# WP Octo

> WP Octo is a WordPress management platform for agencies, freelancers and hosting providers who manage WordPress sites for others. One overview for updates, uptime, security and backups across every site, with white-label monthly reports for clients. Works on any hosting, including shared hosting without a CLI. Currently in early access.

Prices exclude VAT and may change; the linked pages are the source. A Dutch version of the site is at https://wpocto.com/nl/. Technical documentation, the API reference and the worker plugin are documented separately at https://wpocto.com/docs/ (see Documentation below).

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://wpocto.com/pricing/): one subscription, no tiers (https://wpocto.com/nl/prijzen/ in Dutch)
- WP Octo One: €3 per website per month, from €75 per month with 25 websites included. Every feature and unlimited team members on every website. Cancel monthly; you pay for the live websites you manage that month. Staging and development sites marked as such do not count.
- Security add-on: +€1 per website per month, switched on per website. Firewall, bot protection and login protection; malware scans are coming soon.
- Cookie banner add-on: +€0.50 per website per month. A GDPR consent banner with a scanner and a consent log.

## What it does

- Updates: automatic core, plugin and theme updates in scheduled update rounds, with visual regression checks, a safe mode and one-click rollback.
- Uptime monitoring: a health check every minute from Dutch and European locations, with email notifications and alerts.
- Backups: automatic off-site backups stored in the Netherlands with encrypted retention; restore individual files.
- Security: monitoring and hardening per site, an audit log of who did what on which site, and the optional Security add-on.
- Performance: Core Web Vitals per template and TTFB alerting.
- Client reporting: white-label monthly maintenance reports per site, sent automatically in the agency's own branding.
- One-click passwordless login to every managed site.
- How it connects: a worker plugin on each site, with a key of its own per site and signed, single-use requests.

## Who it is for

- [Agencies](https://wpocto.com/agencies/): turn WordPress maintenance into a service with margin, with one overview for the team and a report per client
- [Hosting providers](https://wpocto.com/hosting-providers/): offer managed WordPress on top of hosting with a white-label environment; partner programme available
- [Freelancers](https://wpocto.com/freelance-developers/): start small and grow without switching plans

## Main pages

- [Home](https://wpocto.com/)
- [Features](https://wpocto.com/features/)
- [How it works](https://wpocto.com/how-it-works/)
- [Roadmap](https://wpocto.com/product-roadmap/): what is planned and what shipped
- [About WP Octo](https://wpocto.com/about-wp-octo/)
- [Request early access](https://wpocto.com/get-early-access/): no credit card required
- [Contact](https://wpocto.com/contact-us/)
- [Terms](https://wpocto.com/terms/)
- [Privacy policy](https://wpocto.com/privacy-policy/)

## Comparisons

- [All comparisons](https://wpocto.com/compare/)
- [WP Octo vs InfiniteWP](https://wpocto.com/compare/wp-octo-vs-infinitewp/): WP Octo or InfiniteWP? Compare updates, backups, security, monitoring and agency tools, feature by feature.
- [WP Octo vs MainWP](https://wpocto.com/compare/wp-octo-vs-mainwp/): WP Octo or MainWP? Compare updates, backups, security, monitoring and agency tools, feature by feature.
- [WP Octo vs ManageWP](https://wpocto.com/compare/wp-octo-vs-managewp/): WP Octo or ManageWP? Compare updates, backups, security, monitoring and agency tools, feature by feature.
- [WP Octo vs WP Umbrella](https://wpocto.com/compare/wp-octo-vs-wp-umbrella/): WP Octo or WP Umbrella? Compare updates, backups, security, monitoring and agency tools, feature by feature.
- [WP Octo vs WPMU DEV](https://wpocto.com/compare/wp-octo-vs-wpmu-dev/): WP Octo or WPMU DEV? Compare updates, backups, security, monitoring and agency tools, feature by feature.

