I’ve seen many recommendations to use WpVivid plugin as a cheaper (or even free) alternative to Updraft or Duplicator for migrate and backup. This is my experience.
It looks very promising taking into account you can have a lifetime 1 domain license for $79 and 50 domains for $159. Plus, there are functions like rollback, unlimited image optimizer, WEBP converter, and so on.
I bought the 50 domains version and at the beginning, I was very happy. The auto back up works fine and migration was in most cases perfect, sometimes there was needed to change a few little things in the database, but in general good.
But then I realised the impact of this plugin on page load. The premium plugin WPvivid Plugins Pro was causing my page to load on average 0,5 seconds longer. I was testing it with page speed Google Chrome extension and the website took under 1 second (on average around 0,9-0,95) to load without plugin activated. After activation, it took always more than 1 second, usually 1,3 – 1,4. Of course, tested without being logged in in WP.
Taking into account that it’s simple website that loads fast, 0,4 – 0,5 seconds difference in load is huge. And also, I didn’t have activated any extra WPVivid modules, only rollback and auto backup once a day. Funny thing is that if I use the free version, the load is more-less same.
Since many people on Reddit are recommending this plugin – what is your experience with this, guys? You didn’t notice this big difference in load?
Now I am also looking for some alternative that allows rollback of plugin and daily auto backup. I really don’t want to slow down my websites – which option would be better – Updraft or Duplicator?
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