Update: There have been some changes from the time the Orion idea has originated. Check out the Developer Diary #8 for up-to-date information.
Today we are launching something new. We call it ManageWP Orion.
It is ManageWP, redone from the ground up; designed to focus on what really matters in your WordPress workflow. Built with the completely new backend and frontend, we expect it to raise the bar on speed, reliability and security and revolutionize WordPress management, like the original did five years ago.
Getting Started with ManageWP Orion
Starting today, we’re sending out the first round of invitations to give ManageWP Orion a try, and each invited user will be able to invite their friends. If you still did not receive Orion and you can’t wait for it to reach you, let us know in the comments below.
When you start using ManageWP Orion, you’ll quickly discover that it doesn’t feel the same as ManageWP that you are used to – and that’s exactly the point. The new workflow is more natural and faster, saving you more time.
Word of caution: many features are still missing in Orion so do not feel disappointed; it is a proof of concept that we want to validate with you first. So please make sure you utilize that “Feedback” button like there is no tomorrow.
Go to ManageWP Orion.
The Future
Before I talk about future, I’d like to first reflect on the past.
It’s been a five year ride for us at ManageWP and we would like to say a big hearty THANK YOU to all our clients, especially those of you who’ve been with us from the beginning, those who are with us now; those of you who expressed patience when you’ve been frustrated with our software or service; those of you who recommended us to your friends.
Thanks to your support and loyalty we are now determined to produce a WordPress productivity tool that isn’t rivaled by anything on the market – whether this is reliability, security, user experience, design, engineering – you name it.
You are going to see novelties left and right – aimed at easing your WordPress workflow whether this is website development, management or client tools. We also noticed an interesting trend recently – many of you with just one website are signing up for ManageWP. We take this as an indication that ManageWP brings the ease of use and interface that beats stock WordPress – and this is certainly one of the areas that we will expand on more in the future.
John
It would be appreciated if you could add me to the beta. Thanks.
matt
love to check out the new version
Nemanja Aleksic
Hi Matt! Expect the invite within the next 24h.
Chris
Please add me to the beta!
joshua
Add me to the beta. I neeeed this!
Stephen DelVecchio
Can i be added to this beta, if it’s still open?
Patrick Giguere
I would like to try ManageWP Orion. Thanks!
James
I’d love to get involved in Orion, an invite would be greatly appreciated.
Nemanja Aleksic
Of course, I’ve added you (and everyone else from the comments) to the invite list 🙂
s.hertel
I love the manage WP plugin and I would like to try it out;-)
Tim Yandell
We are rolling over 1000 websites to WP from a proprietary platform. Looking for tools to ease the journey and monitor life support. I’d really love to try Orion as we want to do it right the first time.
Nemanja Aleksic
Sure, I’ll follow up with more details via email to make sure Orion is the right service for your need.
David Bell
Hi, I would love to try out the Orion beta. Thanks, Dave
Chris Edwards
Would love to get in on the beta. Currently have 170 WordPress sites on the Professional plan with you guys already. Want to give this one a try with a few.
dave
Please add me to your beta list, very exciting!
Kevin Gilbert
Would love to get in on the beta.
alanoak68
I’m a total beginner and a lot to learn count me in please invite welcome
Jl
Would appreciate to receive an invite code. Many thanks.
Mel Day
Count me in for an invite to give Orion a whirl!
predmijat
I would love to try it, thanks!
Marco
Perhaps I could use this on my websites that I manage. This is currently in beta by invitation?
Thanks,
Marco
https://bleedbigblue.com
bob
We would love to beta test Orion. Please add us to your beta list!
Nate
Would love to try Orion out. Please add me to the beta list.
Also, out of interest, will current customers be moved to Orion once it goes live or is it an upgrade we’ll have to purchase separately?
Cheers,
Nate
Nemanja Aleksic
Awesome turnout!
Everyone from the comment section has been added to the beta list, and a lot of you already received the Orion invite. Keep them coming 🙂
Sasha-Shae
Would love to be added to the BETA list please, so I could test this. Looks awesome and congrats on a successful beta launch!
info
Hey,
Please add us to the beta list as well. Looks very promising!
Mike
This looks great, would love an invite to check it out and test!
Paul
Hey, I would like an invitation, thanks.
bruce
Very interested in what you have done to improve the client reporting aspect of ManageWP. I believe there is a lot of potential here that is currently untapped and I have some ideas for how this should be implemented.
An invite to the closed beta would be appreciated! Thanks!
sk
Super keen, please add me to the list
brendon
I would love an invite too please.
vinjar
I would love to have an innvitation, please. The work you are doing looks very promising.
Tom Siodlak
I would love to try out Orion if you have any more invites. Thanks!
Matteo
I’d like to test Orion, please send me an invitation! 🙂
sam
Please could you invite me to the beta list?:)
fjacq50
Hello,
Yes please send a beta invite to test ManageWP Orion !
Thank you 🙂
alorenz
I can’t wait to try this. Can you please send me an invite. Keep up the great work!!!!!!
satwell
I Need This Tool! Please send me an invite.
