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What is MainWP?

MainWP is a suite of open-source self-hosted plugins and Extensions for users with multiple WordPress sites who want to control them from one central location. This includes sites on different hosts or servers. Once you have connected your sites (called Child Sites) to your Dashboard, you can do almost anything from your MainWP Dashboard that you would be able to do from your Child Sites wp-admin. MainWP is the only WordPress management plugin with 2000+ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews on WP.org 👉 https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mainwp/reviews/?filter=5 Combined with the MainWP Extensions, here's a glimpse of what you can do to manage hundreds of WordPress websites effortlessly: 💰 Free Forever 🏅 White Label ♾️ Connect Unlimited Websites ▶️ Demo Mode with sample data to try MainWP firsthand 🌐 Track Updates via Browser with MainWP Browser Extension 🧑‍💻 Manage all Sites, Users, Plugins, Themes, Updates 👥 Full Client Management 🏷️ Organize Sites & Clients via Colorful Tags 🕒 Uptime & Site Health Monitoring 🚩 1-Click Lighthouse Stats for all Sites 🔄 Effortless Bulk Updates 🚧 Staging, Cloning 📝 Professional Reports for Clients 💬 Bulk Manage Comments 🛡️ Bulk Manage Security 🚀 Purge Cache from the Dashboard ✏️ Fully Customizable 🔍 Domain & SSL Certificate Monitoring 🔑 Passwordless 1-click Login to all Connected Sites 🔒 Full Privacy, Self-hosted, Lock Your Dashboard 😌 Bulk Content Management (Draft, Publish, Edit, Trash) ➕ Perform Pressable hosting-specific tasks With MainWP, you can easily manage & control settings for several plugins/services directly from the dashboard. 🗃️ UpdraftPlus, WPvivid, WP Staging, BackWPup, BackupBuddy, Time Capsule 🔒 Termageddon, Wordfence, Jetpack Protect & Scan, Sucuri, iThemes Security, Virusdie, Activity Log, Security Ninja 🚀 WP Rocket, WP Compress, Google Lighthouse Stats ✅ Atarim, WooCommerce, Database Updater 📈 Yoast, SEOPress, Google Analytics (GA4), Matomo, Fathom Stats 🌐 Uptime Robot, NodePing, Site24x7, Better Uptime And a lot more 👉 https://mainwp.com/mainwp-extensions/ The MainWP plugin is 100% FREE, forever! However, MainWP Pro offers a wide range of 32+ Extensions at a single price. The Extensions aren't required, but they extend the functionality to improve your workflow. During the subscription, you'll get Priority Support, Important security & performance updates for Existing extensions, and access to all new extensions. - Monthly: $29/mon - Yearly: $199/year (Save $149 compared to monthly) - Lifetime: $499 (One-time) The MainWP Free version is perfect for essential management; the Pro unleashes the full power of your Dashboard with advanced features that help you manage your sites more efficiently and effectively. 👉 https://mainwp.com/free-vs-pro/

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MainWP is a WordPress management suite developed to be the most effective, self-hosted WordPress central dashboard.

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MainWP WordPress Management
Year Founded
2013
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MainWP is critical in enabling my team and clients to have a simplified ability to manage Wordpress websites. Wordpress is a huge part of our busin...
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MainWP is self hosted rather than a SAAS product so you have and retain full control over all of your Data
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"Tried and tested them all - MainWP suits me best"
The fact that it doesn't force me into using another ecosystem of plugins or tools. I can use my preferred plugins that I always use, and there's a...
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What do you like best about MainWP?

In the last 5+ years, I have used several different platforms to update remotely mine and my client's WordPress sites. MainWP. The platforms were fine.

Recently I came across MainWP Pro and I was blown away by its options, details, and functionality.

I ordered the lifetime package of MainWP Pro and cancel my subscription with other plaforms.

I added all my and my client's sites (100+), and start updating them daily. I really enjoy working and managing all the sites from there.

I have not explored yet all options, but what I see and use till now is amazing. The MainWP Pro really rocks!

I like the ability of Grouping and the possibility of the system to log me into any of the sites with a click of a button. This is really huge time saver.

The backup and staging options are also amazing plus the daily emails, suggestions, and notifications.

The Reports option is also really handy so that the email of the monthly or weekly updates are generated and emailed to me or my clients.

It is a truly amazing system, a time-saver, with great UX, and the most important very functional.

