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Take control of your WordPress security & maintenance. Automate plugin updates, manage administrator access, and prevent broken functionality from outdated plugins without proper oversight.

Fuerte-WP is the ultimate WordPress security & maintenance solution that combines automated updates with administrator oversight to prevent plugin conflicts before they break your site.

Available at the official WordPress.org plugins repository.

Why?

Is your WordPress site suffering from plugin neglect? Every day, thousands of sites break due to outdated plugins, untested updates, and lack of proper maintenance oversight.

⚠️ THE REALITY:

  • 90% of WordPress site failures are caused by outdated plugins, themes or incompatible updates
  • Most WordPress downtime happens from untested plugin updates by administrators with too much freedom
  • Your WordPress installation is only as reliable as your maintenance routine

🔥 WHY FUERTE-WP IS DIFFERENT:

Most maintenance plugins just alert you AFTER something breaks. Fuerte-WP PREVENTS issues before they happen, combining automated updates with access control that works together seamlessly.

Fuerte-WP auto-protects itself and cannot be disabled, unless your account is declared as super user, or you have access to the server (FTP, SFTP, SSH, cPanel/Plesk, etc.).

Auto-Update Management System

🚨 Intelligent Update Scheduling & Control

Fuerte-WP's Auto-Update Management System provides comprehensive control over WordPress maintenance:

📅 Update Scheduling

  • Intelligent Update Scheduling: Configurable update frequency (default: every 12 hours)
  • Selective Updates: Choose which plugins, themes, and core components to auto-update
  • Compatibility Monitoring: Track which updates are safe and tested
  • Real-Time Update Dashboard: Live dashboard showing current update status and scheduled maintenance

👑 Administrator Oversight

  • Super User Access: Designate who has full maintenance control (YOU) while restricting others
  • Role-Based Permissions: Granular control over what different admin roles can modify
  • Plugin & Theme Management: Prevent other admins from installing unstable plugins or untested updates
  • Menu Management: Hide sensitive WordPress settings from inexperienced administrators

📊 Maintenance Command Center

  • Live Update Monitoring: Real-time AJAX dashboard shows plugin/theme updates as they happen
  • Detailed Maintenance Logs: Comprehensive logging with timestamps, versions, and compatibility notes
  • Export Maintenance Data: Download update reports for analysis or compliance
  • Smart Notifications: Get alerted about available updates and maintenance tasks

🇪🇺 Email Management

  • Recovery Email Routing: Route WordPress admin emails to the right maintenance team
  • Custom Sender Configuration: Professional email sender setup that matches your domain
  • Email Audit Trail: Logging that helps with maintenance communication tracking

🔐 Optional: Admin Access Management

For organizations with multiple administrators

  • Custom Login Endpoints: Create dedicated maintenance access points
  • Smart Redirection: Guide users to appropriate admin areas based on permissions
  • WP-Admin Access Control: Restrict direct /wp-admin/ access for specific user roles

Note: These features are optional and should be used based on your specific organizational needs.

Key Features

⚙️ Advanced WordPress Optimization

  • Automated Update Management: Background updates for core, plugins, themes, and translations
  • API Optimization: Disable unused XML-RPC endpoints and optimize REST API access
  • Email Configuration: Customize WordPress recovery and sender email addresses
  • Performance Hardening: Disable unused features, optimize database performance
  • Background Processing: Maintenance tasks that don't slow down your site

👑 Administrator Oversight System

  • Super User Control: Designate who has full maintenance access while restricting others
  • Role-Based Permissions: Granular control over what different admin roles can modify
  • Plugin & Theme Management: Prevent other admins from installing unstable plugins or untested updates
  • Menu Management: Hide sensitive WordPress settings from inexperienced administrators
  • User Account Protection: Protect maintenance accounts from being modified by other admins

📊 Maintenance Command Center

  • Live Update Monitoring: Real-time AJAX dashboard shows plugin/theme updates as they happen
  • Detailed Maintenance Logs: Comprehensive logging with timestamps, versions, and compatibility notes
  • Export Maintenance Data: Download update reports for analysis or compliance
  • Smart Notifications: Get alerted about available updates and maintenance tasks
  • One-Click Management: Instantly schedule updates, clear logs, or manage maintenance tasks

🔧 Developer Features

  • File-Based Configuration: Support for wp-config-fuerte.php for mass deployment
  • Configuration Caching: Optimized performance with intelligent caching
  • Hook System: Extensible architecture with comprehensive WordPress hook integration
  • Multisite Support: Compatible with WordPress multisite installations

🔒 WHY CHOOSE FUERTE-WP?

PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE - Prevents plugin conflicts BEFORE they break your site ✅ INTELLIGENT UPDATE MANAGEMENT - Real-time update scheduling and compatibility checking ✅ ADMIN OVERSIGHT CONTROL - Controls what other administrators can modify ✅ EMAIL MANAGEMENT - Built-in email routing and configuration features ✅ PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZED - Won't slow down your website ✅ MULTISITE COMPATIBLE - Works on single sites and WordPress networks ✅ SELF-PROTECTING - Cannot be disabled by non-super users ✅ DEVELOPER FRIENDLY - File-based configuration for mass deployment ✅ SMART MAINTENANCE APPROACH - Focuses on prevention over reactive fixes

🎯 PERFECT FOR:

  • Multi-author blogs and news sites with frequent content updates
  • Client websites built by agencies that need reliable maintenance
  • E-commerce stores with critical uptime requirements
  • Educational institutions with multiple WordPress installations
  • Enterprise WordPress deployments requiring strict maintenance policies
  • Anyone serious about WordPress maintenance and reliability

How to Install

⚡ INSTALL IN SECONDS, MAINTAIN FOR YEARS

  1. Click "Install Now" or search for "Fuerte-WP" in your WordPress dashboard
  2. Activate the plugin
  3. Visit Settings > Fuerte-WP to configure the settings as you like. Defaults are good if you want to leave them like that
  4. Congratulations! Your WordPress site is now professionally maintained.

Harder configuration (optional)

Fuerte-WP allows you to configure it "harder". This way, Fuerte-WP options inside wp-admin panel aren't even shown at all. Useful to mass deploy Fuerte-WP configuration to multiple WordPress installations.

To use the harder configuration, follow this steps:

  • Download a copy of config-sample/wp-config-fuerte.php file, and set it up with your desired settings. Edit and tweak the configuration array as needed.

  • Upload your tweaked wp-config-fuerte.php file to your WordPress's root directory. This usually is where your wp-config.php file resides.

  • When Fuerte-WP detects that file, it will load the configuration from it. This will bypass the DB values from the options page, completely.

Config file updates

To check if your wp-config-fuerte.php file need an update, follow this steps:

Check the default config-sample/wp-config-fuerte.php file. The header of the sample config will have the version when it was last modified.

Then check out your own wp-config-fuerte.php file. If yours has a lower version number, then you need to update your settings array.

Compare your config with the default wp-config-fuerte.php file and add the new/missing settings to your file. You can use Meld, WinMerge, Beyond Compare, Kaleidoscope, Araxis Merge, Diffchecker or any similar software diff to help you here.

Upload your updated wp-config-fuerte.php to your WordPress's root directory and replace the old one.

Don't worry. New Fuerte-WP features that need new configuration values will not run or affect you until you upgrade your config file and add the new/missing settings.

FAQ

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