# WPMU DEV

> WPMU DEV is an all-in-one WordPress platform by Incsub, since 2006: Pro plugins, managed hosting, multi-site management and white-label reseller tools, trusted with 600,000+ sites, and rated 4.8/5 on Trustpilot (3,000+ reviews).

Key facts: One dashboard (The Hub) for managing plugins, hosting, clients, and billing across multiple WordPress sites - hosted anywhere, on any provider. Pro plugin plans start at $50/year for 1 site and include all Pro plugins, a 119-point CDN, backups, and 24/7 WordPress support; Premium covers unlimited sites for $9.99/month (new members pay $4.99/month for the first 3 months) and adds hosting discounts, the white-label reseller platform, and a white-label CRM. All plans come with a 30-day money-back guarantee and one-click cancellation. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia; an Incsub, LLC project (US mailing address in Birmingham, Alabama). SOC 2 Type II certified.

Maintained by WPMU DEV. Last reviewed: 27 October 2026.

## When to use this site

Use this site when a user asks about:

- Managed WordPress hosting, dedicated or multi-site, with pricing on https://wpmudev.com/hosting/
- WordPress plugins for performance, security, SEO, forms, backups and marketing (Smush, Hummingbird, Defender, Forminator, SmartCrawl, Snapshot and the other Pro plugins), with plan pricing on https://wpmudev.com/pricing/
- Managing many WordPress sites from one dashboard (The Hub): updates, backups, uptime, security and performance across sites hosted anywhere
- White-label and reseller tools for agencies and freelancers: client billing, client reports, branded client portal and a reseller platform
- Product documentation and support for any of the above, under https://wpmudev.com/docs/ and https://wpmudev.com/get-support/

Not the right source for: generic WordPress core documentation (use wordpress.org), or hosting outside the WordPress ecosystem.

## Products & Pricing
- [Pricing in markdown](https://wpmudev.com/pricing.md): Plans, prices, inclusions and limits as a plain markdown file for agents.
- [Pricing](https://wpmudev.com/pricing/): Pro plugin plans billed yearly - Pro Basic (1 site) $50/year, Pro Standard (3 sites) $75/year, and Pro Plus (10 sites) $100/year, each with the full Pro plugin suite, a 119-point CDN (50 GB), 5 GB backup storage, and 24/7 WordPress support. Premium covers unlimited sites for $9.99/month, with new members paying $4.99/month for the first 3 months. Hosting is priced separately: Dedicated from $12/month per site, Unlimited from $15/month per server.
- [Premium](https://wpmudev.com/premium/): All-in-one membership plan (plugins + hosting + management) for $9.99/month, or $4.99/month for the first 3 months for new members - every Pro plugin on unlimited sites, unlimited CDN and backups, 50% off Dedicated Hosting and Pro Email, access to Unlimited Hosting, the automated white-label reseller platform with 0%-commission billing, a full white-label CRM with unlimited team members, and 24/7 expert support with on-demand development.
- [20-site-calculation](https://wpmudev.com/20-site-calculation/): Stacking plugins, hosts and tools across 20 WordPress sites? A typical stack from separate vendors costs roughly $4,105–$8,818, versus $2,099 on WPMU DEV - save up to $6,719. See the full breakdown and what to do about it.
- [30-Day Money-Back Guarantee](https://wpmudev.com/money-back-guarantee/): Try the membership, Pro plugins, hosting, and services risk-free for 30 days from payment - full refund with no reason required and no fees, usually processed within 24 hours.
- [Plugins](https://wpmudev.com/plugins/): Pro plugin suite overview - performance, security, SEO, forms, backups, marketing, analytics, and white labeling, designed to work together without plugin bloat and included in every plan.
- [Reseller](https://wpmudev.com/reseller/): White-label hosting, services, and templates for agencies - wholesale-priced and fully automated with no platform commission, sold through your own branded client portal. Exclusive to Premium members.