I wish I was found these platforms a few years ago, but better later than never. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

So far nothing that to dislike. It is amazing software. Very fast and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

MainWP gives me the ability to update all WordPress sites, both mine and my clients, remotely. It is very fast, reliable and very professional.

It helps me update all themes, core and plugins, as well remotely install plugins, and posts, create and manage users as well with a click of a button to log in to any of the sites there.

The remote backups and staging are also a great option and a time saver.

They have also a ton of very useful and unique plugins that are amazing and automate lots of repeating tasks in relation to WordPress management.

It is a huge time saver.

The main benefits are:

Fast update of multiple sites

Remove control of any sites

Quick login to any of the sites

Remote backup control

Weekly or Monthly Reports

Daly email notification and suggestions

Global settings control for all sites

Security and Cache / CDN control of all sites

and much much more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello Michael,

Thanks for leaving your honest review.

For 100+ websites, we think "Domain Monitor" & "Lighthouse" extensions could be something of high interest.

A warm welcome to the MainWP family, we are looking forward to continuing this association for years to come.

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What do you like best about MainWP?

MainWP is a one-stop shop for a self-hosted WordPress management solution. It allows you to connect all your client sites, log in, update and do whatever else you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

I really don't have any complaints or issues. When I do run into something their support is good so it isn't a problem. Out of all the tools I have seen and used this is best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm a big fan of self-hosting and not being dependent on a cloud subscription. This was also really important for client sites we manage since we wanted to be able to have granular control. MainWP gives that and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Thank you James, that's so kind of you.

You got it right, self-hosting, full control, and privacy of your clients are what take MainWP ahead of the competition.

Looking forward to continuing this association for more years to come.

Thanks again,

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What do you like best about MainWP?

A big thanks to Dennis and the Team of MainWp. We were looking for something that helps us manage our multiple sites from one dashboard, found several tools that either didn't work as we wanted or were charging hundreds of dollars. Landed at MainWp that did exactly what we were looking for and surprisingly, all for FREE. Keep going guys. Great Work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

We are still in testing mode and didn't find anything that annoys us. However, there are a few things that we want to do and it asks for a paid extension, but that's ok. That's how they get bread and butter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have several websites for our company. MainWP helps us manage everything from one dashboard including users, update, posts, pages, etc. That's exactly we were looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello Maqbool,

We appreciate your trust in MainWP and are glad to hear that it fulfills your needs.

Looking forward to continuing this association for years to come.

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What do you like best about MainWP?

I can see all of the sites I administer in one spot and handle them in groupings rather than individually with MainWP. It's really simple to use and allows you to view the status of each site as well as do different duties such as updates. This one is user-friendly; anyone using Mainwp can recommend it to others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

Till now, I never found drawback in it, I can recommend it to others aswell. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering MainWP:

I Recommend using MainWp because I love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

At a glance, you can see what's going on. Its a time saver,easy to use, navigation is simple, Lots of options available compare to other platforms. You can find lot of LOV's which will definitly help you to get things easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello Bala,

Much appreciated the review. You have compiled most of the powers in just a few sentences.

Happy to have you & looking forward to continuing this relationship for the years to come.

Team MainWP

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What do you like best about MainWP?

Managing multiple WordPress applications is quite common these days. From businesses with multiple purposes to independent hobbyists managing multiple blogs. MainWP helps you consolidate all of the management involved with managing such applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

There are no unique features that you can't already get with another WP manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

Maintenance and upkeep with WordPress sites can be tedious work and MainWP helps solve that by creating a simplified environment where you can monitor these applications as well as execute any required updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello Jake,

We appreciate the honest review and just wanted to drop a few lines.

Yes, the web hosting industry has evolved and you can manage applications but they should be hosted on their hosting. However, with MainWP, one can manage WordPress websites on other hosts as well.

Let's say, your MainWP Dashboard is hosted on hosting A, but a few websites on hosting B, a few on hosting C, and so on.

All you need is to install the MainWP Child plugin on hosting B, hosting C, and so on having MainWP Dashboard on hosting A you can manage all of the websites from hosting A, this includes 1-click login to all the connected Child sites.

So this is different as compared to what hosting providers are offering.

And, unlike other WP Managers, MainWP is open-source & self-hosted along with tons of optional extensions to empower your MainWP Dashboard streamlining your website management workflows.

