10 Best OpenStation Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 23, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
OpenStation has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to OpenStation
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Frontend Dashboard
Closest match4.9 (136) 500+ active installsBuild custom frontend user dashboards with login, registration, user profiles, frontend post editing, and role-based permissions.
Shares the custom dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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WP Frontend Admin – Display WP Admin Pages in the Frontend
4.9 (54) 400+ active installsShow Gutenberg Editor in the Frontend. Display WP Admin Pages in the Frontend. Create custom dashboards in the front end, Allow to Edit in the Fronten …
Shares the custom dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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White Label – WordPress Custom Admin, Custom Login Page, and Custom Dashboard
5.0 (21) 10,000+ active installsOur White Label WordPress plugin lets you make a custom admin experience. Create a custom login page, a custom dashboard, and much more.
Shares the custom dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated August 20, 2026.
- 4
4.5 (159) 8,000+ active installsThis awesome plugin allows you to easily display frontend forms on your site so your clients can easily edit content by themselves from the frontend.
Shares the custom dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 9 days ago.
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UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages
4.1 (21) 6,000+ active installsEffortless custom WordPress admin dashboards.
Shares the custom dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated September 3, 2026.
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AGCA – Custom Dashboard & Login Page
4.5 (64) 20,000+ active installsCHANGE: admin menu, login page, admin bar, dashboard widgets, custom colors, custom CSS & JS, logo & images
Shares the custom dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, no update since May 30, 2025.
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Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard
4.6 (114) 50,000+ active installsThe #1 Plugin to Customize the WordPress Dashboard!
Shares the custom dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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Branda
Paid version availableBranda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer
4.5 (30) 20,000+ active installsWhite label & rebrand your login page & WordPress dashboard. Customize system emails & get everything to rebrand WordPress with Branda.
Shares the custom dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
- 9
4.7 (44) 6,000+ active installsA clean, simplified WordPress Admin theme.
About 6 times the installs, no update since January 31, 2022.
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Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer
4.3 (109) 6,000+ active installsWhite label WordPress admin, admin menu editor, login page customizer, admin dark mode, media library folders, admin columns.
About 6 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
Switching from OpenStation: common questions
What is the best alternative to OpenStation?
Frontend Dashboard is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 500+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which OpenStation alternative has the most users?
Ultimate Dashboard, with 50,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which OpenStation alternative is rated highest?
Frontend Dashboard, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 136 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these OpenStation alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with OpenStation score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against OpenStation on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Frontend Dashboard is the closest match to OpenStation by the data we track, and Ultimate Dashboard has the widest reach with 50,000+ active installs. Frontend Dashboard shipped the most recent release, on October 20, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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