These are some of the most talked about WordPress site management plugins. Essentially, WordPress services or plugins or both that help WordPress web developers manage multiple installations of WordPress, keeping themes, plugins and WordPress installations up to date, backed up and more.
Check out more from each location
ManageWP is one of my personal favorites and one of the first in this game. We met them years ago at BlogWorld. It is a subscription based service, with multiple pricing levels and also a pricing model that expands depending on how many sites are being managed.
[contentcards url=”http://managewp.com/”]
MainWP is extremely popular, partly because it is free. They earn their money by selling premium extensions adding on and expanding the service.
[contentcards url=”https://mainwp.com”]
InfiniteWP also works on a freemium model, free for the basic app and charging for add ons.
[contentcards url=”http://infinitewp.com”]
CMSCommander reminded us a lot of ManageWP in the early days, just a lower price point, but they are growing into their own unique offering now.
[contentcards url=”http://cmscommander.com”]
IControlWP is new to us. Let us know if you use it or what you think?
[contentcards url=”https://www.icontrolwp.com”]
Sync – Ithemes the makers of the super popular BackUpBuddy Plugin also make a plugin called Sync. They let you manage your first 10 sites for free. The next 25 or next 25 total is just $50 per year.
[contentcards url=”https://ithemes.com/sync/”]
WPRemote
[contentcards url=”https://wpremote.com”]
Some free plugins that might get you there as well
JetPack – yep inside Jetpack is a tool to manage your plugin updates through their Site Management tool
[contentcards url=”http://jetpack.me”]
Advanced Automatic Updates, it hasn’t been updated in a while, but is still liked by many
[contentcards url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-updater/”]
WP Optmize is an extensive db cleanup tool. It provides some of the extras that often come with the tools above.
[contentcards url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/”]
UpdraftPlus another grade backup plugin, cloud backups and more
[contentcards url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/”]