Best updates manager plugins for WordPress
The most popular updates manager plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Easy Updates Manager leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Ignore Or Disable Plugin Update (200+). All 2 plugins tagged “updates manager” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 updates manager plugins
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Easy Updates ManagerThe most installed updates manager plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 726 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Ignore Or Disable Plugin Update200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “updates manager”

Easy Updates Manager
#194by David Anderson / Team Updraft2 months ago
Manage all your WordPress updates, including individual updates, automatic updates, logs, and loads more. This also works very well with WordPress Mul …
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.8(726)
- Downloads
- 1K/day

Ignore Or Disable Plugin Update
Down in the last 7 days:24#12,382by JFG Media1 month ago
Allows to ignore a single plugin update for a certain number of days, or until its next version.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day