Title: Hi5 Backup – Migration, Restore & Clone
Author: hi5marketing
Published: <strong>July 12, 2026</strong>
Last modified: July 12, 2026

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# Hi5 Backup – Migration, Restore & Clone

 By [hi5marketing](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hi5marketing/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone/#developers)

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## Description

Hi5 Backup is a lightweight WordPress migration, backup, and restore plugin. It 
is designed to run locally on low-resource shared hosting servers with no artificial
file size limits.

#### Key Features

 * **No File Size Limits**: Backup and restore sites of any size for free.
 * **Chunked Upload Engine**: Upload large backups in small 2MB pieces to prevent
   server crashes.
 * **Client-Driven AJAX Loop**: Bypasses server loopback limitations for robust 
   step-by-step execution.
 * **P2P Site Transfer**: Move websites directly from host to host.
 * **Serialized Search & Replace**: Automatically updates domain URLs and folder
   paths in the database.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory, or upload the zip file directly via the WordPress admin panel.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to the ‘Hi5 Backup’ menu page in your dashboard to start exporting or importing.

## FAQ

### Is there a file size limit?

No, Hi5 Backup does not enforce any artificial size restrictions on backup exports
or restores.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Hi5 Backup – Migration, Restore & Clone” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ hi5marketing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hi5marketing/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone/),
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## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **9 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [backup](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup/)[clone](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clone/)
   [duplicate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/duplicate/)[migration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/migration/)
   [transfer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/transfer/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hi5-backup-migration-restore-clone/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ hi5marketing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hi5marketing/)

## Support

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