Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker
Ease Project Management and Task Management using a powerful project manager with Kanban board, Gantt chart, milestone tracking & project reporting.
Safe pick
Yes — Project Manager is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 5K+ sites, is rated 3.8/5 and was last updated 1 day ago, and scores 87/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 1 day ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Project Manager stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
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| kanban | #3 |
| project | #1 |
| project management | #1 |
| project manager | #1 |
| task management | #2 |
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Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 from 187 reviews
About Project Manager
From the official readme · v4.1.0Description
Ease Project Management and Task Management using a powerful project manager with Kanban board, Gantt chart, milestone tracking & project reporting.
AI-Powered Project Manager
Project Manager is a feature-rich project management plugin built for WordPress users who need structured and organized workflow management.
Built for teams, agencies, enterprises, and freelancers, Project Manager transforms your WordPress site into a complete project management system with Kanban Board, Gantt Chart, Task Manager, Milestone Tracking, Tasks Calendar, and Project Reporting – all in one place.
Whether you want to manage complex and multi-team projects or keep track of simple daily tasks, Project Manager gives you full control over your project and task management workflow. You can assign tasks, set deadlines, track progress, and collaborate without leaving your WordPress dashboard.
Now powered by AI, Project Manager can generate complete task lists for your projects based on your project description. As a result, you don’t need to think about or create every task name manually, which can save you a significant amount of time.
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Useful Links
Docs | Videos | Support | IdeaSharing | Comparison | Get Pro
🎯 Free Features of Project Manager
The free version provides essential tools for project management and structured task management. It includes everything you need to manage projects and teams efficiently.
🤖 AI-Powered Project Creation
– Generate complete task lists based on your project description using AI
– Reduce the need to create every task from scratch
– Save time by letting AI suggest relevant tasks for your project
– Get ideas for important tasks that may be easy to miss when planning manually
– Review, edit, and adjust the AI-generated task list to match your team’s workflow
📝 To-Do List & Task Management
– Create unlimited task lists with titles and descriptions
– Assign tasks to team members
– Set due dates for each task
– Track task progress using visual status indicators
– Add comments and detailed descriptions to tasks
– Mark tasks as complete or incomplete to keep work organized
🏆 Milestone Tracking
– Track upcoming, completed, and overdue milestones easily
– View milestone status at a glance
– Assign task lists to specific milestones
– Attach messages and updates to milestones
– Improve project reporting and team accountability
💬 Messages & Team Collaboration
– Stay aligned with your team through built-in threaded messaging
– Edit and stylize messages for clearer collaboration
– Enable comments on tasks for real-time feedback
– Keep your project management communication in one central place
🗂 File Sharing
– Upload and share files directly within messages and comments
– Navigate attachments inside threads to manage all project resources in one place
– Private discussions and file sharing make collaboration effortless
🔔 Dynamic Notifications
– Receive email alerts for assigned tasks, due dates, and project changes
– Customize your notification preferences to keep your team informed without overload
– Never miss an update
🔲 Intuitive Interface for Efficient Task Management
– The task manager in Project Manager features a clean and user-friendly interface
– Designed for speed, it helps complete tasks faster with visual workflows
– With real-time updates, it helps you stay productive, easing collaboration and efficiency
🚀 Pro Features of Project Manager (Take Your Project Management Further)
By upgrading to Project Manager Pro, you can unlock the full power of project management on WordPress.