Lubiland4..MGwP
yes please, add me too! thanx
steelpulsefan
Please add me to the invitation list. Thanks
vincewebdes
Looks promising! Please send me an invitation to join the beta list. Thank you 🙂
kylemontgomerie
I’ve just finished my trial and signed up! I would like to start out on Orion and would appreciate an invite.
OXICAT
I would like to test the beta as well. Thanks!
jon
Dying to join the beta!
webmaster
Would love a beta invite – we are a small (but mighty) design studio in Toronto, and while I’ve been using Sync / Backupbuddy to expedite maintenance, I have been following your ManageWP blog and recommending it to peers for years now. While we ultimately adopted the aforementioned (backupbuddy) first, the more I’ve been using your current solution trial the more I’ve been thinking ‘perhaps we backed the wrong horse here..’
support
please invite me! can’t wait to see and use the overhaul.
ryan
I would like to test the beta as well. Thanks!
ryan
I would like to test it as well. Thanks!
webadmin
I would like to try Orion as well! Thank you!
agkozak
Please add me to the Beta list. I thank you in advance.
mr.realsurf
hand up for look at beta please
c.randolph
I’m in, let’s do it!
james
I would love to be in on the Orion test.
cpost
Please add me to the list – so excited to see the changes, its like you were reading my mind!
Dan Mahoney
Invite to beta, por favor.
tiit
Show me this long time promised masterpiece in live please. 🙂
octimedia
Another fan, clammering to be let into beta, please
dan
I would love to see Orion as well!
ShawnG
I’ve been using ManageWP since November, 2011. Please send me an invite for Orion. I’m looking forward to seeing the changes!
tony
Please at me to the beta list as well! Thanks!
hei
Yeah, I would love to try Orion out! 🙂
mark
Very interested in trying out beta – thank you!
chris
Please add me to the beta list.
managewp
Add me to beta list please.
bmw040
Please place me on the list to try as well
daniel
Yes please. I would love to try it out.
info
I think my hair is going to all grow back with this launch! Looks fantastic and can’t wait to get my hands dirty…happy days 😉
marshallpotts9
Please add me to the beta list! This looks very progressive..
ryan
Hook a small Las Vegas based social media company up!! We’d like in on the new hotness!
Phil
please, please, please 😉 I would LOVE to try your beta…
Will
Good luck with the beta, certainly looks like the way to go. It’s interesting that you have a lot of 1-website signups, it’s probably because of the helpful info you email out 🙂
avid1
Would appreciate an opportunity to give Orion a test drive!
jon
I’d like to test Orion
contact
Hi, I´d like to test manage wp orion
Thank you so much
Evan
May I try?
Thank you.
info
I would like to try..
Nemanja Aleksic
It’s amazing to see so many users interested in testing ManageWP Orion. I’ve added everyone in the comment section to the beta list; please be patient as we’re rolling out invites in batches and there’s a lot of interest in trying out the Orion release.
See you in your inbox! 🙂
Verdi
Very curious so, yes please!
bmw040
I would also like to try the Beta as well!!!
Can’t wait.
Pastie
Would also love to try beta
tristan.whittaker
Please could I get an invite to test Orion?
tom_haes1
Pleas add me too 🙂
bengthelmersson
Please add me to the beta list, thanks.
knight
I would like to beta test this.
p.uebel
I would love to test the beta!
idxwp
As long as I can continue to use the original ManageWP, then I would also like to try the new ManageWP Orion beta. Thank you.
batesole
I would also like to test the new beta version.
contact
Me too, please!
romain
Hi !
I would really appreciate using the new Orion.
Thanks for your great work.
Romain
Nokrah
Hi,
add me too 🙂
info
I would love and invite to test it out and use. Please add me to beta list.
info
Please add me to beta list. would love and invite to test it out and use.
ellegaard
Can’t wait to get access to it! Please let me in – pretty please?
aaron.sowma
Add me to the list to get on this train!
jesper
Please add me to beta 😀
info
Hi,
Please, add me to beta test program.
Thanks
iAdvantage
Please add our account to beta.
Benoit Machuel
Hi there. I am a ManageWP customer and would love to try the new ManageWP Orion concept.
Thanks!
buithucdong
i love orione.
Web Design SEO
Hi. Please count me in for ManageWP Orion beta test. So excited to try it out. tq
karin
Would love to try out Orion!! 🙂
craig
Please add me to the Beta? Thanks
Craig
Please add me to beta?
klaario
Hello ManageWP:
Congrats on five years of excellent work, and thank you for making this really useful tool for our business.
Would love to help you by providing feedback on ManageWP Orion. Please add us to your list of beta testers.
Cheers,
Carl
mindsharemedia
Please add me to the beta test
kristin.skj
Would love an invite!!
rosie
Please add me to the beta. Many thanks
Sander Feinberg
Would like to join the beta. Thanks
info
Please can I join the beta 🙂
bmw040
Sign me up as well for the test, thanks 🙂
admin
I would like to be added. Thanks!
larryrau
Please add me. Thanks:)
joaffiliate
please add me on board! faster = exciting, with so many sites loaded it can really bog down…. so I’m all in to test this new model 🙂
a.schimpf
Wow, looks awesome!
