10 Best Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades has 60,000+ 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 Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades
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WP Updates Notifier
Closest match4.2 (35) 30,000+ active installsSends email to notify you if there are any updates for your WordPress site. Can notify about core, plugin and theme updates.
Shares the theme, upgrade tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since February 14, 2020.
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4.8 (69) 10,000+ active installsDisables the theme, plugin and core update checking, the related cronjobs, plugin/theme update health checks and notification system.
Shares the theme, update tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 60,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 23 days ago.
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The WP Remote WordPress Plugin
4.6 (74) 30,000+ active installsManage updates, backups, and more across all your WordPress sites with WP Remote.
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.5 (64) 20,000+ active installsThis plugin updates jQuery to the latest stable version on your website.
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.7, last updated July 27, 2026.
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MainWP Dashboard
Paid version availableMainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies
4.9 (2,348) 20,000+ active installsRun updates, backups, security and reporting across all client sites from your own server. Keep data private and prove your value with branded reports …
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.8 (105) 40,000+ active installsManage all updates on your WordPress site. Stay in the know with several optional e-mail notifications and logs. For free.
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated March 21, 2026.
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5.0 (214) 7,000+ active installsA light plugin that automatically updates cart page and mini-cart when product quantity is changed. Removes the default "Update cart" button …
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 60,000+, rated 5.0 against 4.7, no update since March 30, 2021.
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WP Umbrella: Security Backup Restore & Monitoring
4.8 (75) 80,000+ active installsEverything you need to sell WordPress maintenance and manage multiple sites effortlessly: backup, update, uptime monitoring, and security.
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 2 days ago.
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Modular DS: Monitor, update, and backup multiple websites
5.0 (126) 40,000+ active installsManage all your WordPress sites from one place. Automate updates, backups, uptime monitoring, security, reports, and more.
Shares the update tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.7, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.8 (94) 60,000+ active installsThis simple plugin create Drag & Drop or choose Multiple File upload in your Confact Form 7 Forms.
Shares the upload tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades: common questions
What is the best alternative to Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades?
WP Updates Notifier is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 30,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades alternative has the most users?
WP Umbrella, with 80,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades alternative is rated highest?
Ajax Cart AutoUpdate for WooCommerce, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 214 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades 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 Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades 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 Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades 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
WP Updates Notifier is the closest match to Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades by the data we track, and WP Umbrella has the widest reach with 80,000+ active installs. WP Umbrella shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 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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