Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control vs CMS Commander – Manage Multiple Sites (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control
30K+ active installs
Free + Premium
CMS Commander – Manage Multiple Sites
4.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 38 reviews) and leads in active installations (30K+ vs 4.0K+). Both are free + premium WordPress plugins. Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control has accumulated 809K+ total downloads while CMS Commander – Manage Multiple Sites has 273K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control | CMS Commander – Manage Multiple Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ◄ | 4.6/5 |
| Total Reviews | 38 | ◄ | 25 |
| Active Installs | 30K+ | ◄ | 4.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 809K+ | ◄ | 273K+ |
| Support Resolution | 100% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 3 weeks ago | ◄ | 1 year ago |
| First Released | 2014 | 2013 | |
| Age | 12 years | 13 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.0+ | false+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.3+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free + Premium | Free | |
| Latest Version | 2.7.0 | 2.288 |
Rating Breakdown
Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control
CMS Commander – Manage Multiple Sites
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control averaged approximately 645 daily downloads while CMS Commander – Manage Multiple Sites averaged 7.
Recent Reviews
Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control Reviews
Amazing help for manging crons in batches
Such a useful and helpful plugin! We’ve been doing so many apis batches and crons and this plugin is just amazing and helping us control all our crons nicely and easily. The support team are
Dashboard Crashed
The dashboard is all messed up and can’t use it. Even disabled all other plugins to see if conflict.
A must have
This is the essential tool for managing your WP cron jobs. It works very well and support is great. The Pro version adds useful tools for my more complex projects.
CMS Commander – Manage Multiple Sites Reviews
thank you
alot of hard work went into this because there is very little like it
Buyer Beware!
I have been a loyal customer of CMS Commander for several years now. It was a straightforward backup tool which was about all I needed -until it quite working. I’d get it fixed and then an upgrade or
Perfect Tool to manage my WordPress sites
Compared to other tools with CMS Commander i have all the options that are important to me in one single plugin: backup, site cloning, updates, even bulk plugin transfers from one to another site and
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