Best remote management plugins for WordPress
The most popular remote management plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. UpdraftCentral Dashboard leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Unstoppable Site Connector (300+) and Siteward Child (300+). All 3 plugins tagged “remote management” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 remote management plugins
- 1.
UpdraftCentral DashboardThe most installed remote management plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 22 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Unstoppable Site Connector300+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 hours ago.
- 3.
Siteward Child300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 days ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “remote management”
UpdraftCentral Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,122by David Anderson / Team Updraft2 months ago
Remote, single-dashboard management for WordPress/theme/plugin updates and UpdraftPlus backups across all your WP sites
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(22)
- Downloads
- 65/day
Unstoppable Site Connector
Down in the last 7 days:71#10,540by Unstoppable Solutionstoday
Connects this site to your web professional's Unstoppable Site Manager dashboard for updates, health checks and monthly care reports.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 47/day
Siteward Child
Down in the last 7 days:123#11,121by OmnisWP6 days ago
Connect this WordPress site to a Siteward dashboard for central monitoring, updates, backups and plugin management. Does nothing until paired.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 26/day