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MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites
Agencies love escaping monthly fees with this self-hosted management tool.
Growing
79/100
Users value the self-hosted control and time savings despite occasional connection issues.
Active installs
~1.5 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 700k+
Rating
5.0★
70 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+114%
Growing fast
5,640 → 12,072 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +114% in the last year
5,640/day a year ago→12,072/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMainWP Child is well-regarded as a reliable, time-saving tool for managing multiple WordPress sites from a single self-hosted dashboard, though a small number of users note occasional unexplained connection or compatibility glitches.
What people like
- +Saves significant time by enabling updates, monitoring, and management of multiple WordPress sites from one place×10
- +Self-hosted nature gives users full control and is seen as a cost advantage over paid alternatives×3
- +Easy to set up and use, even for non-developers×4
- +Support is described as responsive and helpful for both free and paid users×2
- +Favorably compared to competing site management tools like ManageWP×2
Common complaints
- −Occasional unexplained connection or configuration errors, such as failing to create the uploads folder or falsely reporting a site is already linked when the plugin is not installed
- −Incompatibility with SSH SFTP Updater Support plugin caused WordPress core updates to fail, requiring removal of the Child plugin to restore update functionality
- −Not supported for WordPress multisite networks
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.96★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-05-152025-06-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 70 total
Latest reviews · 70 analyzed
- 2025-12-11★★★★★True lifesaver!power2k
- 2025-05-31★★★★★Nice!Metromas
- 2024-08-20★★★★★A plugin that meets our expectations.ahmetbilgic
- 2024-06-14★★★★★excellent time saver for managing multiple siteskennethrg
- 2024-06-01★★★★★Einfach super!vonitalz
- 2024-04-26★★★★★I just love how much time I save with this pluginFGU Nord / Lars
- 2022-07-28★★★★★Brilliant pluginChris
- 2021-07-21★★★★★The best…meisterleise
- 2020-11-06★★★★★powerfulmoesioli
- 2020-10-28★★★★★Great Plugin, But…c4h10o
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
7,524
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
9,746
Prior 7-day baseline
11,701
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
125,729
Mean release-day peak (30d)
166,111
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-22.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.19
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
99%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.96 → 4.96★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered