Best remote administration plugins for WordPress
The most popular remote administration plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Remote Website Management by Watchful leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of WP Command and Control Plugin (20+) and WP Site Monitor (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “remote administration” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 remote administration plugins
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Remote Website Management by WatchfulThe most installed remote administration plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
WP Command and Control Plugin20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
WP Site Monitor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “remote administration”
Remote Website Management by Watchful
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,680by watchful25 days ago
A web developers toolbox for remotely managing and monitoring tens, hundreds, or thousands of WordPress websites at once.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 61/day
WP Command and Control Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:261#28,354by supersoju2 months ago
Remotely manage WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates, automated backups, and security scans from one dashboard.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Site Monitor
#30,077by bwibrew8 years ago
Extends official WP REST API to provide extra endpoints to help manage sites remotely.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day