👨🏻💻 Frontend Project Management
– Let users view and manage tasks and projects directly from your website’s frontend
– No backend access required
– Perfect for client portals and team dashboards
📊 Kanban Board
– Visualize your entire project management workflow with a customizable Kanban Board
– Default columns include Open, In Progress, Done, and Overdue
– Drag and drop tasks between boards for agile project management
– Create unlimited Kanban boards, sort tasks by status, and add new ones on the fly
📉 Gantt Chart
– Plan and monitor project timelines with an interactive Gantt Chart
– Adjust start and end dates, map out task dependencies, and track subtasks visually
– Great for milestone tracking and long-term project management
– Remote teams stay aligned with shared Gantt charts and Kanban boards
⏰ Time Tracker
– Start, stop, or pause timers on any task to log billable hours with precision
– Calculate total time spent per project and simplify payments for hourly teams
🧾 Invoice & Billing
– Auto-generate professional invoices based on tracked time and project details
– Mark invoices as paid upon payment completion
– Download invoices as PDF to simplify billing for every project
📆 Interactive Tasks Calendar
– View all your tasks in daily, weekly, monthly, or user-specific layouts with an interactive Task Calendar
– Drag and drop to reschedule tasks and track project progress dynamically
– The Calendar keeps your entire project management timeline organized and visible
💳 Stripe Payment Gateway
– Accept client payments directly via Stripe for seamless billing inside your project manager
– Use predefined project templates to automate your workflow
👥 BuddyPress Integration
– Assign tasks to teams, set role-based permissions, and manage departments
– Boost collaboration across your WordPress community with deep BuddyPress integration
📌 Subtasks for Granular Task Management
– Break complex tasks into smaller subtasks and assign them to multiple team members
– Subtasks give you granular control over every detail in your task manager workflow
🛒 WooCommerce Integration
– Auto-create projects directly from WooCommerce orders or payments
– Map products to specific tasks and roles, which is perfect for e-commerce project management
🗂️ Advanced File Management
– Organize files in folders, link them to messages and tasks, and set privacy controls
– Enjoy a Google Drive-like interface for secure, structured file sharing within your project management workspace
💬 Slack Integration
– Get real-time Slack notifications whenever new tasks, subtasks, or comments are created
– Stay informed when tasks are completed or new team members are added
📁 Google Workspace Integration (Drive, Calendar, Meet)
– Attach and link Google Drive files directly within tasks, messages, and comments
– Sync task due dates and milestones automatically with Google Calendar
– Generate Google Meet links from tasks or project discussions for quick team calls
– Keep files, schedules, and meetings connected to the relevant task without leaving the project view
– Ideal for remote teams managing documents, deadlines, and calls in one place
🔗 GitHub & Bitbucket Integration
– Connect your GitHub and Bitbucket accounts directly to Project Manager
– Issues created in GitHub or Bitbucket are automatically added to your task manager list
– Keeps developers in sync with the rest of the project
📈 Advanced Reports & Insights
– Generate detailed project reporting with predefined views
– View them as Overdue Tasks, Completed Tasks, User Activities, Tasks by Milestone, Unassigned Tasks, and Summary
– Make data-driven decisions and improve overall project management performance
🛡️ Recurring Tasks & Enhanced Security
– Set up repeating tasks for ongoing projects so nothing falls through the cracks
– Customize user roles and permissions to maintain privacy and security in your collaboration workflows
📋 Personal Dashboard
– Every team member gets their own personal dashboard showing all assigned tasks
– Keep everyone focused, informed, and productive
🔄 Pusher Integration
– Receive real-time push notifications for all your project management activities
– Includes task assignments, mentions in comments, new tasks, and status updates
Still confused about choosing a project manager tool?
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Recognition & Awards
– Top 13 WordPress Project Management Plugins and Tools to Use (Kinsta)
– 10 Best WordPress Project Management Plugins (2025 Picks) (Elegant Themes)
– 18 Best WordPress Plugins for Freelancers 2025 (Colorlib)
– 9 Best WordPress Project Management Plugins (HubSpot)
– 14 Best WordPress Project Management Plugins (Hostinger)
Contribute
Help make Project Manager the ultimate project management tool! Fork our repository from GitHub and submit pull requests.
Our Valuable Contributors
– French: Corentin Allard
– Dutch: eskamedia
– Brazilian Portuguese: Anderson
– German: Alexander Pfabel
– Spanish: Luigi Libet
– Indonesian: Hirizh
– Polish: Jacek Synowiec
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External Services
Project Manager uses the following third-party services to enhance project management features. All data shared with these services is necessary for the plugin functionality and handled securely.
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OpenAI API – Used to generate AI-assisted project plans, task lists, and suggestions. Task titles, descriptions, and deadlines may be sent for AI processing.
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Google Generative Language API – Assists content generation for tasks and projects. Task titles, descriptions, and comments may be sent for AI suggestions.
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Anthropic API – Provides AI-assisted responses and task suggestions. Task details like titles, descriptions, and deadlines may be sent for AI processing.
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Trello API – Integrates Trello boards, cards, and checklists. Project and task information such as titles, descriptions, and due dates are sent to sync with Trello.
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Asana API – Syncs tasks, stories, and project updates. Task titles, descriptions, deadlines, and comments are sent to Asana for project updates.
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Google Workspace API (Drive, Calendar, Meet) – Integrates Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Google Meet to support file attachments, due date/milestone syncing, and meeting link generation within tasks and projects. Data sent to Google may include file names and links, task titles, descriptions, dates, assignee details, and participant email addresses, depending on which integration is used.
Terms and Conditions
Privacy Policy
Project Manager uses Appsero SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.
Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.
Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.
Installation
Extract the zip file, then drop the contents into the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation, and activate the Plugin from the Plugins page.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What is Project Manager?
A. Project Manager is a feature-rich tool for project and task management. It offers numerous modules like milestones, time tracker, Kanban board, Gantt chart, File manager, and more for team collaboration directly from your WordPress dashboard. It is ideal for agencies, freelancers, remote teams, and growing businesses.
Q. Who can create projects?
A. Administrators and users with proper permissions can create and manage projects. You can control user roles and access permissions to decide who can create projects, assign tasks, manage milestones, and view reports.
