Room for every kind of client work
Free gives a very small site a complete client workspace, with no account or licence required. Every paid plan includes the same Pro features. Choose how many sites you need.
PanelKind Free
A complete workspace for a very small site.
£0
No account or licence required
PanelKind Pro
A more considered handover for one website.
£49.99
per year · 1 site
PanelKind Pro
A familiar workspace across your client projects.
£99.99
per year · 5 sites
PanelKind Pro
Room for an extensive portfolio of client sites.
£199.99
per year · 1,000 sites
Pro prices are per year in GBP, excluding VAT. Applicable tax is calculated at checkout. Review the final total, renewal and refund terms in Freemius before purchasing. Site allowances cover separate WordPress installations, not multisite networks.
Each Pro button opens Freemius checkout with your site allowance, annual billing and GBP pricing selected. Get Started Free downloads the plugin directly. Pro capacity remains subject to the technical safety limits below.
Free or Pro? · PanelKind 1.6.1
Start with the essentials, then choose Pro for more workspaces and finer control. Open a category to compare the details.
| Feature | Free | Pro — every paid plan |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Views | 1 active custom client View | Multiple custom Views |
| Full administration | Native fallback available; its configuration is read-only | Customise the fallback View; protected owners retain native administration |
| Role-based View assignments | Assign the same View to multiple existing roles | Assign different Views to different roles |
| Section sidebars | Main plus 2 child sections per View; children open directly from Main | Up to 50 sections per View, including Main, and 8 levels below Main |
| Menu editing | Rename, hide, reorder, change icons, add links and separators within the client View | The same controls across multiple Views and nested sections |
| PanelKind custom roles | 1 custom role | Multiple custom roles |
| Existing WordPress and third-party roles | Available; do not use the custom-role allowance | Available |
| WordPress users | No user-count limit imposed by the plan | No user-count limit imposed by the plan |
| Feature | Free | Pro — every paid plan |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboard widgets | 3 unique widgets in the site-wide library | Multiple widgets, up to the technical safety limit |
| Widget types | All 7: Welcome, Information, Quick actions, Recent content, Content overview, Checklist, Help and support | All 7 widget types |
| Widget placement | Reuse widgets across permitted dashboards and sections without using extra slots | Reuse across any configured Views and sections |
| Private information pages | 1 PanelKind information page | Multiple private information pages |
| Widget and page audiences | All signed-in users, selected roles or agency owners; retain or remove existing individual selections | Also target individual users |
| Feature | Free | Pro — every paid plan |
|---|---|---|
| Workspace name and logo | Name, logo image, logo width and sidebar placement for the client View | Included across Views |
| Standard admin theme | Enable or disable the built-in theme and edit the accent colour | Included |
| Individual admin colours | Standard palette; retain or reset existing published custom colours | Custom workspace, sidebar and toolbar colours |
| Corners and shadows | Standard corners and no shadows; retain or reset published custom values | Custom card and button/menu corners; card and sidebar shadow presets |
| Style scope | Use the client View as the main WordPress admin’s style source, or style only its assigned users | Choose from multiple Views, including Full administration |
| Layout, icons and interface cleanup | Density, sidebar width, menu icons, welcome panel, Help, Screen Options and toolbar visibility | Included across Views |
| PanelKind credit | Small “Powered by PanelKind” credit in the client admin footer | Can hide the credit in the View’s branding settings |
| Custom admin footer text | Cannot add or change; existing published text is retained | Included |
| Feature | Free | Pro — every paid plan |
|---|---|---|
| Role-based access rules | Included | Included |
| Mandatory restrictions and native permission checks | Included | Included |
| Individual View assignments | Cannot add or change; published assignments remain effective and can be removed | Included |
| Individual access overrides | Cannot add or change; published rules remain effective and can be removed | Included |
| Reusable View templates | Cannot create, edit or apply; stored templates can be deleted | Save, edit and apply templates |
| Same-site configuration backup | Download and restore a signed backup for this site | Included |
| Portable export/import | Requires Pro, including older portable exports | Transfer configuration between sites |
| Drafts, review and publication | Included; no monthly save or publish quota | Included |
| Role/user preview and access inspection | Included | Included |
| Revision history and restore | Included; restores follow current plan limits | Included; technical safety limits still apply |
| Recovery and safe mode | Included | Included |
| Delegated management | Included, subject to existing permissions and licence limits | Included, subject to existing permissions and licence limits |
| Feature | Free | Pro — every paid plan |
|---|---|---|
| Plugin updates before the directory release | Download and install newer ZIPs manually; no automatic updates | Freemius updates while the licence has update entitlement; automatic installation follows the site owner’s preference |
| Updates after the directory release — planned | Planned through WordPress, including automatic installation when enabled by the site owner | Paid update channel remains subject to licence entitlement |
| Frontend pages, posts, products and traffic | No limits imposed by the plan | No limits imposed by the plan |
WordPress directory distribution is a future release step. Free updates currently require a manual ZIP installation. Neither plan limits your WordPress user count, frontend content or traffic.
