessible.

Choose what to back up

Set a time for automatic backups through Cron or WP Cron, or start a backup manually. Include the full WordPress installation and database, or choose specific files, folders, and database tables. Before creating an archive, Total Upkeep checks that the server has the features needed to create it properly, helping protect the archive’s integrity.

Store archives remotely

Total Upkeep works with FTP and SFTP storage. Premium can automatically upload backup archives to Amazon S3 or Google Drive, keeping copies outside the website installation.

Restore an archive or a single file

From the Total Upkeep Dashboard, download, restore, or delete backups. Use the Backup Browser to inspect an archive’s contents. Premium also lets you restore one file without restoring the full archive. Historical Versions lists backups containing a selected file so you can find and restore an earlier copy.

Premium includes tools to search for recently modified files, save a file copy before updating it, and review comprehensive update history.

Recover from update or website problems

Total Upkeep can create a backup before an update and restore the site to its last backup if the update fails. You can configure automatic updates for WordPress core, extensions, and themes individually.

If WordPress is corrupted or its dashboard is unavailable, use the restoration script to restore a backup from outside WordPress. Site Check can monitor for errors at specified intervals, email an alert when it detects an error, and automatically restore the site using the latest backup. Its historical error log and diagnostic tools help with troubleshooting.

Clone or migrate a site

Install Total Upkeep on both WordPress websites, create a backup archive on the source site, and generate a protected link. On the destination site, use that link to upload the archive, then restore it. Total Upkeep with Cloud WordPress can also create staging sites for testing extensions, themes, and other site changes.

Setup and requirements

Install the plugin on the site you want to protect, pick a backup schedule and scope, and configure the storage destination. Set Site Check intervals if you need monitoring. The minimum requirements include PHP 7.4 or later, WP_Filesystem in direct mode, and at least one enabled PHP execution function: popen, proc_open, exec, shell_exec, passthru, or system. Scheduling requires system Cron with the crontab utility or WP Cron.