Rick here with a review of WP Twin.

And I am taking this baby apart… feature by feature.

Since this is a WP Twin review I cannot be solely singing hallelujahs. And so I shalt expose the ugly and scrutinize the shortcomings. Without that this won’t be a review, would it?

But otherwise I may come across like a raving lunatic. That’s because I am hooked. I have several good reasons to. As you will see in a moment.

For starters…

You didn’t think you’d free to copy and backup wordpress money sites all you want using one of the safest and most reliable tools … for one low flat price forever, did you?

As of May 14, 2012 WP Twin goes to “per-domain” pricing model.

$97 for 10 domains, $147 for 25 domains and $297 for unlimited.

If you don’t have it now, you SHOULD get the unlimited version for $97 now before the price goes up.

WP Twin has been successfully used by thousands of satisfied users on over 163,000 domains. That’s probably why they call WP Twin the best WordPress backup and cloning tool. It’s simply have been put to the test more than any other solution.

(Including yours truly. I personally copied, backed up and restored several dozens affiliates sites, wp blogs and even Facebook WP Fan Pro iframe sites and Wp Mobile Pro Mobile sites. I sweat by WP Twin. It’s my productivity-booster , paranoia-remover tool #1)

But hey, be the judge yourself:

Click here to watch these short videos and be the judge yourself
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Let me tell you why I think WP Twin is AWESOME:

It’s literally a Swiss-Army knife for every WordPress user. Finally you get THREE can’t-live-without-it pieces of software in one.

Using this non-techie tool, with a simple push-button interface, you can effortlessly:

BACKUP wordpress – the entire site not just the wp database.
 

COPY WordPress sites and DUPLICATE blog settings and custom configurations.
 

And even MOVE or TRANSFER WordPress sites to new folder, different domain, or another hosting provider altogether in the simplest way possible — just by copying from one location to another.

Best part — you can do all this without lengthy preparations and without technical knowledge whatsoever.

(Ain’t that something!)

And what’s most impressive, the developers pretty much guarantee — and demonstrate in front of live audience (as you’ll see shortly) — if something goes wrong … or your site is corrupted by hackers, WP Twin – unlike the so-called ‘free’ database backup plugins…

• CAN restore your site from a backup (with all your plugins, settings, posts, and comments intact)
• And does it quickly, easily, without headaches, and … without convoluted instructions

So I may be raving. But I hope you’ll share my feelings when you find out for yourself how many headaches it prevents and how much hassle it eliminates from using WordPress. Especially of you use setup intensive do-it-yourself themes like Thesis.

What’s more…

Many users discovered that WPTwin can be also used in a number of unabashedly profitable ways to almost effortlessly start making some quick money on a side, as you will undoubtedly realize in a moment.

In fact, I am going to spill some beans and tell you right in this review how I feel you should go about cashing in on this new and exciting information.

(Well, I got so agitated about this, I ended up writing a whole report. Don’t panic – it’s short. It’s my gift for you. Find it on the sidebar to your right.
It’s the one with a pretty picture… (Did the picture myself too; hope you like it…)

 

So, back to the review. In its core WP Twin is a WordPress cloning tool. (Cloning simply means creating an exact duplicate, a replica of your site, with all your stuff and settings preserved.)

Why would you want to clone your WordPress blogs?

Simple. Remember the first time you set up your site? Remember all the plugins you installed, all the settings you configured, and all the tweaks you made to make your site look exactly like you wanted it to?

So let me ask you this, and try to be honest:

How long did it take you to set it all up, in total?

See. If you already have at least one site, with everything configured, all the plugins installed, all the CSS and PHP tweaked to your heart’s content, you’ve already put maybe 60… maybe 90… perhaps 120 hours into it. Maybe even longer if you’re using setup-intensive bare-bone frameworks like Thesis that requires a lot of manual tweaking to make it look half-way decent.

Now, imagine, you want to make another site, with the same look and the same setup. With the same plugins, same widgets, same pull-down menus, same contact, compliance, and disclosure pages already pre-filled…

Wouldn’t it be nice to simply clone the old site’s settings
WITHOUT…wasting hours copying stuff by hand and
re-configuring everything again?

Wouldn’t it be nice, instead of starting from scratch, to start from an existing TEMPLATE, where most of the work is already done for you?

