Title: Looking for a database backup plugin
Last modified: May 8, 2026

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# Looking for a database backup plugin

 *  [Robert Heller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertpheller/)
 * (@robertpheller)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-for-a-database-backup-plugin/)
 * I am looking for a *simple* database backup plugin. I need something simple. 
   It just needs to backup the database *locally* to somewhere under the wordpress
   tree. I don’t need cloud backup and I don’t want the backup e-mailed to me. I
   have tried several with various levels of failure and/or unnecessary complexity(
   one completely crashed my site while trying to save its settings).
 * (I have complete control of my VPS and have a file-system level backup system
   in place that backs up the server’s file to Amazon S3. I don’t need a plugin 
   to backup the site *files* — that is already being taken care of.)

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 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-for-a-database-backup-plugin/#post-18902940)
 * It will be easier to just set a system crontab to execute **mysqldump**
   Also 
   more secure, as you can store dumps into folder which can be completely inacessible
   from www
 * however, you can find some more or less lightweight plugins in the repo:
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/dump+database/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/dump+database/)

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 * Last activity: [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-for-a-database-backup-plugin/#post-18902940)
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