ManageWP Orion Official Announcement

 

Update: There have been some changes from the time the Orion idea has originated. I would highly suggest reading our newest edition of Developer Diary #8! 🙂ManageWP Orion banner

2014 was amazing an amazing year for us here at ManageWP – we’ve crossed the 1-million download threshold with over a quarter of a million websites being managed by our service, affirming ManageWP as both the oldest and the most popular WordPress management service on the market.

We haven’t been resting on our laurels, even though we’ve been very quiet lately; for the past six months we’ve hunkered down and started working on the next evolutionary step in WordPress management that we dubbed ManageWP Orion; With your feedback since 2010 and the experience we’ve racked up during that time we’re ready to push the envelope and turn the task of website management into fun. That’s why we’ve chosen the name Orion for our versioning: to boldly go where no WordPress productivity tool has gone before and give you all sorts of new and amazing ways to improve your workflow. We find it only suitable to name our versions after prominent constellations, starting with Orion, one of the most recognizable constellations in the sky.

So what does this mean for you as a user?

  • Faster performance: One of the greatest WordPress weaknesses performance-wise has been backward compatibility, which results with the amount of junk code growing with each new release. We’re having none of that; ManageWP has been re-factored from the ground up, removing miles of excess code in the process. This has sped up the ManageWP performance to the point of being instantaneous – stay tuned for a more in-depth explanation in the followup articles. 
  • Asynchronous actions: Progress bar watching is the number one productivity killer in any interface. That’s why we’re saying goodbye to the times of idling while your sites sync or backup completes. Most of the time consuming tasks will be done asynchronously to allow you to focus on other tasks and get the job done faster.
  • Usability: Our current dashboard is the crowd favorite, but there’s always room for improvement. A great service needs to work, and it needs to be effortless – that’s what we’re aiming to accomplish with ManageWP Orion.
  • Clone Wizard: This feature has been given a lot of love, both in the performance and in the error reporting departments as site cloning and migration does not tolerate failures and delays.
  • Scheduled Backups: The Orion release is coming with the optimized scheduled backup process, with a lot more optimization in the months to come after Orion is released.
  • Client Report: currently our most underdeveloped feature, the Client Report is finally achieving its potential with beautiful in-depth reporting and automation.

In the following month we will be releasing a series of articles focusing on different aspects of our service – design, user experience, security, back end development and more; our team members will discuss best practices they’ve applied in ManageWP Orion, and how they could be applied to your projects as well. The final article will conclude with an invitation for the closed beta, so stay tuned and send us your comments!

UPDATE: The second ManageWP Orion article is out! See it here.

Nemanja Aleksic Avatar

36 responses

  1. jackie@boostupmedia.com Avatar
    jackie@boostupmedia.com

    I am definitely looking forward to the update for the client reporting, especially automation. I wouldn’t mind taking part in the closed beta.

  2. mnlgmz@gmail.com Avatar
    mnlgmz@gmail.com

    When you will launch this version? Thanks

  3. karl_s Avatar
    karl_s

    My respect for all of you good folks behind ManageWP grows and grows. I’ve tried several of your “competitors” and found all severely lacking. ManageWP is truly the “best of class” and I literally could not get through the day without it. Sure, I could live without it – for about a day or two – before I’d have to put a gun to my head! 😮

    I noticed the improvements earlier this year, and the increased speed was a huge boon. The new developments sound awesome, and I can’t wait to see ’em in action. Keep up the great work, guys and gals. 😀

  4. Surbma Avatar
    Surbma

    I’m looking forward to the new update and would be very happy to be in the first beta testers. 😉

    Is it finally compatible with WP Engine hosted installations? I would be happy to test it.

  5. ivycat Avatar
    ivycat

    Really excited about these developments, Nemanja! Especially the client reporting and automation.

    Can’t wait to have access and I want on that beta. 🙂

    Cheers to you, Vladimir, and your crack team for such great work!

  6. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Wohoo! Finally! Can’t wait to see it.. Keep it up folks!

  7. Jonathan Avatar
    Jonathan

    Would love you guys to release a stripped down, fast, junk code free version of WordPress itself 🙂

    Congratulation on Orion. Looking forward to seeing it.

  8. gmourelatos@gmail.com Avatar
    gmourelatos@gmail.com

    About a day ago I asked for more automation on client reporting and I was forwarded to this post; right on time!
    Looking forward for Orion launch.

  9. David Ransier Avatar
    David Ransier

    Awesome! I’ve been anxiously waiting for the next new version of ManageWP as I have a requested feature that will help grow my Maintenance business. If slots are still available, please add me to the list.

    Thanks,
    David R

  10. Eric Avatar
    Eric

    Great to read this post ! Two days ago, I was just asking for a longer period (more than two months, at least a year) on client reporting, hope it will be part of Orion !

    Can(t wait to test the public beta. Thank you for the good job!

  11. brianjosephking@gmail.com Avatar
    brianjosephking@gmail.com

    Can’t wait! I hope I’m still on the docket for a potential tester!

  12. reiner.knudsen@gmail.com Avatar
    reiner.knudsen@gmail.com

    ManageWP is my everyday tool to keep control over all my WordPress sites. I just wished it had a backup function that doesn’t rely on my server’s space because it always fails. Could you think of anything in that direction? Happy to pay for it!

  13. Rex Stevens Avatar
    Rex Stevens

    This all sounds awesome. What I would really love to see with the client reporting is it being highly customizable so we can decide what is being sent to our clients as well as making it look really nice. Hope that is in the works, would love to be part of the private beta on this!

  14. ngmatthews@gmail.com Avatar
    ngmatthews@gmail.com

    Looking forward to seeing the reporting, the current version is a little lacking and manual.

  15. kwoodall Avatar
    kwoodall

    I would hope and beg that you finally include incremental file backups to Google Drive/Dropbox. Far too many of my clients sites cannot do a full backup to cloud storage anymore.

  16. jeroen@crocodesign.be Avatar
    jeroen@crocodesign.be

    I’m also interested in participating in the beta

  17. Greg Collett Avatar
    Greg Collett

    I use your product very day. I’ve just had the chance now to read all about Orion. Very exciting. Congratulations on your companies growth and on you forward vision. I’m looking forward to the release.

  18. me@jorgediaz.pw Avatar
    me@jorgediaz.pw

    Hi, I would like to participate in the beta test. 🙂

  19. david@easystreetsocial.com Avatar
    david@easystreetsocial.com

    I found ManageWP today by accident and I am completely blown away. This is brilliant. Absolutely changes the game for me. I’m excited to see the new Client Reports. Please keep me updated.

  20. info@hotwebideas.net Avatar
    info@hotwebideas.net

    Hi, Orion sounds awesome. I’d like to be considered for the beta test as well.

  21. Beni Avatar
    Beni

    Hi, we have 1 client with over 90 websites so we would love to be considered for Orion as we have needs like white label, different account dashboards and valuable insight to hopefully add to this new production. Regards – Beni – JHNet Web Development

  22. techops@tegandigital.com Avatar
    techops@tegandigital.com

    Please add us to the list of beta testers.

  23. Pamela Saxon Avatar
    Pamela Saxon

    I would love to be considered for your closed beta, please. Thank you!

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