WP Reset Lifetime Deal

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The entry tier of this plan carries a comparison price of $158. The listing sells it for $49, one time, with lifetime access. That is 69% off. For anyone who builds or maintains WordPress sites, the real cost is the afternoon lost when a plugin update breaks a page. This deal is built around that problem. It takes a copy of your site before things change, then lets you roll back, reset or clean out parts of it.

What it is

WP Reset is a WordPress plugin with a cloud dashboard. It does three jobs. It resets or deletes chosen parts of a site, it saves snapshots you can restore from, and it gives you a recovery script for sites that have stopped working.

The newest addition is a set of cleanup tools. A reset wipes whatever you pick. Cleanup tools are more selective. They remove old revisions, drafts, unused user accounts and forgotten media files without touching the rest. The plugin takes a snapshot before running its tools.

The vendor is WebFactory Ltd in Zagreb, Croatia, founded in 2009 with 11 to 50 staff. This product first appeared on AppSumo in April 2020, and the listing says it was relaunched after six years of added features.

Key facts

• Price: $49 one time for the entry tier, listed against $158
• Access: Lifetime
• Refund window: 60 days
• Tiers: Four, chosen directly at checkout
• Best for (per listing): Developers, freelancers and web design agencies
• Works with: WordPress and WordPress Multisite
• Rating on the listing: 4.9 from 1,312 reviews

What the payback looks like

There is no monthly fee on the listing for us to measure against, so payback depends on how often you rescue a site. One reviewer said a snapshot taken automatically before a theme update brought a broken site back and saved hours of work. Another restored a site to the state it was in 15 minutes before a crash.

If you manage client sites, a single avoided rebuild is likely to cover the $49 entry price. If you run one small site that rarely changes, the case is weaker.

What you actually get

Roll back after a bad update. Snapshots save the current state of your site. You can automate them around actions or events, and store them in WP Reset Cloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Icedrive or pCloud. This is the feature that makes the plugin worth owning.

Recover a site that will not load. The Emergency Recovery Script includes 12 or more tools. The listing says it can recover a client site even if the plugin was never installed there. That helps freelancers who get the call after something has already gone wrong.

Clean up without wiping. The tier table lists bulk revision, draft and trash deletion, orphaned database object cleanup, inactive user removal, orphaned media cleanup and database table optimization. The plugin lists over 35 tools in total.

Reset parts of a site. You can restore default values without reinstalling WordPress. You can also delete select portions to debug or streamline performance, such as unused widgets, theme options and old content.

Build repeatable setups. Collections let you save sets of plugins and themes and bulk-install them from the cloud on new sites. This saves time on every new build.

Manage many sites from one place. The dashboard lets you add sites, block sites from using the plugin, and enable white-labeling for specific clients. Remote actions cover snapshot stats, recovery script access and license sync.

Tiers and limits

You pick a tier directly at checkout. This deal does not use stackable codes, so there is no buy-entry-and-stack-later path. For how stacking works on other deals, see our guide to AppSumo codes stacking.

• Tier 1, $49 (listed $158): 5 site licenses, 5 cloud site licenses
• Tier 2, $129 (listed $316): 50 site licenses, 15 cloud site licenses
• Tier 3, $299 (listed $474): Unlimited site licenses, 30 cloud site licenses
• Tier 4, $499 (listed $899): Unlimited site licenses, 60 cloud site licenses

Every tier gives 3 GB of storage per cloud site license. The limits do not scale evenly. Site licenses jump from 5 to 50, then become unlimited. From Tier 3 to Tier 4 the only listed change is more cloud site licenses, while the per-license storage stays at 3 GB.

Things to weigh

The 3 GB cap per cloud site license is the main limit. One reviewer reported a WooCommerce snapshot above 3.5 GB, and said snapshots filled local server space on their larger site. The same reviewer reported a drop in their Google PageSpeed score after installing the plugin and asked for a refund. The vendor replied and said it would consider the feedback. This is one account, but it tells larger-site owners what to check.

The same reviewer felt the cloud storage messaging was unclear. Read the tier table closely. Storage is capped per cloud site license, and site licenses are a separate count.

Before you buy

Work through the checks in our guide on factors to verify before buying a lifetime deal, then add these:

1. Estimate the size of your largest site and compare it with the 3 GB per cloud site license cap.
2. Confirm which tier includes white labeling, full rebranding, staging environment and remote actions, if you need them.
3. Check that your preferred storage destination is on the list: WP Reset Cloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Icedrive or pCloud.
4. Check your server's free disk space and your site's page speed before and after installing, so you have numbers to judge by inside the refund window.

Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere

Suits:

• Freelancers and agencies who fix or maintain client WordPress sites
• Developers who set up the same plugin and theme stack repeatedly
• Site owners who want a rollback point before every update

Look elsewhere:

• Owners of very large or heavy WooCommerce stores, where snapshots may exceed the 3 GB cloud cap
• Anyone on a server with tight disk space
• Teams who prefer a managed subscription, where the host or provider handles backups. Our comparison of lifetime deals vs subscriptions can help you decide

Verdict

This is a specialist tool at an entry price that is easy to justify. The core promise is a restore point before things break, and reviewers describe it working. The vendor has been operating since 2009, and the product has had a six-year history on AppSumo. Our view is based on the deal terms and the listing contents.

For one to five sites, Tier 1 is the sensible buy. Agencies with many client sites should look at Tier 2 or above. Only Tier 3 and Tier 4 remove the site license limit, and Tier 4 only adds more cloud licenses. Large sites should weigh the storage cap first. Every deal has trade-offs, and our overview of the pros and cons of lifetime deals covers the general ones.

Two dates matter. Activate the plugin right after purchase so the refund window works for you. Decide by day fifty, while the 60-day refund is still open. The AppSumo refund policy explains how requests work.

Not sure yet? Run this deal through our free scorecard. Seven checks, a payback calculator, and a plain verdict on whether to buy. Get the Lifetime Deal Scorecard, free

SAASTOOLY Rating: 4.5/5

FAQ

Is this a subscription? No. The listing describes lifetime access for a one-time price.

What is the refund window? Refunds are available up to 60 days. The listing says the deal is covered by the AppSumo We Got Your Back guarantee.

Does it work on WordPress Multisite? Yes. The listed integrations are WordPress and WordPress Multisite.

Where can I store snapshots? In WP Reset Cloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Icedrive or pCloud.

Can it recover a site if the plugin is not installed? The listing says the Emergency Recovery Script can help you recover a client site that did not have the plugin installed beforehand.

Does it create a snapshot before cleanup? Yes. The vendor says WP Reset automatically creates a snapshot before running its tools.

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