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Easy Updates Manager

Easy Updates Manager

Manage all your WordPress updates, including individual updates, automatic updates, logs, and loads more. This also works very well with WordPress Mul …

4.8

Rating summary

694

Reviews

300K

Active installations

Easy Updates Manager
Easy Updates Manager
Easy Updates Manager
Easy Updates Manager
Easy Updates Manager
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Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Main benefits

Disable all updates

Enable automatic updates

Deeply customize settings

Use logs for updates

Hide plugin updates

About this plugin

Categories: Utilities
Version: 9.0.18
Last updated: 13-07-2024
WordPress version: 5.1
Tested up to: 6.6
PHP version required: 5.6
Languages: English (Canada), Čeština [+11]
Learning resources: View resources

Overview

Easy Updates Manager is a versatile plugin designed to streamline the management of updates across WordPress sites, whether for a single site or a WordPress Multisite installation. It offers extensive customization options that allow users to disable or enable updates with a single click, automate update settings, and maintain detailed logs to track updates. Users can also select specific plugins and themes for automatic updates, disable updates for core elements, and configure email notifications. For those seeking advanced features, the Premium version includes safe mode, scheduled updates, external logging, anonymization, delayed updates, auto backups, and a variety of other powerful tools that ensure efficient and secure management of website updates. The plugin integrates seamlessly with UpdraftPlus and UpdraftCentral, enhancing its functionality and offering more control over the site's update processes.

Comprehensive Update Management

  • Disable all updates with one click
  • Enable automatic updates with one click
  • Deeply customize your automatic update settings
  • Select which plugins and themes can be automatically updated

Enhanced Control and Customization

  • Hide plugin and theme updates (if custom developed)
  • Disable core, plugin, theme, and translation updates
  • Force Updates to check that automatic updates are working
  • Configure email notification settings

Premium Features for Advanced Management

  • Safe mode: ensures updates are compatible with your WordPress version and your server’s PHP version
  • Schedule for automatic updates: runs the updates when you want them to avoid any downtime
  • Auto backups: integrates with UpdraftPlus and take a backup before your site is updated
  • Webhook: integrates with third-party services to run automatic updates via cron or even Zapier

Logging and Reporting

  • Use logs to determine what and when something is updated
  • External logging – Get alerts when new updates have been logged
  • Log clearing schedule: keeps your logs table under control and deletes entries according to your own schedule
  • Export logs: exports logs for printing, or downloads a CSV or JSON file for a date range

Features list

Feature

Free version

Premium version

Precise control over updates

Manage updates with detailed control settings.

Force Updates

Enforce updates to ensure all components are current.

UpdraftPlus Integration

Seamlessly integrate with UpdraftPlus for backups.

UpdraftCentral Integration

Integrate with UpdraftCentral for centralized management.

Multisite Support

Support for managing updates across multiple sites.

Scheduled Updates

Set specific times for updates to occur automatically.

Automatic Backup

Automatically create backups before updates.

Safe mode updates

Perform updates in a safe mode to prevent issues.

Schedule Log Clearance

Automatically clear logs on a scheduled basis.

Logging in external channel

Send update logs to an external channel for monitoring.

Premium Support

Access to premium support services for assistance.

Email Notification of Available Updates

Receive email alerts when updates are available.

White Label the Plugin

Customize the plugin branding to match your own.

Check Plugin Health

Monitor the health status of installed plugins.

Webhook for Integration

Use webhooks to integrate with other systems.

Pricing

Free

$0 / FREE

Plan includes

Precise control over updates
Force Updates
UpdraftPlus Integration
UpdraftCentral Integration
Multisite Support
Scheduled Updates
Automatic Backup
Safe mode updates
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Professional

$69 / year

Plan includes

Precise control over updates
Force Updates
UpdraftPlus Integration
UpdraftCentral Integration
Multisite Support
Scheduled Updates
Automatic Backup
Safe mode updates
Buy Now

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Rating and reviews

4.8

Rating summary

694

Reviews

300K

Active installations

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User sentiment analysis

Users appreciate the WordPress plugin for its simplicity and effectiveness. It is easy to configure and saves considerable time by automating updates for WordPress core, themes, and plugins. The plugin offers granular control, allowing users to manage which components get updated automatically and which ones manually. This flexibility helps avoid potential site conflicts due to incompatible plugin updates. However, a few users experienced issues with updates causing site problems, indicating a need for caution. The plugin's helpfulness in reducing manual update efforts and enhancing site stability is highly valued, while some noted that it consumes system resources. Its consistent performance and ease of use make it a recommended tool for many.
photophart

photophart

09 Aug, 2024

Nice! This topic was modified 1 week, 3 days ago by photophart.
seaghanmoriarty

seaghanmoriarty

06 Aug, 2024

Using this for 18months with no problems. It’s reliable, frequently updated and will give peace of mind to ensure auto-updates, plus more control over the process. A slight problem (on my side, not a general bug) was fixed super-fast by the very responsive developers.
westerngeomancy

westerngeomancy

31 Jul, 2024

So easy to install, works reliably. Set updates to auto and forget it.
incomacomunicacion

incomacomunicacion

22 Jul, 2024

Instalado en 15 sitios web disitintos. Funciona de maravilla .
m-tag

m-tag

18 Jul, 2024

easy to configure and works like a treat !

FAQ

Do you support older WordPress versions?

How do I change the WordPress update notification e-mail?

Automatic Updates

How Do I Enable Logging?

Does Easy Updates Manager work with third-party plugins and themes?

Additional Information and FAQ

How do I disable all updates?

Can I schedule automatic updates?