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Siteward Child
Connect this WordPress site to a Siteward dashboard for central monitoring, updates, backups and plugin management. Does nothing until paired.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 25 Aug 2026
- Added
- Jul 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.8
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Downloads
- 1,734
Our analysis
AI-assistedSiteward Child is a WordPress plugin designed to work with the Siteward dashboard, allowing you to manage multiple WordPress sites from a single location. It connects to your dashboard through a secure handshake and provides a REST endpoint for various management tasks. This includes reporting on update statuses, backup histories, and site health metrics, as well as applying updates and managing plugins remotely.
This plugin is suitable for users who manage several WordPress sites and want a streamlined way to oversee them from one central dashboard. It requires the Siteward dashboard to function, making it essential for those already using that system.
Best for: This plugin is best for users managing multiple WordPress sites who are using the Siteward dashboard.
What it does well
- ✓Connects to Siteward dashboard for central management
- ✓Reports update status, backup history, and site health
- ✓Allows plugin management through the dashboard
- ✓Uses a secure, signed REST endpoint
Where it falls short
- •Requires the Siteward dashboard to operate
- •Limited functionality without dashboard connection
Verdict
Siteward Child is a functional tool for central site management, but its utility is entirely dependent on having the Siteward dashboard.
From the developer
Siteward's own description of Siteward Child, lightly tidied.
Siteward Child is the companion plugin for Siteward, a free, self-hosted dashboard for managing many WordPress sites from one place. Install this plugin on any WordPress site you want to manage centrally, then connect it to your dashboard with a one-time secure handshake.
Once connected, it exposes a single signed REST endpoint that your dashboard uses to read update status, UpdraftPlus backup history and site health, apply updates, and manage plugins. The dashboard always initiates the traffic. This plugin never calls out on its own.
- Signed, replay-protected REST endpoint (verified against your dashboard’s public key).
- Reports core, plugin and theme updates.
- Reports UpdraftPlus backup history and status.
- Reports basic site health (WP-Cron, load).
- Applies updates and, for fleet plugin management, activates, deactivates or uninstalls plugins, but only when instructed by your signed, paired dashboard.
This plugin does nothing on its own until paired with a Siteward dashboard.
Don’t have the dashboard yet? Install the free Siteward plugin on one central site, or read the setup guide at omniswp.com.
Tagged as
purpose
Backup & Restore
feature
Reports & Dashboards
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