Bulk Plugin Management

The Plugin Management tool lets you efficiently manage and update plugins across all your WordPress.com sites, including those connected with Jetpack, from a single centralized dashboard.

Accessing plugin management

You may access the Plugin Management tool here or by:

1. Logging into WordPress.com.
2. Clicking the W logo in the top-left corner to view all sites. 
3. Clicking Plugins.
4. Clicking “Manage Plugins“.

On this page, you will see the plugins installed across all of the sites where you have the Administrator role on WordPress.com and those you are connected to through Jetpack.

You can easily manage plugins across all your sites from this dashboard. Click on the vertical ellipsis (⋮) icon under Actions to view the available options.

Filtering and sorting

By default, this page shows all of your plugins. You can filter your plugins by using the Search field or by clicking the icon next to search input that looks like three bars.

Doing do will allow you to choose one of the following Status options:

• Active: All of the plugins that have at least one active install on one of your sites.
• Inactive: All of the plugins that are inactive across all of your sites.
• Needs update: Any plugin that requires an update.

You may also change the appearance, sorting, and properties shown on this page by clicking the gear icon in the right corner.

Bulk operations

The Manage Plugins page offers various bulk operations for each individual plugins; you can access these operations by clicking the vertical ellipsis (⋮) icon in the Actions column:

• Manage Plugin: Takes you to the plugin page where you can more granularly manage the plugin installs across all of your sites. More details below.
• Activate: Activates the selected plugin on all sites on which it is installed.
• Deactivate: Deactivates the selected plugin on all sites on which it is installed.
• Enable Auto-updates: Your selected plugin will update on all sites as soon as an update becomes available.
• Disable Auto-updates: Disables autoupdates across all of your sites. The selected plugin will require manual or scheduled updates.
• Remove: Deactivates and removes the selected plugin from all sites.

Managing a plugin

When you click the “Manage Plugin” option in the Actions column, you’ll be taken to the plugin’s page. Click the “Manage sites” button to manage the installations, activations, autoupdates, and removals for each of your sites.

You’ll see a list of the sites where the selected plugin is installed, as well as toggles to:

• Activate/deactivate the plugin
• Enable/disable autoupdates for the plugin

In the “Available on” panel below, you’ll see any additional sites on which the plugin is not installed and an Install button for each site. If you see a “Go to plugin page” button on your site instead, that means that the site is not on a plugin-enabled plan and must be upgraded to a Business or Commerce plan in order to install the plugin.

Scheduled plugin updates

WordPress.com also lets you schedule plugin updates across all your sites. This feature is often used together with bulk plugin management. You can learn how to schedule when your plugins are updated on the dedicated documentation page.