Backup the Theme Mods in your Customizer with either a click or by triggering a function.
As of April 2026, MP Customizer Backups is a WordPress backup plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: All-in-One WP Migration and Backup.
Feel free to play with your Theme Mods under “Appearance” > “Customizer” without worrying about losing your settings! When you are happy with your settings, just click the “Create Backup” button and you’ll always be able to revert to those exact settings in the future. You can even download the backups to make sure you save multiple copies in a safe place.
Or, if you want to develop your customizer locally and then automatically set up those options to match on your live site, simply download a Customizer Backup and Upload it to your live site. You could even send your Customizer settings to your friends or customers.
For Theme/Plugin Developers: This is also a way to create a “Theme within a Theme” – by allowing a single them…
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
October 8, 2015
* Made the time() stored in a variable to make sure no delays happen while code is running. This was triggering an error in some rare situations.
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