Multisite Plugin Manager
The essential plugin for every multisite install! Manage plugin access permissions across your entire multisite network.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.2★ from 23
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 18 Aug 2020
- Added
- Mar 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.7.3
- Tested up to
- WP 4.9.31
- Downloads
- 109,292
Our analysis
AI-assistedMultisite Plugin Manager is a WordPress plugin designed for managing plugins across a multisite network. It allows you to control which plugins are accessible to individual sites, auto-activate plugins for new blogs, and mass activate or deactivate plugins across all sites. The plugin also provides options for assigning special access permissions and overriding settings as a Super Admin.
This plugin is suitable for users managing multiple WordPress sites within a single installation, particularly those who need to streamline plugin management and control access for different sites in their network.
Best for: This plugin is best for administrators of WordPress multisite networks.
What it does well
- ✓Supports management of plugins across a WordPress multisite network
- ✓Allows mass activation or deactivation of plugins
- ✓Enables auto-activation of plugins for new blogs
- ✓Provides special access permissions for specific sites
- ✓Compatible with the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on recent updates or support
- •Tested only up to WordPress version 4.9.31
Verdict
Multisite Plugin Manager offers useful features for managing plugins in a multisite setup, but its limited recent updates may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
Aaron Edwards's own description of Multisite Plugin Manager, lightly tidied.
Plugin management for WordPress Multisite that supports the native plugins page and the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin! Used on thousands of multisite installs across the web.
Previously known as WPMU Plugin Manager, it uses a backend options page to adjust plugin permissions for all the sites in your network.
- Select what plugins sites have access to
- Choose plugins to Auto-Activate for all new blogs
- Mass activate/deactivate a plugin on all sites in your network (Very Handy!)
- Assign special plugin access permissions for specific sites in your network
- And as Super Admin, you can override all these to activate specific plugins on the sites you choose!
- Removes the plugin meta row links (Version, Author, Plugin) and any update messages for blog admins
Also, if you use the excellent Pro Sites plugin from WPMU DEV you will be able to charge for access to certain plugins!
A free plugin by Aaron Edwards of UglyRobot Web Development.