Best scheduled updates plugins for WordPress
The most popular scheduled updates plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ghost Update leads with fewer than 10 active installs, ahead of UpdateSafe Scheduler (fewer than 10) and RoboMaintainer (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “scheduled updates” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 scheduled updates plugins
- 1.
Ghost UpdateThe most installed scheduled updates plugin, with fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.UpdateSafe Scheduler
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
RoboMaintainerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “scheduled updates”

Ghost Update
Up in the last 7 days:7,298#50,673by CaphLabs9 months ago
Auto-refresh post/page, encourage recrawls by refreshing timestamps and optionally notifying Google. Boost SEO visibility without changing your conten …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
UpdateSafe Scheduler
Up in the last 7 days:1,781#61,960by Nikunj7 days ago
Schedule WordPress.org-hosted updates with existing UpdraftPlus backup checks, update history and post-update health reports.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

RoboMaintainer
Down in the last 7 days:5,366#63,567by Robomaintainer1 year ago
RoboMaintainer is your personal autopilot for WordPress plugin updates. It checks for updates, initiates updates and checks for changes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day