Our plugin streamlines backups to easily backup your worlds, plugins, and other server files automatically.<\/p>\n
## Low Storage cost ## Player Control ## Customizable Scope ## Safety Features This plugin is a backup plugin that does everything for you (if you want).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29869,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"betterbackup","_minecraft_project_id":"Xg7QwOVW","_minecraft_author":"hds2on87","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":10,"_minecraft_follows":0,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"betterbackup.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":2004306,"_minecraft_version_count":3,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T12:22:33.352726Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-05-02T22:51:51.174406Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-01T04:49:05.617198Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/betterbackup","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":29869,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-01T12:28:34+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"8e2a08dcdda17aee154fb203c9a0cc4d","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[124,126,90,127,128,129,91,92],"mod_loader":[130,132,133,134],"minecraft_version":[102,62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82,83],"class_list":["post-29868","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-bukkit","mod_category-management","mod_category-optimization","mod_category-paper","mod_category-purpur","mod_category-spigot","mod_category-storage","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-bukkit","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-purpur","mod_loader-spigot","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9","minecraft_version-26-1"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCompresses your backups to take up far less storage than typical backups.
\n## Compression Options
\n– Can pick level of compression on a scale 0-9
\n– 0-2 .tar -no compression just as much storage as server’s raw files
\n– 3-6 .zip -standard zip file faster compression and compatible with more machines.
\n– 7-9 .7z -highest level of compression, takes longer
\n## Commands
\n– \/backup now – creates a backup
\n– \/backup list – lists backups
\n– \/backup delete
\n– \/backup restore
\n– \/backup reload – reloads the plugin
\n## Backup Retention
\n– can delete backups after X days
\n– can delete backups if there are X number of backups
\n– hard storage cap – deletes oldest backup if newer ones make the backups folder take up too much storage.
\n## Backs Up Automatically
\nCan set the plugin to backup every:
\n– Fixed interval -every X minutes
\n– Cron-style scheduling
\n– Backup only when no players are online for a set duration
\n– Scheduled restart & backup at a specific time
\n– On startup \/ shutdown triggers<\/p>\n
\n– Can kick players when starting a backup
\n– Can prevent players from joining if a backup is in progress
\n– When managing players gives them a message, “backup in progress”
\n– Can backup silently in the backround (NOT recommended)<\/p>\n
\n– can choose what specific files to include\/exclude
\n– ex: plugins\/BetterBackups\/
\n## Performance
\n– Configurable thread usage
\n– Optional I\/O throttling to reduce disk impact
\n## Plug & Play
\nautomatically fetches compression binaries so you can compress to .tar, .zip, and .7z just from installing the plugin.
\n## Logs
\n– every backup
\n– when a folder is skipped
\n– size of backups
\n## Permissions
\n– backup.run – able to use \/backup now
\n– backup.restore – able to use \/backup restore
\n– backup.list – able to use \/backup list
\n– backup.admin – able to use all backup commands<\/p>\n
\n– Prevents overlapping backups
\n– Aborts if disk space is too low
\n– Detects and removes partial backups
\n– Optional checksum verification (SHA-256) (EXPERIMENTAL)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"