This is EXACTLY what WPTwin is designed for – to save you gobs of time and effort when you want to setup a new wordpress site by simply cloning your good setups like templates.

Okay, but…

What does this have to do with backing up WordPress blogs?

AND WHY so many users swear WPTwin is, if not the best, then the most reliable WP Backup tool of them all ?

I have three reasons for you:
 
Reason 1 — The Backup is Safer than a Bank Vault:

You see, in the process of cloning your site, WP Twin packs the entire site’s files into a neat archive and offers you to safely store a copy on your home computer, thus

Giving you the most RELIABLE backup of your blog imaginable…

Make no mistake, WP Twin does not just backup wp database – like those free db backup plugins do.

Wptwin backs up the ENTIRE site – all the internal and external files: downloadable files, PDFs, images, videos and other non-wordpress files (that’s what most db plugins don’t do.)

… PLUS ALL your settings:

All your fully configured themes, posts, pages, comments, tags, meta data, plugins (with all configurations), links, redirects, footers, headers, sidebars and widgets …

WP Twin copies and backs up ALL OF IT –

The whole SHEBANG!

… And what makes Wp Twin DIFFERENT from all other, older solutions is, WPTwin is not implemented as a WordPress plugin… It’s a simple external script.

This is done for your safety.

As you may be aware, when hackers vandalize your site you lose any access to your wordpress dashboard and an internal backup plugin won’t help you. You cannot reach it.

External script works independently of WordPress and thus inherently safer and more reliable.

(This also makes Wptwin script perfectly immune to the frequent WordPress version updates that often render many blog backup plugins outdated and turn them off until the authors bother to re-program the plugin for the new WP version, as you may have witnessed yourself. It’s always a nuisance.)

 

Reason 2 — For a tool this versatile it’s Ridiculously Easy to use

Look, I am not going to preach you the importance of backing your blogs. The issue is, and most people agree, to stay safe you need to do regular backups.

But few ever do it…

You know why? (See if you can guess?) … The most common answer is:

“Backing up blogs is too complicated. It takes so much time. I don’t want to bother…”

Precisely. And I am guilty of this too…

But, I’m afraid we all are out of excuses:

Unlike all previous wordpress backup software Wptwin backup process is so simple your Grandma can ace it.(Some may even complain it’s too simple.)

I mean, if you can drag-and-drop files, push buttons and save files you’re set:

• You don’t mess with wp databases (You don’t even need to know what a database is)
• And you don’t have to backup wordpressand non-wordpress files separately… following complicated instructions.

None of this is necessary!

You just upload the script file once — the first time you install it — and that’s it.
From now on all you do is type ‘wptwin.php’ into your web browser to run the script. And when the interface comes up and you press the two (2) buttons as prompted.

1. The first to make a backup clone
2. The second to download the backup copy to your local hard drive if you choose to.

Does not get simpler than that.

(If you’re wondering can this be automated, that’s a resounding YES. There’s a scheduled auto-backup add-on and a way to store backups to Amazon S3. I’ll explain how that works in a minute.)

 

Reason 3 — WPTwin backups huge sites faster that you can count to 10 or 15 (if you don’t cheat)

That means an almost instant backup of your entire WordPress blog is always at your fingertips.

And that’s’ important because there’s nothing more annoying than waiting for a backup to finish. (That’s the second most common reason people detest backing up their blogs.)

Proof: WpTwin has been ‘drag-raced’ against similar tools, backing up enormous 4 GB photography blogs and consistently came through a winner, packing up these gigantic databases sometimes up to 16 times faster than cheaper competitors. (See the test cases and user stories on WPTwin.net )

And that’s The SECOND Best Thing about WPTwin backup…

I said “second best” because THE BEST thing about it is …

Unlike virtual all other WordPress backup plugins

WP Twin will not only back up your site…

It guarantees to RESTORE it — no matter how complex your site is –

with all the plug-ins and settings intact and ready to go…

Let’s not kid ourselves here…

If you ever lost a blog, due to hacking attack or your own unfortunate mistake (As I did twice in 2010) … and had to restore it, you know:

Backing up blogs is easy — any ol’ backup plug-in can do that. (You can find tons on these free plugins on the internet for dime a dozen.)