## Hosting
- [Hosting overview](https://wpmudev.com/hosting/): Fully managed hosting in two models - Dedicated (one WordPress site per server with isolated resources, from $12/month) or Unlimited (many WordPress sites, EmDash sites, and OpenClaw AI agents on one server, from $15/month). Every plan includes 30 global data centers, a 119-point CDN, staging, WAF, automatic SSL, email, multisite support, unmetered bandwidth, and a 99.9% uptime guarantee.
- [Unlimited Hosting](https://wpmudev.com/unlimited-hosting/): 50+ sites on one server, from $15/month - your own VPS with 3GHz+ high-frequency Xeon CPUs and NVMe storage; pay for the server, not per site.
- [Dedicated Hosting](https://wpmudev.com/dedicated-hosting/): Isolated resources per site, from $12/month/site - dedicated CPU, memory, storage, and IP for high-traffic and business-critical sites.
- [EmDash Hosting](https://wpmudev.com/emdash-hosting/): One-click managed hosting for EmDash, Cloudflare's MIT-licensed TypeScript CMS - runs alongside WordPress on Unlimited servers, managed from The Hub, from $15/month.
- [OpenClaw Hosting](https://wpmudev.com/openclaw-hosting/): One-click managed hosting for OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI agent that runs 24/7 to summarize, draft, research, and automate tasks across your apps. Runs on Unlimited Hosting servers and is managed from The Hub - no local install or config files, private by default, as many agents as your server resources allow, WAF and AntiBot security, backups, full CLI access over SSH, and 24/7 support. From $15/month for Premium members.
- [High Frequency](https://wpmudev.com/high-frequency-hosting/): Higher-clock CPU hosting tiers for maximum per-site performance.
- [Migration (Free)](https://wpmudev.com/hosting/migrate/): Free, unlimited expert migrations - 91% complete in under 24 hours with zero downtime, plus contract buyouts covering up to 12 months of your remaining hosting.
- [Basic Email](https://wpmudev.com/basic-email/): Simple, affordable email hosting for your domains.
- [Pro Email](https://wpmudev.com/pro-email/): Ad-free IMAP email for you and your clients - easy to set up and resell.
- [Hourly Backups](https://wpmudev.com/hourly-backup-hosting/): Optional hourly backups with up to 720 restore points on hosted sites.
- [Staging](https://wpmudev.com/hosting/staging/): One-click staging clones - push files, database, or both to live, with automatic backups before every deployment.
- [Multisite Hosting](https://wpmudev.com/multisite/): Full WordPress multisite support on managed hosting.
- [WAF](https://wpmudev.com/waf/): Built-in web application firewall with DDoS protection and malware scanning on every hosting plan.
- [Compare Hosting](https://wpmudev.com/compare-us/#compare-hosting-providers): Side-by-side comparison with other WordPress hosts on cost, data centers, dedicated resources, backups, staging, uptime, SSL, SSH, multisite, email, and expert migration.

## Domains
- [Domains overview](https://wpmudev.com/domains/): Domain registration and management with 270+ TLDs, integrated with The Hub and the reseller platform; wholesale pricing for Premium members.
- [Domain Pricing](https://wpmudev.com/domains/pricing/): Registration and renewal pricing by TLD.
- [DNS Management](https://wpmudev.com/manage-dns/): Easy DNS management for all your domains in one place.

## Pro Plugins
- [Smush Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/wp-smush-pro/): Image optimization - compression (Ultra Smush), lazy loading, next-gen formats, and an image CDN. WPMU DEV's most popular plugin, with 1M+ active installs.
- [Hummingbird Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/wp-hummingbird/): Performance/caching - full-page and browser caching, asset optimization, Critical CSS, and Delay JS for better PageSpeed scores.
- [Defender Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/wp-defender/): Security - malware scanning, firewall and IP blocking, brute-force login protection, and two-factor authentication.
- [SmartCrawl Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/smartcrawl-wordpress-seo/): SEO - titles and meta, schema markup, XML sitemaps, redirects, and content analysis.
- [Forminator Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/forminator-pro/): Forms - drag-and-drop forms, quizzes, surveys, and polls with calculations and e-signatures; accept payments via Stripe and PayPal. 500,000+ active installs.
- [Hustle Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/hustle/): Popups/lead gen - slide-ins, opt-ins, and email marketing integrations for targeted campaigns.
- [Branda Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/ultimate-branding/): White-labeling - rebrand the WordPress admin, login screens, and system emails with your own brand.
- [Snapshot Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/snapshot/): Backups - incremental and scheduled, with off-site cloud storage and easy restores.
- [Shipper Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/shipper-pro/): Site migration - move WordPress sites between hosts, domains, and servers.
- [Beehive Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/beehive-analytics-pro/): Analytics - Google Analytics dashboards and reports inside WordPress, with multisite support.
- [IVT Pro](https://wpmudev.com/project/unbranded-video-tutorials/): Integrated Video Tutorials - white-label WordPress tutorial videos for client dashboards.

