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Some of UpStream’s features include:

• Milestones and tasks (which can be linked)
• Upload files and documents
• Bug tracking
• Automatic progress tracking
• Discussion threads
• Client users with contact details and custom fields
• Built-in roles for managers and users (no need for an additional plugin)
• Customizable front-end templates
• Developer friendly

They also have premium extensions which allow you to add front-end editing capabilities as well as project timelines. The plugin even got a big thumbs up from Steve Burge, founder of OSTraining.

4. Kanban Boards for WordPress

Kanban boards are best known for agile project management and has a very similar feel to Trello. You can use it to track sales, editorial calendars, and more. It has a lot of integrations with popular WordPress plugins such as Gravity Forms and Ninja Forms.

Some of Kanban’s features include:

• Multi-site support
• Tasks can be assigned to team members
• Ability to group tasks by projects
• Optimized for mobile
• User permission management
• Multi-language support
• “Edit in place,” just like Trello
• Custom views for bookmarking

They also have premium add-ons available which allow you to extend its functionality by enabling multiple boards, advanced user management, task comments, task colors, task attachments, and even notifications.

5. Project Panorama

Project Panorama is a WordPress project management and communication plugin designed to keep your clients and team in the loop. One of the most outstanding features of the plugin is visualization: the overall look of the projects makes your tasks easily trackable and evident, the beautiful and simple charts showing the progress will help you follow up on your deadlines.

Some of Project Panorama’s features including the following:

• Assign start and finish dates
• Embed projects into your WordPress theme
• You can add milestones to all of your projects and set milestone frequency, as well as assign a title and description to each milestone. These data will be displayed in a simple but spectacular chart so you can easily keep on track of your business.
• To fine-tune the categorization of your projects, you can define custom project types yourself, so you’ll be able to filter out your closed projects for example if necessary.
• Discuss your projects with pertinent parties
• When you already have a huge list of projects and want to create a new one, Project Panorama will lend you a helping hand in making the steps easier. With its cloning tool, you can easily copy an existing project. Just go to “All Projects” and hover over the one you’d like to copy. Click on “Clone”, and a new draft project will appear. It’s a lot faster to only change some details than starting the whole project creating process from zero.

The dashboard for the plugin looks beautiful!

They also have an extensive premium version available which allows you to assign phases, upload and store documents, protect projects with passwords, and set security protocols.  For businesses who are working with clients and aim is to involve them in the projects or just showcase the progress for them in an elegant way, we’d recommend getting the premium version.

6. Smarty Pants Client Project & Document Manager

Smarty Pants is a robust WordPress project management plugin with many great features. Developers divide the features into administrator features and client features then pile premium features on top of those.

As an administrator, you have complete control over user access. You can upload files to each client and project page and get an overview of the last 50 client uploads. You can also add staff, suppliers, vendors, subcontractors, and partners. Users at all levels can create projects according to your permission parameters. Clients can upload multiple files, delete files, and search for files by name. They also have the ability to rename files.

They also have a premium version available which features:

• Tag search
• Category management
• Custom notifications
• File auto delete
• Build your own form fields
• Advanced shortcodes
• User-created groups
• Thumbnail views

Prices range from $75 to $575 for lifetime support, but you can also get a 30-day free trial.

Bonus Tips

There are a lot of great project management and task management tools outside of WordPress. Drag is a cool example of one that organizes your Gmail into task lists, just like Trello. People spend over 6.3 hours per day in their email, so it makes sense to have your task management in the same spot.

Summary

From basic free plugins to frameworks extendable by premium add-ons, you can use WordPress to manage all of your projects, clients, vendors, and suppliers. The best project management plugins are easily integrated into any theme or environment. You never have to leave your WordPress dashboard! If you want to share your experience using any of these WordPress project management plugins, please feel free to do so in the comments section below.