Q. Why doesn’t Project Manager show up in the frontend?
A. By default, Project Manager is basically backend-focused. However, it comes with a page named Project which you’ll find in the page section. Once you publish the page, a project dashboard will be displayed on the frontend.
Q. How does task management work in Project Manager?
A. Start by navigating to WP Admin > Project Manager > Projects. Then, select or create a project, and head to the Task Lists tab. For a quick guide, please explore this documentation on how to create a project with Project Manager.
Q. Does Project Manager support a Trello-like Kanban Board?
A. Project Manager has a Kanban board module. You can easily manage your tasks with the Kanban board view, just like Trello. Here is the video overview –
Q. Is there a Gantt Chart available in Project Manager?
A. Yes. The Gantt Chart module is available in Project Manager. It can help you visualize project timelines, task schedules, and overall progress. It gives you a clear overview of how your project is moving. Please check out this overview video of the Gantt Chart feature –
Q. Can I track project milestones?
A. Yes. You can create and manage project milestones, assign task lists to milestones, and track upcoming, completed, and overdue milestones. This improves accountability and project reporting.
Q. Does Project Manager offer AI-based task suggestions?
A. Yes. The plugin can generate smart AI-powered task list suggestions based on your project description. This saves time and helps you avoid missing important tasks when creating task lists manually.
Q. Can team members collaborate inside the plugin?
A. Yes. Team members can comment on tasks, share updates, upload files, and communicate directly inside the project dashboard. This improves team collaboration and reduces the need for external tools.
Q. Can every member see every project?
A. No. Only administrators can see all projects. Other users can only access the projects and tasks assigned to them, based on their role and permissions.
Q. Does Project Manager include time tracking?
A. Yes. You can track the time spent on tasks. This is useful for productivity tracking, client billing, and performance monitoring.
Q. Can I generate project reports?
A. Yes. Project Manager provides detailed project reports, task reports, and user activity reports. These reports help you monitor team performance and project progress.
Q. Is Project Manager suitable for agencies and large teams?
A. Yes. The plugin is suitable for freelancers, startups, agencies, and enterprise teams. It supports scalable project management workflows for small and large teams.
Q. Can developers extend Project Manager?
A. Yes. The plugin includes developer-friendly actions and filters so you can customize and extend its features based on your business needs.
Q. How can I get support or report a bug?
A. If you face any issues, you can contact the support team through the official website or report bugs on GitHub. Regular updates are released to improve security and performance. Please create an issue on Git Hub.
Changelog
Major release with a new interface. If you use WP Project Manager Pro, update it to 4.1.0 as well: Pro features stay off until both plugins are on 4.1.0. BREAKING CHANGE: v2.0 release is a major version and introduces breaking changes by re-writing the whole plugin. Please test the plugin before updating from v1.x. Taking a database backup is advised.
v4.1.0 – Sep 25, 2026
Update: Major release. WP Project Manager 4.1.0 needs WP Project Manager Pro 4.1.0 or newer. Pro 4.0.8 stays paused with a notice and can still be updated from the Plugins screen; older Pro versions are deactivated until updated. Update both plugins together.
Security: Global settings can no longer be read by low-privileged users, and the Pusher secret is never sent to the browser. Reported by Patchstack (Ananda Dhakal).
Security: Payment gateway secret keys stay on the server and are masked on the settings screen; the PayPal email is validated.
Security: Private tasks, subtasks, milestones and files stay private in lists, the dashboard, activity and email notifications, and comment emails only go to people who can open the item.
Security: A task’s completion date can no longer be set from the client, attachment links only accept http(s) URLs, and a Kanban board background can only use or delete the user’s own upload.
New: Modernized interface across projects, task lists, the task sheet, Kanban, milestones, discussions, files, My Tasks and settings, with a new type scale, Plus Jakarta Sans, loading skeletons, empty states and retry on failed loads.
New: Dashboard home page scoped to the viewer’s role: summary cards that follow the date range, overdue milestones, projects overview, viewer-aware task performance chart, contribution heatmap, team workload and a Recent Activity feed that opens each item.
New: Archive a project from the project menu and browse archived projects in their own list.
New: Filter tasks by priority, label, task type and milestone; search on the Kanban board and in discussions.
New: Kanban board background image per project, with column colors that stay readable on top of it.
New: Paste GitHub Markdown into descriptions and comments, and copy them back as Markdown.
New: Create a task type or milestone straight from its picker in the task sheet, and deep links to My Tasks tabs and task sheet tabs.
New: Project Calendar tab (Pro preview in Free) and a My Tasks overview calendar that shows multi-day tasks as one bar.
New: Invoice Defaults: the tax rate prefills each new line item and Default Terms & Conditions (now a rich text editor) prefills a new invoice (with Pro).
