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Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely

by WP Royal · 30,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

90/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely
Ownership100
Maintenance90
Security95
Support70
Reputation85

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master9 Nov 2025 to 9 Nov 2025, 1 commits
wproyal10 Nov 2025 to 8 Jun 2026, 67 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
5 months ago
Releases, 24 months
25
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20255
Q1 202615
Q2 20265
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 8 Jun 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
9 Apr 2026Royal WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin <= 1.0.16 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'wpr_pending_template' Parameter6.1<= 1.0.161.0.170

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely
Q1 20265.0
Q2 20265.0
Q3 20265.0
Q4 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q1 2026 and Q4 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star7
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Momentum

30,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely
4 May 20261,580
11 May 20263,285
18 May 20267,770
25 May 20263,432
1 Jun 20263,191
8 Jun 20267,733
15 Jun 20263,453
22 Jun 20262,943
29 Jun 20262,760
6 Jul 20262,942
13 Jul 20262,576
20 Jul 20262,542
27 Jul 20262,386
3 Aug 20262,364
10 Aug 20262,178
17 Aug 20262,258
24 Aug 20262,052
31 Aug 20262,053
7 Sep 20262,068
14 Sep 20261,992
21 Sep 20261,831
28 Sep 20261,876
5 Oct 20261,915
12 Oct 20261,779
19 Oct 20261,751
26 Oct 20261,669
2 Nov 2026230

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 50% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

BlogVault Backup & StagingScore 91 · 80,000+Jetpack VaultPress BackupScore 91 · 20,000+Jetpack VaultPressScore 91 · 10,000+

Facts

Version1.0.27
AuthorWP Royal
Added10 Nov 2025
Last updated8 Jun 2026
Active installs30,000+
Requires WordPress5.0
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP7.4
Categorynot stated
Tagsmigrate, restore, backup plugin, database backup, wordpress backup

Other plugins by this author: Royal Addons for Elementor - Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor, News Magazine X Core, Ashe Extra, Bard Extra

Questions

Is Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely still maintained?

Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely was last updated on 8 Jun 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely safe?

Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely?

The wordpress.org author is WP Royal. Recent committers: wproyal, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin - Backup WordPress Sites Safely?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: BlogVault Backup & Staging, Jetpack VaultPress Backup, Jetpack VaultPress.

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