When a post is published, a backup email is send to the admin with the post content in XML format.
As of April 2026, New Post Automatic XML Backup by Email is a WordPress xml plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: XML Sitemap & Google News.
When a post is published or updated, this plugin will send a backup email to the administrator of the WordPress
blog with an attachment file that contains the post in XML format. The XML follows the format used when WordPress
exports blog contents so that it can be easily used to restore the post.
The general idea of this plugin is to never loose any of your posts. If you have scheduled a backup of your
blog once a week, its possible that you will loose the new posts published during that last week. With this
plugin you will have a backup of all your new published posts in your email account.
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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