WordPress Manager

The WordPress Manager is your all-in-one tool inside OpenPanel for installing and managing WordPress websites — without ever needing to log in to wp-admin. It makes handling multiple sites fast, simple, and efficient.

Manage WordPress sites​

The WordPress Manager lets you adjust settings, create backups, update plugins, toggle debugging, and more — all directly from OpenPanel. No need to open multiple dashboards or remember dozens of logins. Perfect for agencies, developers, and anyone managing several WordPress sites at once.

WP Manager​

On the main WP Manager page you can:

• View installations: see the domain, WordPress version, install date, admin email.
• Refresh website data: if you’ve changed a domain, updated WordPress manually, or modified the admin email.
• Manage themes and plugins sets: define which themes and plugins are auto-installed on every new site.
• Install WordPress: set up a fresh WordPress installation in a few clicks.
• Scan for existing installations: detect and import manually installed WordPress sites.
• Change to Table/Grid view: display sites in either Grid (default) or Table mode.

Install WordPress​

Installing WordPress is quick and automatic. OpenPanel takes care of everything — downloading WordPress from WordPress.org, creating the database, linking it to your domain, and configuring your new site.

1. Add your domain name first.
2. Open Site Manager from the sidebar and click + New Website.
3. Choose Install WordPress.

Then fill in the form:

• Website name
• Site description (optional)
• Domain name (optionally a subfolder)
• Admin username
• Admin password
• WordPress version

Click Start Installation and you’re done.

📘 Read the full guide: How to Install WordPress® With OpenPanel

Scanning (Importing) Installations​

If you already have WordPress installed manually, you can import it into the WP Manager. The system scans your hosting files for wp-config.php and automatically adds the found websites.

📘 Read the full guide: How to Migrate a WordPress® Installation to OpenPanel

Themes and Plugins Sets​

Tired of installing the same setup every time? Create Theme Set and Plugin Set that automatically apply to new WordPress installs.

For example, you might set up a default combo like:

• Elementor theme + child theme
• Elementor plugin
• Classic Editor plugin

Every time you install a new site — boom, it’s ready with your preferred setup.

📘 Read the full guide: WordPress Plugin & Theme Sets in OpenPanel

Refresh Website Data​

If you’ve made manual changes to your site (like updating WordPress core or changing the admin email), click Refresh Data to sync everything with WP Manager.

Grid vs. Table View​

You can view your sites in a grid with screenshots or a simple table view. Switch views anytime using a button.

Site Manager​

Auto Login to wp-admin​

Use Login as Admin for one-click secure access to your WordPress dashboard — no password needed.

Temporary Link​

Preview your site even before your domain is connected or SSL is ready. Temporary links last 15 minutes.

Click Live Preview to generate one:

Screenshot​

Website screenshots refresh automatically every 24 hours. Need it sooner? Click the refresh icon over the screenshot.

Versions​

• WordPress Version – The WordPress version is retrieved from the database and verified via an AJAX request to the website itself, ensuring the displayed version is accurate. If an update is available, a badge will appear next to the version number.
• PHP Version – The PHP version is read from the domain’s VirtualHost configuration file, guaranteeing that the version shown matches the one actually configured for the domain.
• MySQL/MariaDB Version – Displays whether the site uses MySQL or MariaDB, along with the version number obtained directly from the terminal.
• Created – Indicates the date and time when the website was first added to WP Manager.

Speed​

Website performance is monitored daily using Google PageSpeed Insights. For both mobile and desktop devices, you can view the check time along with key metrics such as First Contentful Paint, Speed Index, and Time to Interactive.

You can also add your own PageSpeed Insights API key to customize the data collection.

Cache​

Cache widget displays the current wp cache type on your website and an option to purge the cache.

Firewall​

If CorazaWAF is enabled on the server, and your account has access to the WAF feature, you will see a Firewall widget displaying current status for the domain, an option to change it and number of denied/challenged requests in the last hour.

Overview​

Under Overview tab you can view:

• Files: Folder path and Folder Size
• Database: Size, Host, Name, Table Prefix, User, Password and link to open phpMyAdmin

Options​

Options tab displays current WordPress settings and allows you to change them.

Available options:

• Site URl
• Homepage URL
• Site Name
• Blog Description
• Administrator Email
• Enable New User Registration
• Enable SEO Visibility
• Enable Pingbacks

Maintenance mode​

Enable or disable maintenance mode directly from WP Manager. You can even edit the maintenance.php file right from the panel.

Security​

Keep your site safe with built-in security tools.

From here, you can:

• Shuffle WordPress salts
• Check core file integrity
• Reinstall WordPress core if needed

Updates​

Control how WordPress handles updates for the core, plugins, and themes. By default, only minor core updates are auto-enabled.

If a newer WordPress core version is available, you will see 'Click to update WordPress core' button which when clicked will perform WordPress update to the newest version available.

Debugging​

Toggle WordPress’s built-in debugging tools (WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG, etc.) directly from WP Manager.

These are great for testing or development sites — not recommended for production. For details, check Debugging in WordPress for more information on these options.

Backups​

Create and restore backups anytime — files, database, or both.

Create a Backup:

• Choose what to back up (files, database, or both).
• Click *Generate Backup**.

Restore a Backup: To restore, click Restore, pick a backup date, and confirm.

Remove​

Want to stop managing a site in WP Manager (without deleting it)?

Use Detach — your files and database remain untouched.

To completely remove a website — files, database, and all — click Uninstall, then confirm.