What’s really HARD is RESTORING those backups.

Many WordPress backup tools boast there are the easiest and the best wordpress backup tools ever. (Yeah, right…)

Few of them can claim that they can RESTORE your site as easily as they back them up… with all your configurations preserved.

Even fewer of them PROVE to restore your site, quickly and exactly like it was… WITHOUT forcing you to waste more time reinstalling and re-configuring a lot of stuff by hand.

UNACCEPTABLE!

And what bothers — and SCARES — me the most… none of these other wp backup plugins…

…None of them DARE to demonstrate just how well, how fast, or how easily they can actually restore their backups.

Guess what?

WPTwin developers – Jason Fladlien and Wilson Mattos — make some pretty bold claims too. But the biggest claim they make is that the tool works as promised.

And to prove that Wptwin really delivers, they dare to do a dramatic demonstration:

On a live webinar, in front of hundreds of viewers …

Jason Fladlien destroys a live wordpress membership site (the one you saw in the previous video), wipes out all files from the server…

Just to prove ( in real time ) how…

WpTwin is THE safest, most reliable tool to
BACKUP and RESTORE your WordPress sites.

 

Hard to believe?

I don’t ask you to believe, all I ask you to do is to suspend your disbelief for 3 min 29 sec. while you take a look at this video:

Do you have enough confidence in your wordpress backup plugin …
To DO THE SAME — take your fully developed authority blog or live money-making site, delete all the files, and try restoring the backup?

If you’re unsure that you can… then WP Twin can give you that reassurance.

And if you’re anything like me – you’ve got two left hands, but you love to tinker with stuff you don’t fully understand, and shouldn’t be touching in the first place – (like pocking around with the .php code inside your wordpress theme) WPTwin is a real godsend!

Next time you feel like forking with code or playing Russian-roulette with suspicious plugins that can make your site go ‘boom’— make a quick clone of your working setup and experiment to your heart’s content without fear of screwing anything up…

Because WpTwin literally gives you an emergency
UNDO button for WordPress.

 

As if that wasn’t enough WP twin can pull off even nifftier stunt.

Check this out — Once WP Twin has cloned your site and packed it up into an archive, you can as easily install it elsewhere (WP Twin calls this ‘deploying a clone’): in another folder, in another directory or … on another server altogether.

In other words — WP Twin allows you to

Move or Transfer a WordPress Site to a different location

And do it EFFORTLESSLY

WPTwin will briskly move any blog, any micro-site, any membership site between any subdirectories or hosting accounts… without you even breaking a sweat (the whole thing will be over even before you can run for a soda and back).

This is huge!

If you’ve ever attempted doing this manually, the old hard way, you probably know what a major, MAJOR pain in the neck that is!

(Humor yourself, google: “How to transfer WordPress blog to another hosting.” Look at these answers! You will need a PhD in computer science… and a six-pack of aspirin just to decipher those cryptic instructions.)

WP Twin makes all that nonsense unnecessary.

Just look how simple it is to transfer wordpress sites with Wp Twin.

 

As you can see, with WPTwin script it’s all “push button”. It almost appears primitive.

All you need to know is how to install a blank wordpress (using Fantastico or any similar auto-installer) and drag-and-drop files using any freely available FTP program like FileZilla on PC or Cyberduck on a Mac.

(Even if you’ve never used one, dozens of how-to videos on YouTube will bring you up to speed with any of these in no time flat.)
 

Who Will Benefit The Most From WP TWIN ?

First and foremost, if you are an AUTHORITY BLOGGER — penning edgy content, pissing a few humorless people off here and there –who knows when the disaster may strike?… In your case regular blog backups are life-savers.

WPTwin protects your priceless asset (and years of your hard work) from hackers and fatal mishaps.

Be able to painlessly backup your entire blog, with thousands of comments, or even a complex membership site with hundreds of registered users — with 2 button clicks (As you’ve seen on the video demo). That’s all it takes.

And when a disaster strikes you’re guaranteed to have your blog restored just like it was — with all your content, all your posts, all your comments and links INTACT.

AND… the best part, you’ll have it back up usually in under a minute. (Jason Fladlien does it on video in 57 seconds. He claims he can do in 37… Can he? Well… Lets’ give him a benefit of a doubt. After all, 37… 57… what’s the difference! It’s SECONDS.

