Title: MatrixInn Migrate & Backup
Author: MatrixInn Solutions
Published: October 9, 2026
Last modified: October 9, 2026
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# MatrixInn Migrate & Backup
By [MatrixInn Solutions](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matrixinnsolutions/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/matrixinn-migrate-backup.0.1.0.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/matrixinn-migrate-backup/#description)
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* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/matrixinn-migrate-backup/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/matrixinn-migrate-backup/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/matrixinn-migrate-backup/)
## Description
**MatrixInn Migrate & Backup** saves your database, media, plugins and themes into
one file you can download, keep, or restore on any WordPress site. Backing up and
restoring are both free and have no size limit.
#### What you can do
* **Back up now** with one click, or choose exactly what goes in (database, media,
plugins, themes, other folders) and leave out folders you do not need.
* **Restore from any backup**: from the list, or by uploading a `.mnbk` file made
on this site or another one.
* **Move a site to a new address.** The site address is changed for you, including
inside serialized data, JSON and page-builder settings, without breaking them.
* **Schedule backups**: daily or weekly, and keep only the last few so the disk
never fills up.
* **Safety backup before every restore.** If anything goes wrong you can restore
the “before” state from the Backups list.
* **Big sites on slow hosting.** Backup and restore run in small steps, so a short
server time limit does not stop them. An interrupted upload continues where it
stopped.
* **WP-CLI**: `wp minn-mb export`, `import`, `list`, `delete` and `schedule`, with
no web server time limit.
#### Built to be safe
* A restore is prepared completely off to the side (new files in a temporary folder,
new database tables with a temporary name) and switched in at the end. If the
switch fails, it is undone and your site stays as it was.
* Every file in a backup is checked against a checksum before anything is changed.
A damaged or incomplete backup is refused.
* The restore can never overwrite `wp-config.php`, and it keeps this plugin installed
and active.
* Backups are kept in a folder with a random name, with deny rules, and are only
downloadable by administrators from the plugin screen.
* Nothing is sent to any outside server. There are no ads, no tracking and no upsell
notices.
#### Where backups are stored
In `wp-content/minn-mb-backups/` on your own server. A backup on the same server
does not protect you if the server is lost, so download important backups to your
computer now and then.
#### Good to know
* Needs 64-bit PHP (almost every host has it) and the MySQL `mysqli` extension.
* Works on single sites. WordPress Multisite is not supported yet.
* Tables of other applications in the same database, and tables that are not in
the backup, are left alone by a restore.
Built by [MatrixInn Solutions](https://matrixinnsolutions.com). The MatrixInn name
and logo shown on the plugin screen are trademarks of MatrixInn Solutions. The plugin
shows no branding, links or credits on the public side of your site.
## Screenshots
[⌊The Backups screen: your backups, with download, restore and delete, and a summary
of how many there are and how much space they use.⌉⌊The Backups screen: your backups,
with download, restore and delete, and a summary of how many there are and how much
space they use.⌉[
The Backups screen: your backups, with download, restore and delete, and a summary
of how many there are and how much space they use.
[⌊A backup in progress: every step is shown, and the page tells you when it is safe
to leave.⌉⌊A backup in progress: every step is shown, and the page tells you when
it is safe to leave.⌉[
A backup in progress: every step is shown, and the page tells you when it is safe
to leave.
[⌊Choose what goes into a backup, and leave out folders you do not need.⌉⌊Choose
what goes into a backup, and leave out folders you do not need.⌉[
Choose what goes into a backup, and leave out folders you do not need.
[⌊Restore from a file: drop a .mnbk file here, uploaded in small pieces that can
resume.⌉⌊Restore from a file: drop a .mnbk file here, uploaded in small pieces that
can resume.⌉[
Restore from a file: drop a `.mnbk` file here, uploaded in small pieces that can
resume.
[⌊Schedule: a daily or weekly backup, keeping only the last few.⌉⌊Schedule: a daily
or weekly backup, keeping only the last few.⌉[
Schedule: a daily or weekly backup, keeping only the last few.
## Installation
1. Install it from **Plugins > Add New** (search for MatrixInn Migrate & Backup),
or upload the `matrixinn-migrate-backup` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu.
3. Open **Migrate & Backup** in the admin menu and click **Back up now**.
## FAQ
### Is there a size limit?
No. The only limits are your disk space and your host. Uploads are sent in small
pieces, which start at 512 KB and adjust themselves to what the server accepts.
### Is restoring really free?
Yes. Backing up, downloading, uploading and restoring are all free.
### Can I restore a backup on a different domain?
Yes. The old site address is replaced by the new one everywhere in the data, and
you can add your own find-and-replace pairs on the restore screen. Post GUIDs are
never changed.
### Where are my backups? Can anyone download them?
They are in `wp-content/minn-mb-backups//`. Only administrators can
download them, from the plugin screen. On Apache the folder is also blocked with
deny rules. **Nginx does not read `.htaccess` files**, so on Nginx add this to your
server configuration:
```
location ^~ /wp-content/minn-mb-backups/ { deny all; }
```
### My host says “page not found” when I upload the plugin or a backup.
Some hosts run a web application firewall that blocks uploads containing code. The
plugin sends backup pieces as plain text so that this rarely matters. If installing
the plugin zip is blocked, upload the unzipped folder with FTP or the host’s file
manager, or install from WordPress.org. If uploading a very large backup keeps failing,
copy the `.mnbk` file into `wp-content/minn-mb-backups//` with FTP;
it then appears in the Backups list, ready to restore.
### An upload stopped halfway. Do I have to start again?
No. Click **Upload** again with the same file and it continues where it stopped,
even after reloading the page.
### Pages say “not found” after a restore.
Open **Settings > Permalinks** and click **Save Changes** once. That writes this
server’s link rules again; the plugin also reminds you when a restore finishes.
### What is a safety backup?
Before every restore the plugin saves the current site as a backup named `rollback-...`.
The two newest are kept. If a restore is not what you wanted, restore the safety
backup.
### What happens to my backups if I delete the plugin?
They are kept. Deleting the plugin removes its settings and temporary files but
never your `.mnbk` backups, so you cannot lose them by accident. They stay in `wp-
content/minn-mb-backups/`; delete that folder yourself when you no longer need them.
If you install the plugin again, the backups are listed again.
### Does the plugin send any data to other servers?
No. It makes no outside requests at all.
### Does it work on WordPress Multisite?
Not yet. It tells you so and does nothing.
### Scheduled backups did not run.
Scheduled backups use WP-Cron, which starts when someone visits the site. If WP-
Cron is switched off on your site, ask your host to run `wp minn-mb schedule run`
from a server cron job.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“MatrixInn Migrate & Backup” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ MatrixInn Solutions ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matrixinnsolutions/)
[Translate “MatrixInn Migrate & Backup” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/matrixinn-migrate-backup)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/matrixinn-migrate-backup/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/matrixinn-migrate-backup/),
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## Changelog
#### 0.1.0
* First version: back up, download, upload, restore and delete from the admin screen.
* Resumable steps, safety backup before every restore, checksums, and address replacement
that keeps serialized data valid.
* Daily or weekly scheduled backups that keep the last few.
* WP-CLI commands.
## Meta
* Version **0.1.0**
* Last updated **2 days ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1.3**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Tags
* [backup](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup/)[clone](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clone/)
[migrate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/migrate/)[migration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/migration/)
[restore](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/restore/)
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## Contributors
* [ MatrixInn Solutions ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matrixinnsolutions/)
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