AccessNow Site Replica copies a whole WordPress site, its database and wp-content, to another WordPress install such as a local copy on your computer. It was built for large sites on budget shared hosting, where the usual “make one big zip” backup plugins run out of time, memory or disk space.
The site being backed up only answers small, encrypted requests, so nothing large is ever written on its server. A restore imports everything into temporary tables first, your site keeps running until a short switch-over at the end, and you can roll back if you don’t like the result.
When a redesign is ready, Site Replica sends it back to the live site. It first shows what has changed there since your copy was made, such as new orders, members, comments and posts, and lets you keep those as they are. Only the files the live site doesn’t already have are uploaded, and nothing is replaced until you review and confirm it on the live site.
Scheduled backups go to Google Drive or S3-compatible storage such as Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2 or Wasabi. They are packed into small parts and uploaded one at a time, so even a site with very little free disk can keep backups offsite.
The pictures below are the actual screens: a backup running with its progress and speed, the review step where you choose what to keep, the list of what changed on the live site, and the cloud backup schedule.
Site Replica is in the WordPress.org plugin directory: in your site, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin and search for AccessNow Site Replica. Updates then arrive through WordPress as usual. You can also download it from this page.
Features
The free plugin backs up, clones and restores. Sending a copy back to a live site is the paid part.
In the free plugin
- Back up a live site straight to your computer, with nothing large stored on the live server
- Picks up where it left off after interruptions, and copes with slow or strict hosts
- Later backups only download what has changed
- Clone or restore with a review step first, then choose Keep or Roll back
- Scheduled backups to Google Drive or S3-compatible storage, with e-mail alerts
- Updates web addresses everywhere, including inside serialized and JSON data
- Keeps you logged in and blocks outgoing email on local copies
- Signed, encrypted connections with keys that expire
In Pro
- Send a redesigned copy back to the live site, keeping new members, orders and comments
- A “What changed” report before you go live
- Keep chosen tables exactly as they are on the live site
- Leave development-only plugins out of what you send
How it compares
Most of these plugins keep moving a copy onto another site for their paid version. Site Replica’s free version already pulls a backup straight from one site to another, with a review step and then Keep or Roll back. Pro adds what none of the others do when you go live: it lists what the live site has gained since your copy was made (new orders, members, posts and files), suggests which tables to keep, and sends the copy straight from your computer. Choose a plugin to compare it with.
WP Migrate
| Feature | Site Replica | Site Replica Pro | WP Migrate Lite | WP Migrate Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | Free | US$49, 1 sitesale; normally US$99 |
| More sites | Any number, free | 10 sites US$49.50, unlimited US$99.50launch prices until 30 April 2027; normally US$99 and US$199 | Any number, free | Unlimited US$219 |
| Send a local copy to the live site | By cloud backuprestore it on the live site; replaces everything | Yes, straight from your computer | Only by handexport, import with phpMyAdmin, upload the files | Yes |
| Lists what the live site gained before you send | No | Yes | No | No |
| Keeps live orders and members | No: a restore replaces everything | Yes, people’s data suggested | Not confirmed | Choose tables |
| Review, then Keep or Roll back | Yes | Yes | No | Backup of the live database first |
| Direct, site to site | Yespulls a backup straight from the other site | Yes | No (Pro only) | Yes |
Duplicator
| Feature | Site Replica | Site Replica Pro | Duplicator Lite | Duplicator Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | Free | US$69.30, 2 sitessale; normally US$99 |
| More sites | Any number, free | 10 sites US$49.50, unlimited US$99.50launch prices until 30 April 2027; normally US$99 and US$199 | Any number, free | No unlimited plan100 sites US$599 |
| Send a local copy to the live site | By cloud backuprestore it on the live site; replaces everything | Yes, straight from your computer | By FTPupload the backup and installer, then install over the site | Import over the live site |
| Lists what the live site gained before you send | No | Yes | No | No |
| Keeps live orders and members | No: a restore replaces everything | Yes, people’s data suggested | Untick tables when installing | Untick tables when installing |
| Review, then Keep or Roll back | Yes | Yes | Norename the old tables by hand | Recovery points |
| Direct, site to site | Yespulls a backup straight from the other site | Yes | No (Pro only) | Yes |
All-in-One WP Migration