## Guides and articles

- [Resources](https://wpocto.com/resources/): all guides and articles
- [Best WP Umbrella Alternatives](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/wp-umbrella-alternatives/): Why agencies look beyond WP Umbrella, how WP Octo, ManageWP, MainWP, WPMU DEV and InfiniteWP differ, and how to switch without disrupting clients.
- [Best WordPress Management Software for Agencies](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/best-wordpress-management-software/): How to judge WordPress management software, and where WP Octo, WP Umbrella, ManageWP, MainWP, InfiniteWP and WPMU DEV fit for agencies.
- [Best ManageWP Alternatives](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/managewp-alternatives/): Why agencies look beyond ManageWP, how WP Octo, WP Umbrella, MainWP, WPMU DEV and InfiniteWP differ, and how to switch without disrupting clients.
- [The Complete Guide to WordPress Maintenance for Agencies](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/wordpress-maintenance-for-agencies/): Updates, backups, monitoring and security for client WordPress sites: what to do, how often, and how to price and sell it as an agency.
- [WordPress Maintenance Checklist for Agencies](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/wordpress-maintenance-checklist/): A practical WordPress maintenance checklist for agencies, split by frequency, with the steps to follow when you take over a new client site.
- [How Often Should You Update WordPress Plugins?](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/how-often-to-update-wordpress-plugins/): A practical update rhythm for WordPress plugins on client sites: weekly rounds, same-day security fixes, and when major versions should wait.
- [How to Manage 50+ WordPress Sites Efficiently](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/manage-multiple-wordpress-sites/): Managing 50 or more WordPress sites? Standardise the stack, update in rounds, monitor by exception and keep an inventory you can actually query.
- [WordPress Uptime Monitoring Best Practices](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/wordpress-uptime-monitoring/): How to monitor uptime across client WordPress sites: sensible intervals, checks that catch cached and challenge pages, and fewer false positives.
- [How to Prevent Failed WordPress Backups](https://wpocto.com/resources/tutorials/prevent-failed-wordpress-backups/): Why WordPress backups fail on shared hosting: timeouts, memory limits, missing ZipArchive, disk quota and cron. How to verify and test restores.
- [How to Sell WordPress Maintenance Plans](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/sell-wordpress-maintenance-plans/): How to sell WordPress maintenance plans: when to offer them, how to explain the value, how to set up tiers and how to answer the objections you will hear.
- [WordPress Security Checklist for Client Sites](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/wordpress-security-checklist/): A security checklist for client WordPress sites: accounts and 2FA, updates, wp-config settings, headers, bot protection, monitoring and tested backups.
- [What Should a WordPress Care Plan Include?](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/wordpress-care-plan/): What a WordPress care plan should include: safe updates, tested backups, uptime and security monitoring, response times, reporting and clear exclusions.
- [Building a Profitable WordPress Maintenance Business](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/profitable-wordpress-maintenance-business/): How agencies make WordPress maintenance pay: the arithmetic, defined care plans, risk-based pricing, contracts, batched updates, reporting and hiring.
- [How Much Should You Charge for WordPress Maintenance?](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/wordpress-maintenance-pricing/): How much to charge for WordPress maintenance: work out your cost per site, add a buffer and margin, then check the price against client value.
- [How to Scale a WordPress Maintenance Agency](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/scale-wordpress-maintenance-agency/): The ceilings a WordPress maintenance agency hits as it grows, and what to change at each one: packages, staggered rounds, runbooks, hiring and on-call.
- [How to Update WordPress Safely at Scale](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/update-wordpress-safely-at-scale/): A practical method for updating many WordPress sites: risk groups, restore points, maintenance mode, visual checks, rollbacks and records.
- [WordPress Maintenance Contract Template](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/wordpress-maintenance-contract-template/): A WordPress maintenance contract structure with example clauses on scope, exclusions, updates, backups, response times, fees, liability and the GDPR.
- [Why WordPress Plugin Updates Fail](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/why-wordpress-plugin-updates-fail/): The real reasons WordPress plugin updates fail: downloads, licences, file permissions, PHP limits, stuck maintenance mode, fatal errors and caches.
- [How to Automate Client Maintenance Reports](https://wpocto.com/resources/guides/automate-client-maintenance-reports/): What belongs in a WordPress maintenance report, what to leave out, and a step-by-step way to automate the numbers while keeping the human note.
- [How to Roll Back a WordPress Plugin Update](https://wpocto.com/resources/tutorials/roll-back-wordpress-plugin-update/): Roll back a WordPress plugin update safely: confirm the cause, check database changes, restore the old version and keep it from updating again.

## Documentation

- [Documentation](https://wpocto.com/docs/): using the platform, the worker plugin and the HTTP API
- [Documentation llms.txt](https://wpocto.com/docs/llms.txt): an index of every documentation page
- [Documentation llms-full.txt](https://wpocto.com/docs/llms-full.txt): every documentation page as Markdown, in one file

## Optional

- [Sitemap index](https://wpocto.com/sitemap_index.xml)
- [RSS feed](https://wpocto.com/feed/): the latest articles in full text