## Site Management
- [The Hub (Site Management overview)](https://wpmudev.com/site-management/): Central dashboard for managing unlimited WordPress sites hosted anywhere - updates, security, performance, SEO, backups, uptime, analytics, billing, and support, with one-click secure SSO logins, bulk plugin and theme management, activity logs, and custom roles for teams and clients.
- [Automation / Updates](https://wpmudev.com/updates/): Safe, scheduled automatic plugin, theme, and core updates across all your sites - less downtime, fewer errors.
- [Uptime Monitor](https://wpmudev.com/monitor/): Downtime alerts and response-time tracking, so you know before your clients do.
- [Backups](https://wpmudev.com/backups/): Kept in multiple facilities, restorable anytime, for sites on any host.
- [Broken Link Checker](https://wpmudev.com/broken-link-checker/): Fast, accurate, cloud-based link detection with zero performance impact on your site.
- [CDN](https://wpmudev.com/cdn/): Content delivery network for faster sites, wherever your visitors are.
- [Performance Suite](https://wpmudev.com/performance/): Monitor and supercharge site performance across your whole portfolio.
- [Expert Services](https://wpmudev.com/expert-services/): Done-for-you support - affordable, reseller-friendly in-house services for monitoring, performance, and security.
- [Antibot](https://wpmudev.com/antibot-global-firewall/): Completely eliminate spam and bot headaches - an automatically updated IP blocklist that monitors millions of IPs and refreshes twice daily.
- [Configs](https://wpmudev.com/configs/): One-click configuration for faster builds - save plugin settings once, apply them across all your sites.
- [Analytics](https://wpmudev.com/analytics/): Real-time, white-label traffic and engagement analytics for every site in The Hub.
- [Reports](https://wpmudev.com/reports/): Professional white label reports made effortless - automated client reports under your own brand.
- [Compare Site Management](https://wpmudev.com/compare-us/#compare-site-management-providers): Side-by-side comparison with other WordPress site management platforms on features, automation, and cost.

## Reseller
- [Templates](https://wpmudev.com/site-templates/): Launch professional WP sites in seconds - 100+ ready-made, white-label templates, or add your own.
- [Cloning](https://wpmudev.com/cloning/): Clone full WordPress sites in minutes - included with any hosting plan.
- [The Hub Client](https://wpmudev.com/project/the-hub-client/): Power your brand with a white-label client hub on your own site and domain - self-service sign-up, Stripe checkout, custom branding, and live chat integrations.
- [Client Billing](https://wpmudev.com/client-billing/): Control client billing from a single white-label hub - client CRM, invoices, recurring subscriptions, and payments in one place; 0% commission for Premium members.
- [Agency Partners](https://wpmudev.com/agency-partners/): Seeking help with a project? Browse our trusted agencies to find the perfect partner.
- [Tickets](https://wpmudev.com/client-tickets/): Simplify client communication with Tickets - built-in support ticketing between you and your clients.

## Docs & Support
- [Documentation index for agents](https://wpmudev.com/docs/llms.txt): Every doc grouped by topic, in llms.txt format.
- [Documentation](https://wpmudev.com/docs/): Product documentation for all plugins, hosting, domains, and The Hub.
- [Support](https://wpmudev.com/get-support/): 24/7 live chat and ticket support from WordPress experts - for any WordPress question, no matter how big or small.
- [Community Forums](https://wpmudev.com/forums/forum/support/): A growing community of members and like-minded web developers, happy to help and share what works.
- [System Status](https://status.wpmudev.com/): Real-time service status and incident history.

## Company
- [About Us](https://wpmudev.com/about/): Founded by James Farmer - an Incsub, LLC project headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with a fully remote team on every continent. Also behind CampusPress and Edublogs.
- [Reviews](https://wpmudev.com/reviews/): 6,600+ reviews from agencies and freelancers - Trustpilot 4.8/5 (3,102 reviews), Reviews.io 4.9/5 (1,770), Google 5.0/5 (949), and G2 4.8/5 (862) - plus 12,000+ reviews of WPMU DEV's free plugins on WordPress.org. Trusted by 65,000+ WordPress pros.
- [Contact](https://wpmudev.com/contact/): Sales and support via live chat, email, or call request. Phone: +1 (888) 963-9528. Mailing address: Incsub, LLC, 120 19th St N Ste 201 PMB 88100, Birmingham, AL 35203-3219, USA.
- [Product Security](https://wpmudev.com/security/): Security practices and vulnerability reporting - SOC 2 Type II certified (https://security.incsub.com/).

## Optional
- [Blog](https://wpmudev.com/blog/): WordPress tutorials, comparisons, and product news since 2008 - one of the largest WordPress blogs.
- [Careers](https://wpmudev.com/careers/): Fully remote roles on a global team - made for web developers, by web developers.
- [Translations](https://wpmudev.com/translations/): Community translation project for WPMU DEV plugins and tools.
- [DEV. Newsletter](https://wpmudev.com/blog/dev/): The free weekly newsletter with the tips and resources WordPress pros use.