Improved: Toasts with a countdown and clear messages on every action, shared pagination, keyboard and screen reader access across the app, and responsive layouts on narrow screens.
Improved: The activity log records a field’s first value, a cleared value and start date changes, and shows as a timeline.
Improved: Settings use a left navigation, and Invoices and Settings tabs show only to managers.
Improved: The File Upload Limit setting applies to every upload, and downloads show progress.
Fixed: Urgent priority shows everywhere and is kept on save, and the Undefined offset notice for it is gone.
Fixed: Dates entered as a day no longer show a day early, and date displays include the year.
Fixed: Stale screens on hosts that cache wp-json responses; member, category and task changes now refresh without a reload.
Fixed: Kanban Import Task shows every task list, AI models load for OpenAI and Google, and the Modules menu is hidden from non-admins.
Fixed: Updating a project without its members no longer removes them, and opening a project no longer jumps back to the previous one.
Fixed: Bullets and numbered lists show in editors on the settings and invoice screens.
v4.0.7 – Aug 19, 2026
Security: Closed an unauthenticated account-creation and remote-code-execution chain — REST routes now fail closed by default, the Trello import endpoints require the proper capability, imported accounts receive a unique generated password, and stored data is deserialized without instantiating objects. Reported by Patchstack (20kilograma).
Security: Fixed cross-project data exposure — task, activity and per-user endpoints now return only data from projects the caller belongs to. Reported via WPScan (Pedro Pinho, Usama Arshad).
Security: Bound REST object IDs (task, comment, file, milestone) to the project they were authorized against, and stopped file downloads from reaching arbitrary media-library attachments (IDOR).
Security: Scoped search, settings and activity feeds to the caller’s projects, and restricted global role definitions to administrators.
Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 7.1 and PHP 8.4, plus a hardened SVG upload check.
Update: readme — added Google Workspace integration details.
v4.0.6 – Jul 20, 2026
New: Google Workspace integration — connect Google Drive to attach files to tasks, comments, and discussions (per-project role access), plus Google Meet links and Google Calendar sync (Calendar & Meet powered by Pro).
New: Kanban board is now built into the Free plugin (previously Pro-only).
Improved: Welcome screen light-mode visibility and overall UI/UX polish.
Improved: Translations now load reliably (JavaScript strings + POT extraction) and the date picker follows your site locale.
Improved: Sidebar footer now shows your active Pro plan and version.
Improved: Hardened per-project access controls across Google Drive attachments, Meet links, and the Kanban board.
Improved: Privacy controls are now gated by your capability, with a clearer Pro indicator on the private toggle.
Fixed: Marking a task or task list private while creating it now works again.
Fixed: Token-authenticated (JWT/mobile app) API requests no longer error while loading tasks, comments, milestones, and users.
v4.0.5 – Jun 26, 2026
New: Project Templates — create projects faster from reusable templates (full picker and management with Pro).
Improved: Action buttons (create, edit, delete, status) now stay hidden when you do not have the matching capability, across projects, tasks, task lists, milestones, and files.
Fixed: Task list screen inconsistencies, a stuck add-task assignee dropdown, and a broken task link in comment-notification emails.
Fixed: PHP 8.1–8.5 deprecation notices no longer leak into REST API responses.
v4.0.4 – Jun 11, 2026
Improved: Settings, project, and task screens now adapt cleanly to phones and small screens.
Fixed: The database version is now saved correctly after an update finishes, so the database-upgrade notice no longer keeps reappearing.
v4.0.3 – Jun 9, 2026
Fixed: Comment text color and highlight now persist after saving.
Fixed: Tables now render with visible borders inside task comments, sheets, and dialogs.
Improved: Image attachments show full thumbnails; PDF and video files use clear icons and open in a centered preview with Download and Open-in-new-tab options.
Fixed: The completed-task status circle is now clearly visible instead of near-invisible.
Improved: The promotional banner is now hidden for Pro users and on the frontend.
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FAQ
Project Manager: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026
Is Project Manager free?
Yes. Project Manager is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Project Manager safe to use in 2026?
Yes — Project Manager is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 5K+ sites, is rated 3.8/5 and was last updated 1 day ago, and scores 87/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Project Manager?
Project Manager is active on 5K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 693,629 times since it launched in November 2012. It was downloaded 4,212 times in the last 30 days.
Does Project Manager work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Project Manager up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.2 or newer.
What PHP version does Project Manager need?
Project Manager requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Project Manager last updated?
The latest version, 4.1.0, was released on September 25, 2026 (1 day ago).
Who makes Project Manager?
Project Manager is developed and maintained by weDevs.
What are the best alternatives to Project Manager?
The most popular alternatives to Project Manager are FluentBoards (6K+ installs), WP Roadmap (100+ installs) and Alpaca Issue Tracker (100+ installs).
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