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Zinn® Backups
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A Zinn Digital® product.

Off-site backups for WordPress sites hosted anywhere

A daily copy of your WordPress site's files and database, kept for 30 days on storage that is not your web server. Connect over SSH or with our plugin, keep your host, and restore in one click when you connect over SSH.

The Backups screen in the Zinn Digital® dashboard, listing a site hosted elsewhere and whether it is backed up

A backup that is not on the same server

Most WordPress backup plugins write their copies to the server the site runs on, or to storage you have to set up and pay for yourself. When that server fails or is compromised, the site and its backups go together.

Daily, without you

Once a site is connected we take a new copy whenever its last good backup is more than a day old. You do not schedule anything or remember anything.

Locked for 30 days

Every copy is held for 30 days under a retention lock on the storage: it cannot be overwritten or deleted during that time, whether by an attacker, by a mistake, or with our own application's storage credentials.

Off your server

Backups are uploaded directly from your server to Cloudflare R2 storage that we operate. Nothing is left on your web space for an attacker to delete.

Keep your host

It works with the hosting you already have. Connect with SSH access or our free plugin; there is nothing to migrate.

Restore when the site is down

With an SSH connection we restore the backup for you from our side, which still works when WordPress itself will not load.

Download any copy

Every stored backup can be downloaded as an archive, so you are never locked in to restoring through us.

How it works

  1. Add the site

    Sign up, add the site you host elsewhere and choose a size tier for it.

  2. Connect it

    Give us SSH access with a key, or install the Zinn® Connector plugin. The first backup starts once we can reach the site.

  3. Leave it running

    A fresh copy is taken every day and kept for 30 days. Download one whenever you like, or restore in one click over SSH.

How off-site WordPress backups work

Priced by the size of the site

One tier per site, chosen by how big that site is. Every tier includes daily backups, 30-day retention, downloads and one-click restore over SSH.

1 GB

For a brochure site or blog up to 1 GB

$5per month

  • One site
  • A new backup every day
  • Each copy locked and kept for 30 days
  • Download any copy
  • One-click restore over SSH
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Most popular

10 GB

For a busy site or small shop up to 10 GB

$15per month

  • One site
  • A new backup every day
  • Each copy locked and kept for 30 days
  • Download any copy
  • One-click restore over SSH
Get started

50 GB

For large media libraries and stores up to 50 GB

$45per month

  • One site
  • A new backup every day
  • Each copy locked and kept for 30 days
  • Download any copy
  • One-click restore over SSH
Get started

Prices are per site. Each tier covers one site up to that size; buying a bigger tier for the same site replaces the smaller one rather than adding to it.

Prices exclude VAT. Tax is added at checkout based on your country.

Already hacked? We clean it up

A backup is how you avoid the next compromise costing you anything. If the site is infected now, our engineers remove the malware, repair the damage and close the way in, for one fixed price.

Malware clean-up

For a site that is infected now

$99one-off, per site

  • Malware and backdoors removed by an engineer
  • Defaced pages, spam and redirects repaired
  • The way in found and closed
  • The site hardened afterwards

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to move my site to Zinn Digital®?

No. Zinn® Backups is for WordPress sites hosted somewhere else. The site stays with its current host and we connect to it over SSH or through our plugin.

How often are backups taken?

Daily. A new backup starts whenever the site's last successful backup is more than a day old. Backups are not real-time.

How long are backups kept, and can they be deleted?

30 days on every tier. Each copy is held under a 30-day retention lock on the storage, so during that time it cannot be overwritten or deleted, even by someone who has broken into your site or your account. Copies are removed after the lock, with a final clean-up by the storage at 37 days.

Is the price per site or per account?

Per site. Each tier covers one site up to 1 GB, 10 GB or 50 GB. Buying a larger tier for the same site replaces the smaller one rather than adding to it.

Can you restore my site if it will not load?

Yes, if the site is connected over SSH: we restore it from our side, which does not need WordPress to be working. A site connected with the plugin can be backed up and downloaded, but not restored by us.

What if my site is already hacked?

Restore a copy from before the compromise if you have one. If not, our malware clean-up service has an engineer remove the malware, repair the damage and harden the site for one fixed price.

Included with Zinn Digital® hosting

Host the site with us and backups are part of the plan

Sites on Zinn Digital® WordPress hosting are backed up by the hosting plan itself, with malware scanning and a firewall included, so there is no separate backup bill. This product is for the sites you keep somewhere else.