The restoration process is really rapid, as you’ve seen in the video above. The only bottleneck is the speed of your internet connection when you’re re-uploading the archive. But, if you leave the backup on the server, restoration is almost instant. With my “smallish” blogs I can never count to 15… Try and see for yourself.

And yes, with the Scheduled Autobackup Add-on you can back up your blogs on autopilot too.

Who else will Benefit From WP TWIN ?

If you are an AFFILIATE MARKETER making a steady buck with dozens of product review micro-sites — WP Twin is your best friend — Use it to quickly clone your profit machines all over the internet.

For you, arming yourself with WP Twin should be a no-brainer. It gives you an unfair advantage, a secret edge.

Here’s how: Put together a template sites with all your plugins, graphics and compliance pages configured like you want them, and when you find the next hot niche and need to install a similar site quickly — just clone your pre-configured template in a matter of minutes…

You’ll save yourself HOURS of repetitive tweaking and manual setups.

As you undoubtedly know, in internet marketing, money loves speed. First come, first served. And while your competitors are still scratching or barely gearing up… you’ll have your money making “web 2.0 properties” up and ready really FAST.

If you’re a WEB-DEVELOPER or an OFF-LINE CONSULTANT installing sites for local business clients — WP Twin can be your license to print money.

Here’s what I mean:

Setup a gallery site of pretty templates and when a client chooses one, just clone it from the prefab — You’ll be able to do your job in a New-York minute while still collecting a regal fee. (Your per-hour earnings skyrocket!)

And your client thinks you are a magician of some sort. Just the other day I saw a guy’s eyes literally eject out of eye sockets. He told me: “We have this business WordPress site we’ve been developing for TWO years… it has so much stuff on it… How long would it take to duplicate it for our branch office? ”

I told him if I work really hard he could have it in a week. (I cannot disappoint a client by telling I can do it in a couple of minutes, can I?)

Still, he couldn’t believe it!

And here’s the best part — WP Twin comes WITHOUT any LICENSING RESTRICTIONS.

And that means, unlike with competing products, you are free to use wptwin with any number of clients’ sites. You won’t have to buy a costly “developer license” or pony up additional license fees. Pure savings.

(Not to forget, Wp Twin can really save your butt in a pinch, when you’re about to do some dangerous modifications to a paid client’s site. With WP Twin you always have a reliable, bulletproof backup — An ultimate headache medicine!)

 

In Case You Are Wondering…

1. WP Twin works on a Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, Android or any smart phone. It does not matter — it’s a web script — it works wherever you can access the internet.
2. It does not matter what Theme you have installed. WPTwin clones, duplicates and backs up sites with ANY popular theme or a Framework (Thesis, Woo, Flex, Genesis etc).
3. WPTwin works with ANY version of WordPress. And because it’s an independent script it won’t expire as soon as a new WordPress update comes out. (Plus, there’s excellent customer support and WP Twin itself gets periodically updated. It’s in ver. 2.7 as of this writing.)
4. YES,WP Twin now comes with hands off auto-backup option (this optional add-on allows you to schedule automatic backups.)
5. Yeap,WP Twin is fully GUARANTEED – You get to test drive WP Twin for a full 30 DAYS FREE … If you are not impressed with how much effort it spares you, or you’re not convinced by the unparallel backup safety WP Twin offers, you’ll be issued an immediate refund of every penny you paid. No questions asked.
6. And NO, there’s NO LEARNING CURVE — A 4.5 minute training video will get you up to speed quicker than you can finish your coffee or tea.

What else do you get?

What’s that? You want more? There’s more…

Like all other offering from Jason Fladlien WP Twin comes with a stack of killer BONUSES.

Now, I don’t know if you’ll be able to take full advantage of them (I could. It was just the thing I needed,) but if you can … you’ll get treated to something really special. Check it out:

Jason Fladlien, one of the most popular and beloved internet marketing mentors and a talented copywriter to boot, has cloned for you one of his proven, results-producing sales letter sites:

• You’re getting a wptwin clone of the entire site (Theme, all plugins, setup, css and php configured) with 25 custom designed theme skins.
• You’re getting Jason’s patented “push-button” Sales-letter Formatter WP plugin — format sales letter pages in mere minutes, not hours! (This plugin itself sells like hotcakes for $37)
• And to top it off, you’re also getting Jason’s 7 Best Sales Letter Templates with sales copy pre-formatted and … PRE-WRITTEN for you!

