Total Upkeep is a full‑featured WordPress backup, restore, and migration plugin developed by BoldGrid. Unlike many plugins that only back up your site, Total Upkeep aims to provide a 360° solution for protecting and maintaining your WordPress website — including scheduled and manual backups, rollback protection around updates, migration tools, and site health monitoring.
What Total Upkeep Does
Total Upkeep helps you safeguard your WordPress website by enabling you to:
Create Backups
You can generate backups of your entire WordPress installation — including:
- Site files
- Themes and plugins
- Uploads
- WordPress database Backups can be done manually or on a schedule so you always have recent restore points.
Restore Your Website
If something goes wrong — such as a failed update or hacked files — you can restore your site from a backup right from the dashboard. There’s also support for standalone restoration if WordPress itself becomes inaccessible.
Migrate or Clone Your Site
Total Upkeep lets you clone and migrate your site to a different WordPress installation (e.g., another domain or host) with just a few clicks. The plugin creates a backup archive on the source site and restores it on the destination site using a simple link.
Auto‑Rollback Protection
Before updating WordPress core, themes, or plugins, Total Upkeep can take an automatic backup. If an update causes issues, the plugin can automatically roll back your site to the previous working state.
Site Health & Diagnostic Tools
Total Upkeep includes Site Check, which monitors your WordPress installation for errors that could lead to site crashes and notifies you if a problem is detected. It can also automatically restore your site using the last backup if needed.
Key Features & Capabilities
Backups (Free)
- Full site backups and database backups
- Manual backups on demand
- Scheduled backups using WP‑Cron or server Cron
- Pre‑update backups before WordPress updates BoldGrid
Restoration
- Restore full backups with a click
- Upload and restore backups if needed
- Optional standalone restore if WordPress is unavailable
Migration
- Clone your website to another WordPress installation
- Easily download and upload backups for migration workflows
- Use the built‑in transfer mechanism for moving between hosts BoldGrid
Update Safety
Auto‑rollback protection — backs up before updates and restores if updates break your site
Manage automatic updates for core, plugins, and themes
Premium Features (with BoldGrid Premium)
The Premium extension unlocks additional capabilities:
- Store backups remotely on Google Drive and Amazon S3
- Single file restoration from backups
- Historical versions and change history
- Search for recently modified files
- More detailed site diagnostics and tools BoldGrid +1
Why Use Total Upkeep?
Protects Your Site Data
Backups ensure that you won’t permanently lose data if something goes wrong — from simple mistakes to major server issues.
Safe Updates
By automatically backing up before updates and optionally rolling back after failed updates, Total Upkeep helps prevent downtime caused by plugin or theme conflicts.
Migration Simplified
Rather than manually exporting/importing databases and moving files, Total Upkeep’s workflow simplifies site migration and cloning for developers and regular users alike. BoldGrid
Comprehensive Management
The plugin includes site diagnostic tools and backup integrity checks, giving you more insight into site health and backup reliability.
Considerations & Limitations
Premium Required for Remote Storage: Support for storing backups on cloud services like Google Drive and Amazon S3 is a Premium feature. BoldGrid
Staging & Advanced Tools: While migrations and backups are strong, advanced staging workflows may require integration with BoldGrid Cloud or other tools.
Server Compatibility: Total Upkeep’s advanced features (like cron scheduling or remote backups) require suitable PHP configurations and hosting support.