A plugin that regularly saves a copy of the Joomla MySQL database and emails it or keeps it in a dedicated folder on the server. Available in PDO and MySQLi builds.
LazyDbBackup is a plugin by Robert Gastaud, derived from LazyBackup by Stefan Granholm. It does one job: it regularly backs up the site database and delivers the copy to the owner. It suits small sites where a full backup component would be too much. Site files are not included; only the MySQL database is saved.
Features
- MySQL database dump sent by email to one or several addresses.
- Email can be turned off; backups are then stored in a dedicated folder and fetched over FTP.
- An option to keep or delete the file on the server after mailing.
- Rows of the sessions table (#__session) are left out of the dump.
- Date and time in the backup file name and in the email body.
- An email notice when a new plugin version is released (can be disabled).
- Two builds: PDO (which does not work on some servers) and MySQLi; the JED download button leads to the PDO build.
Compatibility
Joomla 5 and 6. Current version 4.1.1, last updated in JED on 10 October 2025. A vulnerability was found and fixed in 2023, so older copies should be replaced with the current release.