That’s right — Jason Fladlien actually has written SEVEN fill-in-the blanks sales letters for you based on his best performing promotions.

If this is not a royal treat than I do not know what is. These pre-filled templates alone return the investment many times over (For me, at least. Very, very handy stuff when you need a sales letter fast. Exactly what I needed to speedup copywriting process.)

Anyway, if you want to find out more about the specific details of the included Bonuses, I explain and illustrate them in full glory on the WP Twin Bonus page.

AND NOW FOR SOME BAD NEWS…

So is everything as peachy as it sounds with WPTwin, OR are there any issues?

Of course there are issues. Have you ever seen a perfect product … or a perfect person for that matter?

First, early adopters had problems cloning sites hosted on GoDaddy and certain foreign providers.

This had to do with some hosting services disabling some of the PHP 5 functionality. Most of these issues where fixed with WPTwin 2.7 update. (It gets regularly updated.)

Yet still, there are occasional comments from users who are hosting their blogs with el-cheapo ex-communist bloc providers. Hardly WPTwin’s problem… What you pay is what you get, comrades.

Other than that, WP twin works like a charm on all popular providers HostGator, HostMonster, BlueHost, and now even on GoDaddy.

Second, some users report certain convoluted plugins either lose plugin settings or refuse to clone correctly if the plugin in not turned off before cloning. (Maybe. I have 27 plugins running… never have these problems.)

There’s a lot more about this on the WPTwin FAQ page.

Again, most of the complaints are from folks gambling with cheap hosting providers or trying out some weird, untested plugins.

Third, the Scheduled Auto-backup Addon, as of this writing, is separate and costs extra…

Developers claim, the addon is optional, because believe it or not, the majority of users questioned said they don’t necessarily use automatic backups. (I for example do not.)

I go in depth about the add-on in the post here: Auto Backup Add-On for WP Twin

Fourth… some might say, WPTwin has a major flaw – it aint’ free.

And it ain’t cheap either.

But then again, have you ever had anything of any quality and substance that you’ve got cheap or for free?

(And in case you are thinking you’ll wait for WP Twin to show up free on the torrent sites…

I must disappoint you.

Evert time you restore the backup WP Twin requires you to input one specific line of original owner’s info. It’s not a simple license key that any run-of-the-mill hacker can copy. And that means, if you don’t own the goods— “No soup for you!”)

So, how much does WPTwin cost?

Jason Fladlien and Wilson Matos have put lot of sweat into this and they are not bashful about the price.

When WP Twin first hit the market in October 2010 at mere $77 (for a tool like this!) the demand EXPLODED. Ans as folks grabbed 579 copies in just seven days (with only 3 returns — that’s 99.48% satisfaction rate, including yours truly) the price inevitably started to rise.

Sorry if you missed the train.

You can still get WPTwin … PLUS all the awesome Pre-filled Sales-Letter Templates, and the Copy Formatter Plugin bonuses for only $97

I say “only” because, I don’t know about you, but for the value I get out of it, I think it’s still dirt-cheap for a versatile all-in-one power-tool like this.

I’ll tell you this though, after you’ve tried and used Wptwin a couple of times … you’d be astounded how you managed without it. It saves me from so many headaches that I wouldn’t even blink and get it asap even if the price doubled…

Even at $187 — that STILL would be one HELL OF A DEAL.

Really, just think how much time the darn thing saves you …

Honestly, how long does is take you right now, to install a fresh blog… find and install ALL the plugins… configure everything … setup ping lists… rss feeds… copy-paste and format the disclaimers, terms of use, legal, contact pages… import all those icons and images using the stone-age wordpress import media system?

If you’re a speed demon – maybe 2-3 hours of concentrated work. And if you’re technologically challenged, like me – a good couple of days of doing nothing but that.

Look, I don’t pretend to know how much money you make per hour… but… even if you’re flipping burgers for an insultingly low hourly wage, chances are…

It will cost you more, in labor hours, just to set up ONE measly site from scratch.

