Description
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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🎯 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
🔗 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?
👉 Check out the complete comparison of Project Manager with other popular project management solutions
👉 Explore the documentation for all the features and functions of Project Manager
Recognition & Awards
– 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.
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.
Screenshots

Manage unlimited projects 
Gantt Chart of Project Manager 
Kanban Board of Project Manager 
Extend project management power with advanced modules 
Keep every milestone on track 
Have a project overview at a glance 
Break tasks into smaller steps 
Simplify team discussion 
Upload, share, and access files 
Track performance reports 
Check reports with analytics 
Stay updated on project progress 
Built-in invoice generator 
Manage projects from the frontend
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.
FAQ
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Q. What is Project Manager?
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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.
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Q. Who can create projects?
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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.
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Q. Why doesn’t Project Manager show up in the frontend?
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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.
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Q. How does task management work in Project Manager?
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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.
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Q. Does Project Manager support a Trello-like Kanban Board?
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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 –
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Q. Is there a Gantt Chart available in Project Manager?
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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 –
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Q. Can I track project milestones?
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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.
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Q. Does Project Manager offer AI-based task suggestions?
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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.
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Q. Can team members collaborate inside the plugin?
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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.
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Q. Can every member see every project?
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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.
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Q. Does Project Manager include time tracking?
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A. Yes. You can track the time spent on tasks. This is useful for productivity tracking, client billing, and performance monitoring.
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Q. Can I generate project reports?
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A. Yes. Project Manager provides detailed project reports, task reports, and user activity reports. These reports help you monitor team performance and project progress.
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Q. Is Project Manager suitable for agencies and large teams?
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A. Yes. The plugin is suitable for freelancers, startups, agencies, and enterprise teams. It supports scalable project management workflows for small and large teams.
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Q. Can developers extend Project Manager?
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A. Yes. The plugin includes developer-friendly actions and filters so you can customize and extend its features based on your business needs.
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Q. How can I get support or report a bug?
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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.
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Contributors & Developers
“Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker” has been translated into 12 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
v3.0.2 – Jan 14, 2026
Fixed: Subscriber Level Authorization issue #573.
v3.0.1 – Dec 24, 2025
Added: PHP version 8.2+ support.
v3.0.0 – Dec 18, 2025
Improved: Aligned plugin description with WordPress.org directory standards.
Improved: internal consistency across metadata, versioning, and documentation.
Improved: code structure and internationalization for long-term maintainability.
Fix: Addressed all categories of issues identified through WordPress.org recommended tool.
Added: Attached third-party integration disclosures for better user clarity.
Improved: General stability and compatibility.
v2.6.31 – Dec 4, 2025
Fixed: Changed Plugin name ‘WP Project Manager’ to ‘Project Manager’.
v2.6.30 – Dec 4, 2025
Fixed: Better handling of sorting options and offer dismissal timing.
Improved: Code quality updates for smoother performance.
Improved: New WP-CLI commands to help manage data more easily.
Improved: Updated translations and tightened a few security checks around the Offers button.
v2.6.29 – Nov 24, 2025
Fixed: AI Response broken error.
Fixed: AI Response timeout error.
Improved: Dynamic AI Model Selection.
v2.6.28 – Nov 13, 2025
Added: AI Project Creation – Generate project plans, task lists, and timelines with AI support.
Fixed: Load Pusher scripts only when app_key and cluster are set.
v2.6.27 – Oct 29, 2025
Improved: Sanitization to prevent SQL Injection.
v2.6.26 – Oct 13, 2025
Added: Italian translation file.
Fixed: Hardcoded data exposure issue in the Trello test environment. Thanks to Legion Hunter from Patchstack for responsibly reporting it.
v2.6.25 – Sep 4, 2025
Improved: Unwanted Trello helper backup file removed.
v2.6.24 – Apr 28, 2025
Fixed: Load more tasks.
Improved: Readme.txt file.
v2.6.23 – Apr 8, 2025
Added: SVG file upload sanitization & security improvmenet.
v2.6.22 – Mar 7, 2025
Improved: Readme.txt file.
v2.6.21 – Feb 18, 2025
Fix: Project Category bug for seamless organization.
Fix: Resolved Task Type special character display issues.
v2.6.18 – Feb 12, 2025
Fix: Report – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Options Update.
Fix: Every task is redirecting to a single task (for subscriber role).
Fix: Authenticated SQL Injection.
*Added:** new hooks for better extendibility pm_project_update.
v2.6.17 – Dec 26, 2024
Improved: Enhanced sanitization of user input to strengthen data security.
Fix: Resolved SQL security vulnerability to ensure system integrity..
v2.6.16 – Dec 10, 2024
Update: WordPress 6.7.1 compatibility
Fix: File download permission issue.
Fix: WP 6.7.1 translation loaded early error.
Fix: Subscriber level data exposure security issue.
v2.6.15 – Nov 18, 2024
Update: Tested upto 6.7
Update: Version bump & make stable frontend.
v2.6.14 – Nov 11, 2024
Fix: Vulnerable security issue.
Fix: XSS attack while uploading svg file.
Fix: Sub task duplicating issue.
v2.6.13 – Mar 29, 2024
Fix: New project’s user creation issue.
Update: PHP version support PHP-5.6 to PHP-7.2.
v2.6.12 – Mar 04, 2024
Update: Version bump & make stable readme character.
v2.6.11 – Feb 29, 2024
Update: Version bump & make stable readme character.
v2.6.10 – Feb 29, 2024
Fix: Api discussion creation xss vulnerability for authentic users.
v2.6.9 – Feb 09, 2024
Update: Version bump & make stable frontend.
v2.6.8 – Feb 09, 2024
Fix: User role management api security block for unauthentic project users.
