ManageWP, MainWP, WP Umbrella or StatOps: which to choose?
Last updated: 9 November 2026
ManageWP, MainWP and WP Umbrella do valuable work: plugin updates, backups, maintenance reports for WordPress sites. They do not do the same thing as StatOps, and you can perfectly well use both.
Two different jobs
| WordPress tools | StatOps | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | WordPress sites | Every site on a server, whatever the technology |
| Plugin updates | Yes, it is their core | No |
| Server monitoring | No | Yes: disk, memory, containers |
| Automatic site discovery | No | Yes |
| Report to the client | Yes | Yes, with uptime and server |
Comparison made in early November 2026 from each vendor's public pages. These tools evolve: check with them before deciding.
When your estate is not only WordPress
As soon as you have a Laravel, Symfony, Node site, a static site or a containerised application, a WordPress tool does not see it. You end up with two tools, a report for some of your clients and nothing for the others. StatOps monitors everything the server serves.
Using them together
Many agencies will keep the WordPress tool for updates and take StatOps for uptime, certificates, server status and the report. The two do not get in each other’s way. 14-day free trial, no credit card.