I really would love to try it!
Please add me. 🙂
Cheers Alex
coreyallen
I’d love to switch over to oriion as well
Eddie Sutton
Sounds very interesting. My team manages more than 50 WordPress sites and your description of Orion is exciting — please include me in your beta effort!
john
And me too!
Great service. Keep it coming.
Electric Dialogue
I would like to try this out! Anything to reduce time managing sites is welcome!
Rob - PressWizards.com
I’d love to try the beta…
Ben H
This looks very promising! Having looked at the videos I am pretty impressed with the grouping functionality and a few others. Would be great to test this out in the near future 🙂
webwerx
Cleaning up my hosted sites and looking forward to trying out Orion. Please invite me.
asp
Please invite me! Thank you!
Patrick Steil
Would love to check it out if it, especially if it is also designed to help with multi-site operations such as moving sites from standalone to a network WP install and vice versa, thanks!
gtms
Please send me an invite. I signed up on the email list but haven’t received one yet. Thanks in advance!
marcusjonsson1979
SHUT UP and take my money!
MPW
Would love an invite, Great product and looking forward to it getting even better with Orion
jhendricker
Can’t way to try Orion! Please add me to the list.
pl
Please invite me so i can be blown away.
cosit
Please add us to the beta. We would love to see how Orion will help us manage our 120 sites 🙂
hakan
Would love an invite looks great
hm
Hey,
this looks really great. We manage about 50 Websites with managewp and we are very happy with the service.
It would be great to have al look at the new tool. Can you send us an invite?
thanks
mexiro
please send me an invite
olaf.cichocki
I would L-O-V-E to try it!
info
I’d like to try it out.
webmaster
Can’t wait to try it out! Add me please 🙂
webdesign
I would love to try it out! Please add me to the list.
adrianbarnescom
Please add me to beta list…thanks!
edward
Certainly would like to give it a try.
chris
Invite please. Thanks.
richard.hellier
Add me please, been dying to try out the new Orion Dashboard – 🙂
geir
Please add me to the beta list.
luca
It would make my day if I got an invite 🙂 cheers
321media
We also want to try the beta. 🙂
Christophe
hi team i’d like to try this beta.
thanks for your amazing job
wwbspydaweb
Hi team …ye we would like to try out the new ManageWP Orion
please send invite
Peter and Pauline
debbie2up
Wow! Yes please add me to the list!
mm
I’d like to be in the beta.
Kaz Augustin
I’d love something like this. If you could, please add me to the beta list. Many thanks.
greg
Ditto and thank you!
ben wilson
would love an invite. and more time to travel..
Hayden
Awesome! Orion looks amazing. Please send me an invite!
vivojack
Please add me to the beta list. Thanks!
Brat
Yes please send me a beta invite.
hughsmith
Congrats guys. I’d love an invite.
juanbb2008
Hi, I tried to add a websites, however, it appeared notes as below
smkbsd2.edunet.my – Could not resolve hostname. Can you please re-check the entered URL.
kindly guide me how to overcome the problem. TQVM.
Nemanja Aleksic
We have a dedicated support team ready to assist, please open a support ticket from your ManageWP dashboard and they’ll be on top of it in no time. Please note that your website is down right now, which is the leading cause of website connectivity issues 🙂
Jorge Díaz
This is awesome, hope to get an invite. Congrats to the ManageWP team.
jmazza
PLease send invite.
portmaconline
That’s typical, isn’t it! Now that all the hard work is just about done, the boss comes out to take the credit! 🙂
Congratulations Vladimir, and ALL the gang, and good luck with the beta testing. I can’t wait for the final product — but I guess I will have to! 🙂
Terry
luiscarrillo
Would love a beta invite, Orion looks fantastic!
Vytautas
Happy user interested in upgrading too..:)
curtise
I’d love to jump in and try Orion – please send me an invite too.
fabriciopatron
wanna get a beta invite!
Jason
Yes please send a beta invite. I’ve been waiting with baited breath.
brandon.gilmore
Can’t wait to try this out. Please send us an invite too. Looking forward to Managing Websites like a Boss!
web-services
Looks awesome, please send us and invite 🙂
webteam
Please add us to the beta list 🙂
ilkka
Sign me up as well for the test, thanks 🙂
post
I would like to get to it, right away!
hunwickd
Would love to give it a test run! Thanks.
Peter S
hi – keen to see it too!
natebald
Please add me!
swiesman
I would love an invitation. Thanks
sites
Thanks for a great product. Just recently Premium Plugins on my dashboard have not been showing up. After talking to support they now say Premium Plugins are not supported but for the almost year I’ve been a member I’ve seen premium plugins listed and available for update. What!?! Will Orion support premium plugins?
Nemanja Aleksic
Premium plugins and themes need to implement our API hook in their code so you could update them just like plugins and themes from the WordPress repo. A lot of developers followed suite and their plugins can be updated via ManageWP.
The code can be found here:
https://managewp.com/api
jeroen
I’m also highly interested 🙂
billy
Hi I signed up, but never got an invitation code. Please add me please.
west70th
Would love to try it out! Thanks 🙂
richard
Please add me to the beta list! Looks great!