Find and confirm your archived site
Start here if you haven’t found your snapshot yet, or want to check what’s actually archived before restoring.
The actual archive your site’s snapshots live in. Search your domain and browse available crawl dates before restoring.
web.archive.org →Once you have your snapshot URL, this is the actual website recovery tool, paste the link and get your site back as a working ZIP with all pages, CSS, images, and JS intact.
Start a free website restore →Not sure how the recovery process actually works? A full walkthrough of every step, from snapshot to live site.
See how website recovery works →Check if Google still has a recent cached copy of your pages, sometimes useful as a second source alongside Archive.org.
Search “cache:yourdomain.com” →Best Website Hosting to Restore Your Site On
Any standard hosting works, no special setup required. These are options across a few price points.
Fast, affordable hosting. Upload your ZIP contents and your restored site is live in minutes.
Get Hostinger hosting →Reliable shared hosting, a solid choice for uploading and running your recovered site.
Get Bluehost hosting →Free static hosting if your restored site is plain HTML/CSS/JS with no server-side code, good for smaller recovered sites.
pages.cloudflare.com →Another free option for static sites, drag-and-drop deploy for your restored ZIP contents.
netlify.com →Want it live on WordPress instead of a static ZIP? We handle the full WordPress installation and setup for you.
Get a WordPress site rebuild →Get your files onto your host
Free tools for moving your ZIP contents onto your hosting account and making small edits if needed.
A free FTP client for uploading your extracted ZIP contents to your hosting account’s root folder.
filezilla-project.org →A free code editor if you want to make small edits to your restored HTML, CSS, or JS files before uploading.
code.visualstudio.com →A free alternative to FileZilla for Windows users, also supports FTP and SFTP file transfers.
winscp.net →Domain registration and securing your site
For registering a new domain, replacing an expired one, or making sure your restored site loads securely.
If your original domain was grabbed by someone else, we help re-purchase it or find the closest alternative.
Recover an expired domain →Register a new domain if yours expired and couldn’t be recovered, competitive pricing on .com and regional domains.
Register a domain on BigRock →Free SSL certificates so your restored site loads securely over HTTPS, most hosts include this automatically.
letsencrypt.org →Check that your restored site’s SSL setup is configured correctly once it’s live.
ssllabs.com/ssltest →Don’t end up here twice
Now that you’ve got your site back, these help make sure you never need our tool again.
One of the most popular WordPress backup plugins, free tier covers scheduled backups to cloud storage.
updraftplus.com →A free WordPress security plugin with a firewall and malware scanner, helps prevent the kind of hack that may have caused your original loss.
wordfence.com →A free scanner to check your restored site for malware or blacklist status before you fully rely on it again.
sitecheck.sucuri.net →Encrypt your connection while managing hosting logins and FTP credentials, especially useful on public wifi during a rebuild.
Get NordVPN →Speed up your restored site
Archived images can sometimes be larger than they need to be. These help trim load times.
Compress PNG and JPEG images from your restored ZIP without a noticeable quality drop.
tinypng.com →A free, browser-based image compressor from Google with more manual control over quality and format.
squoosh.app →How to Recover SEO Rankings After a Website Restore
Being restored doesn’t automatically mean Google remembers you. These help you recover visibility as well as files.
Resubmit your restored site to Google, check for crawl errors, and monitor how your rankings recover over time.
search.google.com/search-console →The Bing equivalent of Search Console, resubmit your sitemap so Bing recrawls your restored site too.
bing.com/webmasters →If rankings dropped after your site went down, we audit redirects, meta data, and Search Console issues to help recover your SEO rankings.
Get an SEO recovery audit →See full pricing for free and paid website recovery, plus every done-for-you service, side by side.
View recovery pricing →Know if your site goes down again
Free tools that alert you the moment your site becomes unreachable, so you’re never caught off guard twice.
Free tier monitors your site every 5 minutes and emails you the moment it goes down.
uptimerobot.com →Another free uptime monitor with a slightly different alerting setup, worth comparing to UptimeRobot.
statuscake.com →See who’s visiting your restored site
Reconnect analytics so you’re not flying blind on traffic once you’re back online.
The standard for tracking visitors, re-add your tracking code to the restored site’s pages.
analytics.google.com →A lightweight, privacy-friendly analytics alternative if you’d rather not use Google Analytics.
plausible.io →Get your inbox working again
If your domain lost its email hosting along with the site, here’s where to set it back up.
Professional email on your own domain (you@yourdomain.com) through Gmail’s interface.
workspace.google.com →A free tier for small setups, custom domain email without a per-user cost at low volume.
zoho.com/mail →Improving your site once it’s stable
Once your restored site is live and steady, these help you build on it further.
A free design tool for creating new graphics or updating visuals on your restored site.
canva.com →If your archived theme is no longer available, browse thousands of WordPress themes, templates, and design assets to rebuild with.
Browse Envato Market →Create mockups, logos, and marketing visuals for your restored site without a designer.
Try Placeit by Envato →Free stock photography if you want to replace or add images beyond what was archived.
unsplash.com →Need just the written content, blog posts, product copy, extracted in editable format? We handle that too.
Recover website content →Website Recovery Toolkit FAQ
Quick answers about the tools on this page.
No. Only the “Before you restore” and “Hosting” sections are essential to get your site back online. Everything else, backup, security, SEO, monitoring, is optional but recommended once your site is live again.
Most tools on this page are free or have a free tier. Only hosting (Hostinger, Bluehost) and a couple of premium plugin tiers require payment, everything tagged “Free” costs nothing.
If you’d rather have it all handled for you, our WordPress Rebuild service covers hosting setup and installation as part of the package.