Now in the top 30…

According to PluginTable.Com, UpdraftPlus is now in the top-30 of all-time plugin downloads for WordPress plugins, with over 1.9 million downloads. Thanks again to everybody who’s made this possible. We’re not finished yet, God-willing… please keep...

“None compare”

We’re certainly pretty chuffed when we read reviews like this… “I’ve used most of the other plugins like BackWPUp, BackupBuddy, Duplicator, VaultPress, etc, and none compare to the free features found in UpdraftPlus out of the box, and the...

Trouble posting support requests?

If you had a problem posting a support request using our paid customers support request form over the last 24 hours, then we apologise – please try again now. It looks like our webserver was experiencing random failures on this particular page. We are still...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from Team UpdraftPlus to all our customers! To help you celebrate, here’s a beautiful version of “O Holy Night” from Il Divo: “The King of kings lay thus lowly manger; In all our trials born to be our friend. He knows our need,...

Number one

Earlier this morning, UpdraftPlus became the first backup plugin (and hence the first backup/restore plugin) to pass 1.6 million downloads from wordpress.org. This means that UpdraftPlus (free edition) recently over-hauled BackWpup (which had a 3-year head-start) to...

WordPress 4.1 is out

In case you’ve not yet seen – WordPress 4.1 is out. The current UpdraftPlus release is fully tested and compatible. A lot of WooCommerce shop owners are also becoming more aware of the implications of the upcoming EU VAT law for digital goods in2015, and...

EU VAT law changes, and free WooCommerce plugin

For online buyers and sellers of digital goods and services to the EU, 1st January 2015 will bring some big changes. Specifically, sellers will be obliged to charge VAT (IVA) at the rate of the country that the *buyer* is present in – not the rate of their own...