Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026

WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP

Name: WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP
Rating: 4.5 (102 reviews)
Author: Backup For WP

Sourceswordpress.org listing support forum

Active installs20,000+ rounded

Current authorBackup For WP

Owner changesNone while we have been watching

Last release2 months ago 24 Aug 2026

Support— no recent threads

Releases on record33

Rating4.5 /5 · 102

Added to directory21 Mar 2014

Requires WP3.1

Requires PHP5.6.20

Version lag0 up to date

Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date

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Ownership

Held by Backup For WP throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.

Full observed history, including every field transition

Committing accounts

Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.

Account	Releases	First	Last
walke.prashant	3	20 Jun 2014	03 Dec 2022
databasebackup	29	22 Dec 2022	16 Jun 2026

This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.

Adoption

How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.

Widely adopted: 20,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.

205 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.

11 Sep 2026peak 461/day31 Oct 2026

4.5

out of 5
102 ratings

5★83

4★4

3★3

2★2

1★10

Install band fell to 20,000+ on 20 Sep 2026, from 30,000+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.

Daily record

Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.

Field	18 Oct	19 Oct	20 Oct	21 Oct	22 Oct	23 Oct	24 Oct	25 Oct	26 Oct	27 Oct	28 Oct	29 Oct	30 Oct	31 Oct
Downloads that day	—	109	180	163	246	438	330	182	165	220	269	143	258	197

Unchanged throughout: ratings total (102) · active installs (20,000+) · version (7.13) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)

91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.

Maintenance

When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.

Added to directory12 years ago 21 Mar 2014

Requires WP3.1

Requires PHP5.6.20

Version lagcurrent

Is anyone still maintaining this?

Last released 24 Aug 2026, 76 days ago.
Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
Backup For WP publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.

A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.

History

Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.

Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.

24 Aug 20262 months ago
Version 7.13 released
02 Aug 20263 months ago
Install band moved to 30,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
02 Aug 20263 months ago
First observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
16 Jun 20265 months ago
Version 7.12 released
19 May 20266 months ago
Version 7.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
17 Mar 20268 months ago
Version 7.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
22 Jan 202610 months ago
Version 7.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
15 Dec 202511 months ago
Version 7.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
01 Oct 202513 months ago
Version 7.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
09 May 202518 months ago
Version 7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
18 Mar 202520 months ago
Version 7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
17 Dec 202423 months ago
Version 7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
26 Sep 20242 years ago
Version 7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
20 Sep 20242 years ago
Version 7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
09 Sep 20242 years ago
Version 7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
27 Aug 20242 years ago
Version 7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by databasebackup.
20 Jun 201412 years ago
19 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 20 Jun 2014 and 27 Aug 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
21 Mar 201412 years ago
Added to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.

What we know, and what we don’t

Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.

What we know

It has been held by Backup For WP for all 91 days we have observed it.
It was last released 2 months ago (24 Aug 2026).
Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
WordPress.org reports 20,000+ active installs.
It carries 102 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.

What we don’t know yet

No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.

Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see

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