Yes, I admit it, it’s a ridiculous example, but it illustrates the point perfectly.

Put two and two together: If you agree that time IS money, then clearly WpTwin starts paying you back, if not the first, the second time you use it. Do the simple math.

And how about the spared effort ?

I have spent weeks and months tweaking some of my sites. I like how they look. But there’s no way I’m putting that much work copying those sites again. All I have to do now is run WPTwin. Easy.

And what price would you put on the peace of mind and safety WPTwin guarantees you?

What price is a fair price to pay for knowing … not wondering, wishing, praying or hoping…

KNOWING for sure…

… you’re perfectly safe from malicious hacking attacks (who knows, it may even happen tomorrow)… And free to experiment with the technology never afraid you’ll irreversibly screw something up or do something tragically stupid to your site, like I did (If interested, see my ‘embarrassing stupidity’ story here )

Because you were smart to safeguard yourself with a wordpress backup tool that not only claims to be ‘the simplest tool ever’, but unlike other wp backup plugins …
can PROOVE with a real-time demonstration –that in case of emergency –

your site will be RESTORED, exactly like it was, with everything intact.

Yes, WPTwin has some minor flaws (And what tool does not?)
Despite the flaws, I believe WP Twin is the best tool of its kind.
Definitely one of only few you can TRUST. And that’s what really counts.

Just give it a fair try, and perhaps like me, you will be wondering how you’ve been doing all of this before, without WPTwin.

Considering you’re not even risking anything…

… because you’re can test drive WP Twin essentially for FREE during the guaranteed 30-day trial.

Put it to test, do a few backups, clone some sites…

If you dare, do what I did (hey, I needed to be sure!) – delete one of your money sites entirely from the server…

See which is EASIER and SAFER to use to RESTORE sites — WPTwin or any of the other backup plugins …

And if after 30 days you feel WP Twin does not stand up to your expectations — you don’t pay one red-cent. You get 100% of your money back.

By the way: You’re also covered by a World-class customer support.

Wilson Mattos — the chief propellerhead behind WPTwin – has four people on staff 24/7 besides himself to attend to your every need or question.

So with that said, why wouldn’t you give it a FREE try?

I can’t tell if WPTwin WordPress Cloner is right for you.
Maybe it is. Maybe it is not. Only you can decide that.

I believe I told you everything you need to know to make an intelligent, informed decision to take WP Twin for a RISK FREE trial.

… I told you how WPTwin helps you accomplish complex time-consuming chores — like transferring WordPress to a new domain, or copying blog settings – in mere minutes.

… I told you how many annoying, repetitive wordpress installation tasks you won’t have to do anymore, how much time Wptwin saves you every time you use it. And how that alone pays for the price of admission.

… And I told you why I believe WP Twin is the most trustworthy backup tool and how it’s unparallel backup safety eliminates any worry and uncertainty from your blog backups.

…Because even in case of a total disaster, you always have a bullet-proof backup – an exact clone — right at your fingertips, that you can deploy quickly, reliably, and with no-hassles whatsoever.

What else can I say? I am very happy with it.

Obviously you are under no obligations to do anything.

You don’t have to take anybody’s, word for any of this … not mine, not Jason Fladlien’s … but your own…

You get FULL month of RISK FREE trial to make your own conclusion.

With this I leave the decision to you.

Take WP Twin for a full 30-Day Guaranteed Test Drive here and be the judge yoursef.

P.S. I have a lot more stuff for you:

If you want more a detailed review about the bonuses that come with WP Twin read all about them here: WP Twin BONUS 1 – Instant Sales Letter Theme and here WP Twin BONUS 2 – WpTwin Clone Marketplace

If you’re still unclear how exactly WP Twin WordPress Cloner can help you get your investment back maybe you should take a look at this – WP Twin Cash Back Tactics – The Ultimate WP Twin Discount – How to Get Your Investment Back and ‘Clone’ Some Cash on Top While Still On a 30-Day Risk Free Trial

Also:

Why WPTwin is THE most robust WordPress backup tool on the market, and how it is different from alternative solutions (and why there are no alternatives, really.)

How to Move WordPress blog with WP Twin … and without

WPTwin WordPress Cloner FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions… and a several good answers to all of them.

Rick’s WP Twin Review