Database Backup for WordPress: stats, alternatives & is it maintained?

Maintenance check

Is Database Backup for WordPress still maintained?

Mostly - but at least one sign below is worth checking before you rely on it.

No release for a while. The last one was 7 months ago.
Slightly behind on testing. Tested up to 6.9.11, while current plugins are tested on 7.1.
Well rated. 4.5 out of 5 from 66 ratings.

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Database Backup for WordPress alternatives

The most-installed plugins doing the same job, from Backup & Migration. Database Backup for WordPress itself ranks #17 of 67. How plugins are grouped.

#1

All-in-One WP Migration and Backup

all-in-one-wp-migration 5M installs · 4.5 stars #2

UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin

updraftplus 4M installs · 4.8 stars #3

Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More

duplicator 1M installs · 4.9 stars #3

Standing

More installed than 98.6% of the directory

Ahead of 47,042 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

98.6% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

47,042 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

691 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band

How to read that

The directory rounds install counts hard and publishes them as bands, so two plugins showing the same number are not necessarily level. The percentile is computed over the plugins that report a count at all, which excludes the quarter of the directory sitting on the reporting floor.

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