Small details, clearly explained
Limits apply to the configuration you create, rather than how often your clients use their workspace.
The allowance counts active custom Views. The required Full administration fallback does not use the Free slot. Archived Views cannot be assigned; restoring one must fit the active-View allowance.
The three Free slots count unique library entries across the whole site, including drafts and archived widgets. Reusing a widget in several places costs no extra slot. Delete an unused widget to free a slot.
The one-page allowance includes draft and archived PanelKind information pages. Normal WordPress Pages and Posts do not count. Delete an unused information page to free the slot.
Limits apply per View and count saved sections even when section navigation is switched off. Free supports Main and two direct children. Disabling sections does not free slots.
Only PanelKind-managed roles count, including a legacy Client Manager role created by PanelKind. Existing WordPress and other plugins’ roles do not count. A role with users or configuration references cannot be deleted.
New installations include one client View, Welcome, Quick actions and Help and support widgets, and one Website Guide. Those items use the Free library allowance and can be edited. Users keep their existing WordPress experience until the owner assigns and publishes the View.
Pro removes the Free commercial caps. Validation and these technical maximums still apply.
| Item | Technical maximum |
|---|---|
| Views | 200 total, including Full administration and archived Views |
| Widgets | 200 library entries |
| Information pages | 200 library entries |
| Sections | 50 per View, including Main |
| Section depth | 8 levels below Main |
| Items in a section | 100 |
| Linked custom roles | 100 |
| Saved templates | 50 |
| Configuration size | 2 MB |
| Published revision retention | Configurable from 5 to 50 |
For existing installations
Updating PanelKind or losing a licence does not delete published Views, widgets, information pages, roles or access rules. Existing content keeps rendering and permission restrictions remain enforced.
If a site falls back to Free, published items above the allowance remain editable. Adding more requires Pro. Existing individual overrides, templates and white-label settings can remain unchanged or be removed; advanced styling can be retained or reset to defaults. Adding or changing those Pro settings requires Pro. Full administration stays read-only on Free.
Paid drafts are checked again on publication. A draft that introduces paid capacity after a fallback to Free is blocked without changing the live setup. Remove the new paid settings or reactivate Pro. Revisions and backups also follow current limits: they cannot recreate removed paid capacity, while settings already published remain protected.
Read the update & backup guidePanelKind customises the WordPress administration area: navigation, dashboards, guidance and role-aware access. Your clients still work with WordPress posts, pages and media. It does not change your public website’s design.
Free gives a small site one active custom client View, three widgets, one private information page and one PanelKind custom role. All seven widget types, basic branding, role-based access rules and the draft, preview and publish workflow are included. Pro adds more capacity, individual targeting, advanced styling, white-label controls, templates and portable configuration transfers. Every paid plan includes the same Pro features; only the licensed site allowance differs.
The current release supports individual WordPress installations and does not support multisite activation. The 5-site and 1,000-site Pro options are for separate WordPress installations.
A View controls presentation, while access rules control supported resources. Native WordPress capabilities remain the permission ceiling. Review both the workspace and the underlying permissions, then test the client’s real account.
Yes. Both editions include drafts, role/user preview, access inspection, publication review and revision history, with no monthly save or publish quota. Native role changes take effect immediately. Restoring an earlier revision follows your current plan’s limits. Test the client’s real account before handover, including any third-party workflows.
No. Download the plugin ZIP directly from this website and use Free without an account or licence. PanelKind imposes no plan limits on WordPress users, frontend pages, posts, products or traffic.
Until the WordPress directory release, Free users download a newer ZIP and install it through WordPress’s plugin replacement flow. Pro updates use Freemius while the licence has update entitlement; automatic installation follows the site owner’s WordPress preference. Delivery also needs Freemius connectivity/consent and a published downloadable release. Free updates through the WordPress directory are planned, not available yet.
Published workspaces, content and access restrictions are preserved. Freemius licences configured for continued feature use retain Pro features after expiry but lose updates. An expired blocking licence, cancelled licence or deactivated/missing licence falls back to Free. Temporary connectivity problems use the SDK’s cached state until it synchronises successfully. When a site falls back to Free, adding paid capacity or changing Pro-only settings requires Pro again; paid drafts are checked before publication.
Existing published advanced styling stays visible. In editable custom Views you can retain it while changing content and basic styling, or reset Pro styling to defaults. That reset changes advanced fields in the draft and takes effect on publication; it preserves the logo, accent, layout, cleanup, icons and theme switch. Once the reset is published, restoring removed paid styling requires Pro. Full administration remains read-only on Free.
Both editions can download and restore a signed PanelKind configuration backup for the same site. This is not a full WordPress backup. Pro adds portable export/import for transferring configuration between sites, including importing older portable exports. Restores and imports follow the current plan’s limits; roles and site-specific references need checking before publication.
Choose a Pro licence for 1, 5 or 1,000 separate WordPress installations to open Freemius’s hosted checkout with your site allowance, GBP currency and annual billing selected. Prices shown here exclude VAT; applicable tax is calculated at checkout. Review the final total, renewal and refund terms in Freemius before purchasing.