MainWP Buddy Extension

Combine the power of your MainWP Dashboard with BackupBuddy, one of the most popular backup plugins!

With the MainWP Buddy Extension, you can control BackupBuddy plugin settings for all of your child sites right from your MainWP Dashboard, including the ability to create backups of child sites and even set backup schedules.

You can also select to use the MainWP Buddy Extension as your primary fallback option, which removes the standard MainWP fallback screens and replaces them with your new MainWP Buddy screens, helping to keep your Dashboard clean.

How MainWP Buddy Extension works with BackupBuddy features

Run various types of backups

Run full, file-only, or database backups, or configure custom profiles.

With the MainWP Buddy Extension, you can choose to configure all your sites with the same type of backup or drill down to individual websites and configure each section to your specific needs.

Download zip files

Once a backup is complete, you can download a zip file of your entire WordPress site.

Download all your previous backups of any of your child sites right from your MainWP dashboard.

Set it and forget it

With MainWP Buddy Extension, run automatic WordPress backups hourly, twice daily, daily, every other day, every other week, weekly, monthly and more.

Schedule all your sites to run at the same time or drill down to individual websites and set different times.

Store files securely offsite

Automatically send your WordPress backup files to various remote storage locations, including BackupBuddy Stash, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, and more.

With the MainWP Buddy Extension, set up your external storage for each site in one place or drill down to individual websites and set a specific external storage.

Email Notifications

Know when BackupBuddy is finished or needs attention so you can always be sure you have an up-to-date and usable backup of your website.

Set up all your email notifications for each site from one central location on your MainWP Dashboard.

Restore or move with ImportBuddy

BackupBuddy uses a unique tool called ImportBuddy to restore (or move) your WordPress site. ImportBuddy will guide you through the entire process, step by step.

BackupBuddy’s WordPress backup and restore feature is quick and easy. Upload the ImportBuddy file and your backup zip file, and we’ll walk you through the steps to restore your entire site: your themes, plugins, widgets, and everything else.

Yes, you can even set your ImportBuddy information from your MainWP DashboardSí, 

Restoring individual files

In the MainWP Buddy Extension, view the content of text-based files (.php, .html, .htaccess, etc.) and restore individual files to their original location (recover or “undo” a file).

Do you need to restore just one file on one site? Dig into the individual site and restore that file from your MainWP Dashboard.

Database rollback

Revert your WordPress database in just a few clicks. Database rollbacks are useful when you accidentally permanently delete a post, page, or comment.

Database rollback is also accessible from your MainWP Dashboard!

Complete site restoration

BackupBuddy takes care of restoring your entire site to its original glory, including all uploaded media library files, themes, and plugin files.

MainWP Buddy Extension allows you to move a WordPress site to a new host or domain quickly. BackupBuddy’s WordPress migration feature is very popular with WordPress developers who create custom sites for clients locally or on a temporary domain and then move the entire site to a live domain.

Move to a new host, change domains or URL replacement

Do you need to move your WordPress site to a new host? BackupBuddy allows you to move your entire site to a new host or server.

Manage all the steps of a move right from your MainWP Dashboard!

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