--- title: "Nexcess Managed WooCommerce Plugin Management" source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/" description: "Manage plugins for your WooCommerce store. Use our portal for safe updates and learn about the premium plugins included with your e-shop." vertical: "Sites & Stores" date: "2025-09-15" last_modified: "2026-07-23" --- # Nexcess Managed WooCommerce Plugin Management Plugins are the building blocks that extend the functionality of your WooCommerce **store**, enabling you to add new payment gateways, enhance marketing efforts, and manage **digital products**. Proper plugin management is critical for the security, stability, and performance of your entire **e-shop**. Our Nexcess Managed WooCommerce platform provides a suite of tools and bundled premium plugins to simplify this process. Through the [sites-portal.nexcess.com](https://sites-portal.nexcess.com/) portal, you can manage plugin updates, leverage automated visual regression testing to prevent updates from breaking your **store**, and take advantage of premium features designed to increase sales. Plugin Management articles 0 results The following resources will help you manage the plugins for your WooCommerce **store** effectively. - ## [How to customize a WordPress site and the Nexcess MAPPS MU (must-use) plugin](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/customize-mu-plugin/) Learn how to customize a WordPress site! Leverage the Nexcess MAPPS MU (must-use) plugin to enhance your site’s performance, design, features, support, integrations, security, and revenue! [Read more: How to customize a WordPress site and the Nexcess MAPPS MU (must-use) plugin](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/customize-mu-plugin/) - ## [How to Enable Auto-Updates for Plugins and Themes](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/enable-auto-updates-for-plugins-and-themes/) The auto-updates feature introduced in WordPress 5.5 is very easy and supports plugins and themes that are on WordPress.org — if you do not want to use the alternative Nexcess update functionality. [Read more: How to Enable Auto-Updates for Plugins and Themes](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/enable-auto-updates-for-plugins-and-themes/) - ## [How to use the Nexcess Page Cache](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/nexcess-page-cache/) Learn how to configure the Nexcess page cache. This guide covers settings for automatic cache clearing and how to exclude specific pages from the cache. [Read more: How to use the Nexcess Page Cache](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/nexcess-page-cache/) - ## [How to use the Sales Performance Monitor — an exclusive feature from Nexcess](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/sales-performance-monitor/) Nexcess’ Sales Performance Monitor will watch your sales on the backend and measure them against a predicted model based on your site’s historical performance on a daily and weekly basis. [Read more: How to use the Sales Performance Monitor — an exclusive feature from Nexcess](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/sales-performance-monitor/) - ## [How to Use the WooCommerce Automated Testing Feature](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/automated-testing/) Stop manually testing your WooCommerce store. Our free Automated Testing feature checks your cart, checkout, and product pages for you, every day. [Read more: How to Use the WooCommerce Automated Testing Feature](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/automated-testing/) - ## [New Relic monitoring of WordPress and database performance](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/new-relic-monitoring/) Application Performance Monitoring (APM), the New Relic monitoring product, integrates with our Nexcess platform to help online store owners find performance bottlenecks. [Read more: New Relic monitoring of WordPress and database performance](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/new-relic-monitoring/) - ## [Nexcess WordPress setup — how to use the Nexcess Installer plugin](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/installer-plugin/) Nexcess WordPress setup using the Nexcess Installer plugin gives you access to a plethora of free plugins for optimizing WordPress/WooCommerce for performance, security, SEO, ecommerce, and more. [Read more: Nexcess WordPress setup — how to use the Nexcess Installer plugin](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/installer-plugin/) - ## [Nexcess-provided WordPress plugins for ecommerce and sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/ecommerce-plugins/) Configured using the Nexcess Installer, our managed WordPress and managed WooCommerce hosting plans at Nexcess come with multiple WordPress plugins for ecommerce and sites. [Read more: Nexcess-provided WordPress plugins for ecommerce and sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/ecommerce-plugins/) 1[2](?query-0-page=2) [Next Page](/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management?query-0-page=2)