WP Remote
Manage multiple WordPress sites from one dashboard
About WP Remote
WP Remote is a WordPress site management platform built for agencies and freelancers who maintain client sites at scale, bundling bulk plugin/theme updates, offsite backups, malware scanning, a firewall, uptime monitoring, staging, and white-labeled client reports into a single dashboard. Its differentiator is risk-aware updating: Update Lens scores each update for safety, visual regression snapshots compare pages before and after, and Sandbox Updates test changes on staging before anything touches production. It is built by the team behind BlogVault, MalCare, and Migrate Guru, and its backups and staging are powered by BlogVault infrastructure.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Genuinely usable free tier — unlimited sites with bulk updates, uptime monitoring, SSO, and client reports at no cost
- Per-site pricing starting at $1.99/month is cheaper than most agency-focused competitors for small portfolios
- Update Lens plus visual regression testing catches breakage before clients notice, which few maintenance tools do
- Backups, security, staging, and monitoring in one platform instead of bolting together five separate plugins
- White-labeled reporting and plugin whitelabel let agencies present the maintenance work under their own brand
- Backed by the BlogVault/MalCare team, so backup and malware-scanning engines are mature rather than newly built
Cons
- Per-site pricing compounds fast — a 100-site portfolio on Premium runs about $499/month
- Advanced at $19.99/site/month is a steep jump for the features most agencies actually want (form testing, sandbox updates)
- Malware cleanup is not included in the subscription and costs from $100 per cleanup, and only on Premium and Advanced
- Requires installing the WP Remote plugin on every site, so it inherits the usual connection and server-compatibility headaches
- Staging retention is time-limited (28 days on Premium, 90 on Advanced) rather than persistent
- Brand has changed hands twice (Human Made to maekit to BlogVault), and the current product is a rebuild rather than a continuation of the original
Key Features
Bulk Updates Across Sites
Update plugins, themes, and WordPress core across every connected site in one click, or let WP Remote install updates automatically on a schedule
Update Lens
Assigns a safety score to every pending update so risky ones get tested on staging first instead of taking a client site down
Visual Regression Testing
Captures page snapshots before and after updates and flags visual differences, covering the home page on Essential up to 25 pages plus mobile on Advanced
Safe Updates & Sandbox Updates
Automatically backs up before updating and applies changes on a staging clone first; Sandbox Updates runs the update plus visual checks and only then approves it for production
Offsite Automated Backups
Daily incremental backups stored offsite with one-click restore, 50 to 180 days of retention by plan, and real-time backup available as a paid add-on for ecommerce
Malware Scanning & Firewall
AI-driven malware scanning with an advanced firewall, geo-blocking, vulnerability alerts, and virtual patching for known plugin and theme exploits
One-Click Staging
Clones a live site into a staging environment powered by BlogVault so fixes and redesigns can be tested safely before shipping
Uptime & Domain Monitoring
24/7 uptime checks with alerts plus domain expiry monitoring and Slack notifications, available even on the free plan
White-Labeled Client Reports
Scheduled, branded email and PDF reports sent from the agency's own address showing updates, backups, security scans, and work performed
SSO for WordPress
One-click login into any managed site from the WP Remote dashboard, removing the need to share wp-admin passwords with the team
Automated Form Testing
Runs automated tests against contact and checkout forms on the Advanced plan to catch broken lead capture and orders within minutes
Agency API
REST API access from the Essential plan up for scripting site onboarding, update runs, and reporting into an agency's own workflows
Pricing
- Unlimited sites
- Plugin & theme management across all sites
- SSO for WordPress (no password sharing)
- Auto-updates
- Scheduled client reports
- Uptime monitoring
- Slack integration
- Domain monitoring
- Everything in Free
- Daily automated offsite backups
- 50 days backup retention
- One-click backup restore
- Safe Updates (auto-backup before update + staging)
- Plugin whitelabel
- Advanced monitoring
- Visual regression on home page
- API access
- Update Lens update safety score
- Whitelabeled email/PDF reports
- $19.99/site/year on annual billing
- Everything in Essential
- AI malware scanning
- 90 days backup retention
- Advanced firewall
- Vulnerability alerts
- Virtual patching
- Activity logs (7 days)
- Geo-blocking
- One-click staging site (28 days)
- Visual regression on 5 pages
- 50 visual monitor credits
- $49.99/site/year on annual billing
- Everything in Premium
- 180 days backup retention
- Activity logs (60 days)
- Automated form testing
- Visual regression on 25 pages + mobile
- Sandbox Updates
- One-click staging site (90 days)
- 500 visual monitor credits
- Dedicated account manager
- $199.99/site/year on annual billing
Best For
Agencies running WordPress maintenance retainers
Manage hundreds of client sites from one dashboard and send branded monthly reports that justify the retainer fee
Freelancers maintaining a handful of client sites
Start on the free plan for updates and uptime, then pay $1.99/site/month only for the sites that need backups and security
Risk-averse update management
Use Update Lens scoring, staging clones, and visual regression to apply plugin updates without gambling on a client's live site
WooCommerce and high-traffic stores
Add real-time backups so every order is captured as it happens, and run automated form tests to catch broken checkouts
Consolidating a stack of maintenance plugins
Replace separate backup, security, uptime, and reporting plugins with one platform and one bill
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