Roadmap

Introduction

ManageWP is a dynamic and exciting project. Rather than having a strict milestone-based schedule, we adopted a flexible pace of development based on ideas voted by our users and our own vision of where we think ManageWP should go.

Upcoming Features

Currently our short to mid-term objective is implementing the features that we believe will greatly enhance the usability of the tool both for private and commercial use. These features include (in no particular order):

  1. Powerful scheduled backups which will include support for email, Amazon S3 and Dropbox backups. (done)
  2. SEO tools – provide valuable SEO insights and make suggestions using known best practices. (done)
  3. Web analytics integration - provide more detailed statistics about sites and highlight actionable insights. Integration with Google Analytics (done!) and other analytics tools.
  4. Set of powerful security tools – take care of user’s blogs and scan for most common threats
  5. Integrated task manager – offer planner with scheduled events for increased productivity.
  6. Downtime notifications – detect site downtime and inform the user. Include SMS notifications. (done)
  7. Improved automation – automatically perform updates and other tasks as soon as they become available.
  8. Localization – translate ManageWP in other languages becomes increasingly important as our user base expands.
  9. Speed – improve the overall responsiveness of the interface and lower the loading times where possible.
  10. Integration with Web 2.0 services – Integrate popular Web 2.0 services directly into the dashboard

Historical Events

  • Vladimir Prelovac began development of ManageWP in April 2010.
  • ManageWP was founded and accepted its first users on July 6, 2010.
  • 10,000 managed sites on March 31st, 2011
  • First Enterprise license sold in May 2011.
  • Surpassed 50,000 managed sites in September 2011.
  • ManageWP began taking pre-orders for beta users on December 6, 2011.
  • ManageWP officially launched on January 17th, 2012.

Interesting Facts

  • ManageWP, as of December 2011, manages over 90,000 WordPress sites, and is quickly approaching the 100,000 mark, with roughly 500 sites being added on a daily basis.