About
WP Foundry is a desktop app for managing multiple WordPress websites from your computer. Use it to update plugins and themes, manage users, create backups, and check for known vulnerabilities, without logging into each site separately.
The free tier supports up to 2 sites. Pro ($10) unlocks unlimited sites.
Installation
Download WP Foundry from the downloads page after creating a license on the buy now page (free or paid). Builds are available for macOS (Intel + Apple silicon), Windows, and Linux.
Current releases are published on GitHub.
Prepare each WordPress site
- Install and activate the WP Foundry Helper plugin on the site.
- Open Settings → WP Foundry Helper in wp-admin and copy the shared secret.
- Ensure WP-CLI is available on the server (required by the helper).
Add a site in WP Foundry
Click Add new site in the sidebar. Enter:
- Site name: how WP Foundry labels the site
- Site URL: the WordPress site URL (prefer HTTPS)
- Shared secret: from the helper plugin settings
Use Test connection before saving. When the handshake succeeds, the site appears in the sidebar.
Note: screenshots may show an earlier UI; updated v2 captures coming soon.
Main chrome
- Sidebar: saved sites, Add new site, Licensing
- App Update: check for desktop app updates
- Queue: background tasks across sites
- Command logs: history of remote WP-CLI commands
Dashboard
The site dashboard shows cached counts (plugins, themes, users, core version), sync status, and recent activity. Refresh to pull the latest summary from the site.
Plugins
List and search plugins; activate, deactivate, update, or delete. Backup plugins locally and install from a backup via the Backups workflows. Bulk actions are queued. See Working with plugins.
Themes
Similar to plugins: list, activate, update, delete, backup, and install from backup. See Working with themes.
Users
List users, filter by role, create users, change roles, reset passwords, and delete users (with post reassignment options). See Working with users.
Core
View the WordPress version, check for updates, and queue a core update when available.
DB Backups
Create local database dump archives, list them, and delete old dumps. In-app restore / import / search-replace is not available in the current release. Use your usual restore tooling if you need to restore a dump.
Backups
Create wp-content backups (optionally excluding uploads), and manage plugin/theme backup archives. Install plugins or themes from a backup when needed.
Security
Run vulnerability checks for plugins, themes, and core using WPVulnerability data, and review the security score. See Vulnerability checking.
Site settings
Test the connection, edit site details, check for helper plugin updates, rotate the shared secret, or remove the site from WP Foundry.
Queue & logs
Open Queue to pause, resume, cancel, or clear background tasks. Open Command logs to search and export recent WP-CLI history stored on your computer.