Fix: Project discussion create api security handling stuff.
Fix: Project modification api security block.
v2.6.6 – Aug 10, 2023
Fix: Search users, new users & more features string translation issue.
Fix: Authentication error in user project role update.
v2.6.5 – Jul 24, 2023
Fix: User controllers meta data updating authentication error.
v2.6.4 – Jul 14, 2023
Fix: Translation issues of background email & notifications error messages.
Fix: Project creation CTA button name translation issue.
Fix: Frontend preview contents translation relevant issues.
Fix: Project switch, task creating & several unformatted strings translation issues.
v2.6.1 – May 24, 2023
Fix: The email type settings field UI broken issue.
Fix: Tasks title content not decoded properly & fix ux issue.
Fix: User task calender’s starting date data handling security issue.
v2.6.0 – Nov 30, 2022
New: Added pm pro version overview for lite users
v2.5.0 – July 15, 2022
Update: Compatibility with PHP-8.x
Update: Improved codebase to make performance better
Fix: Fixed some translation issues
v2.4.18 – March 28, 2022
Fix: Fixed Project Searching hover project links. (Issue #437)
Fix: Fixed Some Role Permission assign issue after creating project.
v2.4.17 – Feb 07, 2022
Notice: Limited time promotional notice on Super Bowl sale
v2.4.16 – Dec 23, 2021
Fix: Discussion file url was not downloadable for PDF
Notice: Limited time promotional notice on holiday sale
v2.4.15 – Nov 11, 2021
Update: ChartJS libraries from v2.x to v3.6.0
Update: Removed dummy data, unused files and external cdn links to improve and clean the whole codebase
Fix: Data escaping and sanitization issues all over the plugin
Fix: Some i18n translation, wrong text-domain issues
Notice: Limited time promotional offer regarding Black Friday and Cyber Monday
v2.4.14 – Oct 11, 2021
Fix: Data sanitization and validation issues to prevent security threats
Fix: Timezone issues in My Calendar
Fix: Task file downloading issue by other member of project assignee list
Fix: After Task Create Email, undefined offset issue in template footer
Fix: User assign issue from Project Overview page
Fix: Unassigned Reports were not loading
Notice: Limited time promotional offer for Halloween
v2.4.13 – July 16, 2021
Notice: Limited time promotional offer regarding summer sale
Update: Calendar event content styles
Update: Some library upgrade for better performance
Fix: My Task report was not getting accurate result in some cases
Fix: My Calendar single task was unable to be moved
Fix: After creating a task, it was not updating instantly in ‘My Calendar’ and ‘My Task at a Glance’ section
Fix: Authentication issues on some un-authenticated API endpoints like tasks, task types, activities
v2.4.12 – May 07, 2021
Notice: Limited time promotion on account of Eid.
v2.4.11 – March 17, 2021
Notice: Limited time promotion for weDevs birthday.
v2.4.10 – Feb 13, 2021
Fix Vulnerable security issue.
v2.4.9 – Jan 26, 2021
Fix Email notification was showing the wrong task completed user name.
Fix Every member can see every project.
Fix First-time task lists were not loading from the notification email.
Update Alignment problem when creating the new project.
v2.4.8 – Dec 18, 2020
Update Task query updated for filtering tasks by complete_at date range.
Fix Completed tasks were not showing on my-task.
Fix Made the icons inline alignment on the subtask create form.
v2.4.7 – Dec 10, 2020
Update PSR-4 standard.
Fix Project pagination was not working when all projects are deleted from the current page.
Fix Fixed the task pagination problem. It was not working when a task is deleted.
v2.4.6 – Nov 21, 2020
Fix User capability is not chanting after save it.
Fix User can not access their reports from my-task.
Fix Email footer logo is not appearing.
v2.4.5 – Nov 11, 2020
New Help tooltip in single task.
Update Rewrite email template.
Fixed Pagination back button is not working for project page.
v2.4.4 – Oct 08, 2020
New Introduce new library simshaun/recurr.
New Added the remove format option in project manager text editor.
Fixed In text editor, after type ‘@’ the list of users exceeds outside of the modal.
Fix Task assigned all users can change the task type.
Fix User can not delete their own created task comments.
Fix Remove the HTML tag from milestone title.
v2.4.3 – Sep 10, 2020
Update In dashboard project menu bar has been rearranged.
Update In single task now user can navigate to project and task list.
Fix Co-worker can not be deleted in self created task comment.
Fix In frontend project manager date picker was not showing in single task.
Fix In my task, task create form did not change the list even the project has been change.
Fix Project title was missing from my-task.
v2.4.2 – Aug 26, 2020
- Fix Single task popup is not appearing.
v2.4.1 – Aug 25, 2020
- New Add new task type for individual task.
- Fix During task update the date picker was not showing.
- Fix Was not able to delete the task list description.
- Fix Optimize code for security issue.
- Fix Task list title was not able to update.
- Fix Completed project was not able to restore.
v2.4.0 – Jul 17, 2020
- New Component for pm-vue2-daterange-picker, pm-button, pm-do-slot.
- New Change all date picker from all forms.
- New Manage do-action content without any wrapper.
- New API end point is now working for all permalink.
- Update UI/UX for creating new task.
- Update UI/UX for add new members from single task popup.
- Update UI/UX for task due date from single task popup.
- Fix Could not download files from the project.
