by OmnisWP 5 (1 reviews)

Siteward Child

Name: Siteward Child
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: OmnisWP

Connect this WordPress site to a Siteward dashboard for central monitoring, updates, backups and plugin management. Does nothing until paired.

Siteward Child ranks #10,938 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #648 of 5,058 in the Security category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Oct 21, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v0.8.1 Current Version v0.8.1

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 21 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#648 of 5,058 in Security Top 25% by installs Downloads +53.8% this week Actively maintained

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.8.1
Last Updated: Oct 21, 2026
Requires WP: 5.8+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: OmnisWP

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Reviews: 1
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Siteward Child is for WordPress site owners or agencies who manage multiple sites through a central Siteward dashboard. It solves the problem of manually monitoring updates, backups and site health across sites by exposing a secure endpoint the dashboard uses to check status and apply updates or manage plugins remotely.

Signed, replay-protected REST endpoint
Reports core, plugin and theme updates
Reports UpdraftPlus backup history and status
Reports basic site health
Applies updates remotely
Activates, deactivates or uninstalls plugins
One-time secure pairing handshake
Dashboard-initiated traffic only

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Siteward Child

It only acts on requests from a paired Siteward after a secure handshake. The one exception is a daily clean-up that deletes saved previous versions older than 7 days, and that only runs while there are some to delete.

The pairing details (the dashboard's public key and address) in the options table. When the dashboard updates a plugin or theme, the version being replaced is saved as a zip file in a folder with a random name inside your uploads folder, and listed under Settings, Siteward Connection, Rollback. Each is deleted after 7 days, or replaced at that item's next update. Very large items (over 300 MB) and sites without PHP's zip extension are updated without a saved copy. Deleting the plugin removes the folder and its settings.

Yes. A paired dashboard can list the saved previous versions and roll one back over the same signed connection, which restores the copy saved on this site and checks the site afterwards. Nothing is downloaded. The site's administrators can do the same under Settings, Siteward Connection, Rollback.

Before and after each update it loads this site's own homepage and admin-ajax.php, as a logged-out visitor would. If the homepage or admin area starts returning a server error, the homepage shows WordPress's critical error page, or the updated plugin can no longer be activated, the previous version is put back straight away and the dashboard is told why. These checks only ever go to this site. If the site was already showing errors before the update, or cannot load its own pages, nothing is rolled back and the dashboard is told. WordPress core updates are not covered (WordPress restores a failed core update itself). A rollback puts the previous files back; changes an update made to the database are not undone. Plugins that contain symbolic links are updated without a saved copy.

Yes. Every request is verified against the dashboard's stored public key, with timestamp and nonce replay protection.

Premium plugins only report an update when their licence is active at the moment WordPress checks, and that check is cached for hours. When you press "Check for updates" on the dashboard, this plugin asks every licence server again straight away, so a licence you have just renewed is picked up without waiting for the cache to expire.

Disconnect the site from the dashboard, or deactivate this plugin. The stored public key is removed on disconnect.

Yes, once paired, your Siteward dashboard can activate, deactivate or permanently uninstall plugins on this site, but only over the cryptographically-signed connection (every request is verified against the stored dashboard public key, with timestamp and nonce replay protection). This plugin does not install new plugins from uploaded packages; uninstalls permanently delete an existing plugin's files. This plugin never contacts any other server.