Improve update speed | Voters

Improve update speed

Rune Rasmussen

For some reason the update speed is incredibly slow when using WP Umbrella. Bulk updating a few smaller plugins takes "forever", this should be improved. It shouldn't take any longer than if they were updated directly on the site.

March 31, 2025

Philippe Braun

Agree that WPU updating plugins (themes, core) can feel quite slow. Syncing was always painfully slow to the point of feeling broken on ManageWP as well, so I'm sort of used to it.

Aaron Blanco Tejedor

Agree, even the "quick update" is very slow. I update from the "Bulk management" - "plugins" area.

Dusin Dauncey

Agreed. The process for syncing is just way too long at the moment, compared to MainWP who I was using previously. It’s probably my biggest complaint at the moment, because MainWP could sync all 20-25 sites within about 5-10 seconds, but it feels like it’s at least a minute or even 3 minutes for WP Umbrella to sync with the same number of sites. It’s too slow currently.

Andy Topley

Fully agree. I shouldn't have a routine of
Turn on computer
Press WPU sync button
Check WPU an hour later