WP Triage vs MainWP

Capability	MainWP	WP Triage
Remote plugin/theme updates	Yes	No
Site management dashboard	Yes	No
Portfolio risk score (0–100)	No	Yes
CVE matching with severity	Limited / via extensions	Yes
Top 3 prioritized issues per site	No	Yes
Recommended fix order	No	Yes
Critical-only alerts	Configurable	Yes (by design)
Weekly triage digest	Client reports	Yes (risk-focused)

When to use MainWP

Use MainWP when you need remote plugin updates, client reporting, uptime monitoring, and centralized WordPress administration across your portfolio.

When to use WP Triage

Use WP Triage when you need to know which sites are most at risk, what vulnerabilities matter most, and what to fix first — before you open MainWP to run updates.

How agencies use both together

MainWP is where work gets executed: remote updates, checks, and admin actions across many sites. WP Triage is where work gets ordered. A practical split:

1. Open WP Triage first and sort by risk score.
2. Take the top three issues for Critical / At Risk sites as the maintenance agenda.
3. Run those updates (or replacements) in MainWP or on the site itself.
4. Confirm the next WP Triage snapshot shows the score and ranking improved.

Without a prioritization layer, MainWP makes it easy to update everything — including low-impact churn — while the genuinely dangerous site waits. WP Triage exists so the update queue matches exposure, not inbox noise. See the agency workflow and scoring methodology.

What MainWP does that WP Triage will not

• Push plugin, theme, and core updates remotely
• Centralize WordPress administration and many operational extensions
• Produce broader client management reports beyond risk triage

What WP Triage does that MainWP will not

• Produce a comparable 0–100 risk score across every client site
• Rank CVEs, PHP EOL, and maintenance drift into one fix order
• Keep default alerts quiet so only critical exposure interrupts the week

WP Triage is intentionally not a management dashboard. If you need remote admin, keep MainWP. If you need WordPress risk scoring, add WP Triage.

WP Triage is a decision engine — it complements tools like MainWP rather than replacing them.

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