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MainWP

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Velocity0.0

Self-hosted WordPress management dashboard for agencies

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MainWP's pulse is a steady drip of per-extension maintenance, not headline features.

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◆Current state
MainWP is a self-hosted dashboard for managing many WordPress sites from one place, and its changelog is really a stream of independent extension updates — Google Search Console, Patchstack security, regression testing, cost and time tracking, analytics integrations. Recent work is squarely maintenance: reliability fixes to sync logic, batched multi-site operations, and UI consistency passes tied to the MainWP v6 interface. No single release reshapes the platform; the signal is breadth of ecosystem upkeep.
◆Where it's heading
The pattern is a broad extension catalog kept individually current rather than a concentrated feature push — each extension gets fixes and small additions on its own cadence. Two themes recur: hardening multi-site operations at scale (batched Patchstack syncing, robust site mapping) and aligning every extension's UI with the v6 redesign. This is the maintenance profile of a mature product monetized through add-ons.
◆Prediction
Expect continued per-extension point releases focused on reliability and v6 UI alignment, with the security (Patchstack) and analytics (GSC, Fathom) integrations seeing the most active work. A platform-level shift isn't visible in these entries.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    MainWP Google Search Console Extension

    Reliability fixes to Google Search Console property mapping plus a REST API availability check — incremental hardening of the analytics integration, typical of MainWP's per-extension upkeep.

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  2. 1mo ago

    MainWP Patchstack Integration

    Batched multi-site Patchstack syncing and database schema validation, aimed at reliability when adding large site lists. Reinforces MainWP's security-integration story for agencies managing many sites.

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  3. 6mo ago

    MainWP Early Access Extension

    Mostly cosmetic — markup and spacing polish, a Lab-to-Labs rename, and reorganized experiment sections. A new 'MainWP Control' experiment is seeded but left undescribed.

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  4. 1y ago

    MainWP Regression Testing Extension

    Adds configurable post-update HTML regression scan delays (1 to 60 minutes) and per-page delayed scans, giving users finer control over automated visual QA after site updates.

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  5. 1y ago

    MainWP Time Tracker Extension

    A translation bug fix and a table-layout tweak on the Time Tracker extension — minor upkeep with no user-visible capability change.

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  6. 2y ago

    MainWP Cost Tracker Assistant Extension

    More reliable cron scheduling and renewal notifications that now surface the next three upcoming subscription renewals in order — a small but practical improvement to cost oversight.

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