Title: [Plugin: WP2Cloud] storage only
Last modified: August 20, 2016

---

# [Plugin: WP2Cloud] storage only

 *  Resolved [scruffy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scruffy1/)
 * (@scruffy1)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp2cloud-storage-only/)
 * Hi
 * can you tell me if it is possible to use this plugin just for backup of the website?
 * thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/)

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  Plugin Author [Artem Livshits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artemlivshits/)
 * (@artemlivshits)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp2cloud-storage-only/#post-3026506)
 * WP2Cloud can be used to store media in the cloud storage, which, along with ClouSE(
   that takes care of storing MySQL database in the cloud) stores the whole website
   content in the cloud storage. This makes it so the traditional backup not needed(
   though you can still create snapshots of the database using standard MySQL tools
   for archival and other purposes).
 *  Thread Starter [scruffy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scruffy1/)
 * (@scruffy1)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp2cloud-storage-only/#post-3026507)
 * so if i understand correctly I can use it to backup my website once per month
   to amazon cloud, as i dont want to spend to much on amazon so just backing once
   a month is cheaper.
 * i am new to cloud so forgive my idiotic questions / assumptions
 * thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Artem Livshits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artemlivshits/)
 * (@artemlivshits)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp2cloud-storage-only/#post-3026508)
 * Hi scruffy1,
 * Thank you for your questions. Please don’t hesitate to keep them coming. Happy
   to help.
 * >backup
    By utilizing cloud storage instead of local storage as the primary storage
   your website is instantaneously backed up to one of the most highly durable and
   highly available storage services.
 * The probability of losing the data at Amazon S3 is similar to the probability
   of losing your primary storage, backup and offsite backup, all at the same time.
   Refer to official [Amazon S3 documentation](http://aws.amazon.com/s3/#protecting).
 * I’d like to note that in case data protection supplied by S3 is insufficient 
   for a particular customer, with ClouSE they are free to continue relying on any
   MySQL or S3 backup tools in order to supplement S3 protection.
 * You’ll find more information at [WordPress on S3: no more backups](http://www.oblaksoft.com/wordpress-on-s3-no-more-backups/).
 * >i dont want to spend to much on amazon so just backing once a month is cheaper
 * Technology such as WP2Cloud + ClouSE allow for instantaneous backup to the cloud
   storage roughly at the same price as “once a day\week\month” traditional backup
   approach.
 * If you however take into account your personal risk tolerance and the cost of
   data loss\recovery in your specific case or your specific data, the instantaneous
   backup may be a more obvious winner.
    All depends on how much you value your 
   good night sleep and your data. 🙂
 * There are other advantages of using cloud storage as primary storage, such as
   the site performance.
    By running the site off the cloud storage (and not just
   using the cloud storage for the backup) the website becomes faster without any
   additional effort as pictures are served by Amazon S3 directly.

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘[Plugin: WP2Cloud] storage only’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud.svg)
 * [WP2Cloud](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/reviews/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Artem Livshits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artemlivshits/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp2cloud-storage-only/#post-3026508)
 * Status: resolved