Prime Mover – Migrate WordPress Website & Backups
The simplest all-around WordPress migration tool/backup plugin. These support multisite backup/migration or clone WP site/multisite subsite.
5(136 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 days agoAs of April 2026, Prime Mover is a WordPress clone plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 136 reviews. It has been downloaded 394K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 207% this week. Top alternative: All-in-One WP Migration and Backup.
5/5136 reviews
10K+active installs
394K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Easily Transfer WordPress Site to New Host/Server/Domain
- Move single-site installation to another single-site server.
- Move WP single-site to existing multisite sub-site.
- Migrate the subsite to another multisite subsite.
- Migrate multisite sub-site to single-site.
- Migrate within WordPress admin.
- WordPress backup and restore packages within single-site or multisite.
- Backup WordPress subsite (in multisite).
- You can back up the WordPress database within admin before testing something and restoring it with one click.
- Cross-platform compatible (Nginx / Apache / Litespeed / Microsoft IIS / Localhost).
- Clone a single site and restore it to any server.
- Clone subsite in multisite and restore it as single-site or multisite.
- Supports legacy multisites.
- Debug package.
- Supports backup of the non-UTF8 s…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Thank you
by slavomir12·1 month ago·1 reply
Thank you very much your work developers. I am very grateful for your wok and for your helpful plugin <3. I successfully used a plugin to migrate from WordPress Multisite to simple WordPress
Most stable migration plugin I’ve used
by Igor Radovanov·1 month ago·1 reply
Never failed a single migration, and it works with multisite networks. Thank you!
What?! After 3 years I found multisite plugin that works
by leadmarketcz·2 months ago·1 reply
The only plugin that works for multisite
Fantastic!
by Marioline·3 months ago·1 reply
Just migrated a new website from local to server, absolutely flawless – and intuitive, no need to spend hours going over documentation or having to create an account. What a timesaver! Thank you!
Prompt support and perfect plugin
by aecord·4 months ago·1 reply
The plugin is easy to use and works seamlessly and the support is really awesome. Would recommend this to everyone over any backup and migration plugins.
Download Trends
Today: 551Yesterday: 5KThis week: 7KPeriod total: 129K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9.8+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.1
62.0%
v2.0
23.7%
v1.9
10.1%
Other
4.2%
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Changelog
2.1.4
- Fixed: Refactored Freemius integration code for stability.
- Fixed: Updated to the latest Freemius SDK.
- Fixed: Site restored with debugging package; switches images to the http:// protocol in the SSL environment.
- Fixed: Potential performance issues upon plugin activation affecting customized multisites.
- Fixed: Outdated Freemius pricing app library.
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