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Best WordPress Updates Management plugins for WordPress

Categories Site Management

Plugins that control, configure, schedule, and monitor WordPress core, plugin, theme, and translation updates.

Read from 131,125 plugin records - figures refreshed 4 hours ago

41 Plugins classified here Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
1.1M Combined active installs Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.73 Average rating Across the 40 here that carry a rating at all

The plugins

Plugins in WordPress Updates Management

Ranked by active installs; plugins in the same published band share a rank. Each page has a maintenance check and the alternatives.

#1

Easy Updates Manager

stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates 300K installs · 4.8 stars
#1

WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes

wp-rollback 300K installs · 4.9 stars
#3

WP Downgrade | Specific Core Version

wp-downgrade 100K installs · 4.8 stars
#4

Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades 60K installs · 4.7 stars
#5

Companion Auto Update

companion-auto-update 40K installs · 4.8 stars
#6

Elementor Beta (Developer Edition)

elementor-beta 30K installs · 5.0 stars
#6

Disable auto-update Email Notifications

disable-auto-update-email-notifications 30K installs · 4.5 stars
#8

WP Updates Notifier

wp-updates-notifier 20K installs · 4.2 stars
#8

Disable All WordPress Updates

disable-wordpress-updates 20K installs · 4.8 stars
#8

Advanced Automatic Updates

automatic-updater 20K installs · 4.7 stars
#8

Core Rollback

core-rollback 20K installs · 4.7 stars
#12

Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails

disable-theme-and-plugin-auto-update-emails 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#12

Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications

disable-update-notifications 10K installs · 4.2 stars
#12

SSH SFTP Updater Support

ssh-sftp-updater-support 10K installs · 4.8 stars
#15

Disable Updates – Updates Manager, Disable Automatic Updates, Disable All Updates

webcraftic-updates-manager 9K installs · 4.5 stars
#15

Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes

disable-updates 9K installs · 4.8 stars
#17

Fix Another Update In Progress

fix-another-update-in-progress 7K installs · 4.7 stars
#17

WP Auto Updater

wp-auto-updater 7K installs · 4.6 stars
#19

Disable Plugin Autoupdate Emails

disable-plugin-autoupdate-emails 6K installs · 5.0 stars
#19

WP Client Reports

wp-client-reports 6K installs · 5.0 stars
#21

Block Plugin Update

block-specific-plugin-updates 5K installs · 4.4 stars
#21

Envato Toolkit

toolkit-for-envato 5K installs · 2.8 stars
#21

Hide Updates

hide-updates 5K installs · 5.0 stars
#24

Disable Auto Update Emails and Block Updates for Plugins, WP Core, and Themes

disable-email-notification-for-auto-updates 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#24

Update Control

update-control 4K installs · 4.4 stars
#26

Updater by BestWebSoft

updater 2K installs · 4.7 stars
#26

Simple Automatic Updates

simple-automatic-updates 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#26

WordPress Beta Tester

wordpress-beta-tester 2K installs · 4.0 stars
#26

WP Disable Automatic Updates

wp-disable-automatic-updates 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#26

Force Reinstall

force-reinstall 2K installs · 4.3 stars
#26

Disable WordPress Core Update Email

disable-core-update-email 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#32

Auto Updates

auto-updates 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#32

No Update Nag

no-update-nag 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#32

Windows Compatibility Fix

fix-windows-compatibility 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#32

Auto Update Plugins

auto-update-plugins 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#36

Pronamic Client

pronamic-client 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#37

Esselink.nu Settings

esselinknu-settings 400 installs
#38

Ignore Or Disable Plugin Update

ignore-single-update 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#39

Version Locker: Disable Updates, Rollback and Downgrade

version-locker 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#39

RIS Version Switcher – Downgrade or Upgrade WP Versions Easily

ris-version-switcher 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#39

Genesis Beta Tester

genesis-beta-tester 100 installs · 5.0 stars

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