This ensures that your client's important data like credentials are private, secure, and in your control instead of a third-party SaaS-based solution.

https://mainwp.com/protect-your-data/

If we talk about the feature-set, I believe no one is offering "Lighthouse" to audit all connected websites at once on a single screen. Have a look at all the extensions.

https://mainwp.com/mainwp-extensions/

Above all, our engineering team is busy developing some exciting extensions which others aren't offering. Will be out in a month. Stay tuned!

These are a few things that our users love and MainWP is the only WordPress Management plugin with 2000+ Five Star Reviews on WP.org

Thanks again for the honest review.

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What do you like best about MainWP?

I ike that you can manage all your wordpress sites from one succinct location and login and manage plugins, etc all from one logon. This has saved us countless hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

For the most part there aren't any real dislikes to this product. It has everything we need to manage our websites. If there was one thing, I would say support sometimes takes a while to get back to you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows us to have one dashboard for all our wordpress sites and manage plugins, security updates, etc., from one area. This has saved us a lot of time in checking each site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello,

Much appreciated the review.

For support, we try hard to answer all queries as soon as possible. Sometimes, it may take a while depending on the use case.

Once again, we are more than happy to have you & looking forward to continuing this relationship for the years to come.

Team MainWP

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What do you like best about MainWP?

This plugin is very comfortable, familiar, and there is no need to learn how to use it from scratch. The setup is easy, and you can use it for optimizations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

I have nothing I dislike, maybe only the fact that it is not suitable for shared hosting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm saving time by managing multiple websites without login into each of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello Andrea,

Much appreciated the review.

For shared hosting, this is something we do not recommend in a long run. Many shared hosting providers have their own pros, cons, limits, etc. which may result in a slower experience.

But, we do understand this and you can enable an option to optimize MainWP for shared hosting. Have a look at this KB:

https://kb.mainwp.com/docs/how-to-optimize-your-mainwp-dashboard-for-shared-hosting/

Once again, we are more than happy to have you & looking forward to continuing this relationship for the years to come.

Team MainWP

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What do you like best about MainWP?

The interface -- it makes everything so easy and simple to do. Allows me to aggregate everything into one organized spot and keeps tabs on stuff more efficiently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

I've had a couple of glitchy instances where things don't appear properly or register changes -- but again, with a free plug-in, beggars can't be choosers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping all of my sites in one spot and easily accessible. Before this it would take a huge chunk of time to keep tabs on everything and check on all my wordpress sites -- this this I pop onto the dashboard and see what's what and can control the basics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello,

Much appreciated the review and its title. That's so kind of you!

I'm sorry for the glitches, this could be for multiple reasons. Most of the time it's related to the hosting. If you are hosting the MainWP Dashboard on shared hosting, I would encourage you to enable the option to optimize the MainWP Dashboard for shared hosting. Have a look at this guide:

https://kb.mainwp.com/docs/how-to-optimize-your-mainwp-dashboard-for-shared-hosting/

And if it continues, feel free to get in touch with our support team. I'm sure they'll help you out.

Once again, we are more than happy to have you & looking forward to continuing this relationship for the years to come.

Team MainWP

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What do you like best about MainWP?

I love how simple it is to use. The setup is easy due to the fact you are only installing a plugin and connecting the sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

There's not much I dislike, but there could be more security features and things they develop upon more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering MainWP:

I love it! Continue to make updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

That it is easy to manage multiple websites without having to login to all of them everyday.It saves us alot of time on upgrades and managing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello,

Much appreciated the review.

Currently, you can connect MainWP with industry-leading security plugins like Sucuri, Wordfence, iThemes, etc.

https://mainwp.com/mainwp-extensions/extension-category/security/

We would love to hear if you have anything else in mind?

And, once again, we are more than happy to have you & looking forward to continuing this relationship for the years to come.

Team MainWP

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What do you like best about MainWP?

Easy management of the hosted WordPress sites and the ease with which plugins can be added or deleted & Monitoring and analysing the overall statistics of the website Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MainWP?

The UI could be more user-friendly. As a first time CMS user, navigations can be a bit cumbersome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MainWP solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability to maintain plugins easily for the sites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Response from Marc Benzakein of MainWP
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Hello,

Much appreciated the review.

We try to keep the UI/UX as simple as it could be and we do understand that many users would want to use different colors, etc. This is why we have the "Custom Dashboard" extension.

https://kb.mainwp.com/docs/mainwp-custom-dashboard-extension/

I hope it works for you or if you have anything else in mind, we would love to hear.

And, once again, we are more than happy to have you & looking forward to continuing this relationship for the years to come.

Team MainWP

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