| Feature | Site Replica | Site Replica Pro | All-in-One free | All-in-One Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | Freeimports limited to your host’s upload size | US$99, up to 50 sitesMultisite a separate US$319 add-on |
| More sites | Any number, free | 10 sites US$49.50, unlimited US$99.50launch prices until 30 April 2027; normally US$99 and US$199 | Any number, free | By quote, over 50 |
| Send a local copy to the live site | By cloud backuprestore it on the live site; replaces everything | Yes, straight from your computer | Export, then importover the live site, within the upload limit | Yespush and pull between linked sites |
| Lists what the live site gained before you send | No | Yes | No | No |
| Keeps live orders and members | No: a restore replaces everything | Yes, people’s data suggested | No: replaces everything | Choose tables, or pull chosen posts |
| Review, then Keep or Roll back | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Direct, site to site | Yespulls a backup straight from the other site | Yes | No (Pro only) | Yes |
UpdraftPlus
| Feature | Site Replica | Site Replica Pro | UpdraftPlus free | UpdraftPlus Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | Free | US$70, 2 sites |
| More sites | Any number, free | 10 sites US$49.50, unlimited US$99.50launch prices until 30 April 2027; normally US$99 and US$199 | Any number, free | Unlimited US$195 |
| Send a local copy to the live site | By cloud backuprestore it on the live site; replaces everything | Yes, straight from your computer | Nomoving to another address needs Premium | Site to site; no copy-to-live send |
| Lists what the live site gained before you send | No | Yes | No | No |
| Keeps live orders and members | No: a restore replaces everything | Yes, people’s data suggested | Leave tables outwhen restoring, at the same address only | Choose tables to restore |
| Review, then Keep or Roll back | Yes | Yes | No: back up by hand first | Backup before updates |
| Direct, site to site | Yespulls a backup straight from the other site | Yes | No (Premium only) | Yesits staging service uses their servers |
WP Staging
| Feature | Site Replica | Site Replica Pro | WP Staging free | WP Staging Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | Free | €89, 1 site |
| More sites | Any number, free | 10 sites US$49.50, unlimited US$99.50launch prices until 30 April 2027; normally US$99 and US$199 | Any number, free | 25 sites €239 |
| Send a local copy to the live site | By cloud backuprestore it on the live site; replaces everything | Yes, straight from your computer | No (Pro only) | Yes, from €239 |
| Lists what the live site gained before you send | No | Yes | No | No |
| Keeps live orders and members | No: a restore replaces everything | Yes, people’s data suggested | No | Untick tables |
| Review, then Keep or Roll back | Yes | Yes | No | Noback up live yourself first |
| Direct, site to site | Yespulls a backup straight from the other site | Yes | No (Pro only) | Yes |
BlogVault
| Feature | Site Replica | Site Replica Pro | BlogVault (no free plan; free start, no card) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | US$49.50, 1 site (sale) |
| More sites | Any number, free | 10 sites US$49.50, unlimited US$99.50launch prices until 30 April 2027; normally US$99 and US$199 | By quote |
| Send a local copy to the live site | By cloud backuprestore it on the live site; replaces everything | Yes, straight from your computer | From its hosted stagingkept 1 day on this plan |
| Lists what the live site gained before you send | No | Yes | Partlycompares staging with live |
| Keeps live orders and members | No: a restore replaces everything | Yes, people’s data suggested | Pick tables |
| Review, then Keep or Roll back | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Direct, site to site | Yespulls a backup straight from the other site | Yes | Noruns on BlogVault’s servers |
Last checked 4 October 2026. Prices per year, as each vendor listed them on 4 October 2026, including any sale price on the day; add-ons sold separately are noted. “No” means we found no such feature in the vendor’s own pages, and “not confirmed” that we couldn’t check it. Check their sites for current offers.
They have strengths of their own. WP Migrate has a mature find-and-replace screen and multisite tools, UpdraftPlus and All-in-One WP Migration back up to many more cloud services and are used by millions of sites, All-in-One can push one site to many at once, and BlogVault is a fully managed service with off-site copies and visual update testing. If putting a redesign live safely is the job, Pro is built for exactly that.
Price
Launch offer: Pro is half price for as long as you keep renewing until 30 April 2027: US$29.50 a year for one live site, US$49.50 for ten and US$99.50 for as many as you like (normally US$59, US$99 and US$199). Lifetime licences are also on offer to the first 100 buyers. Prices are in US dollars, billed once a year.
- Copies on your own computer and at staging addresses such as staging.yoursite.com are free and never use one of the sites you paid for.
- If a licence lapses, everything you already have keeps working. You lose updates and support, not your backups.
- 14-day money-back guarantee.
