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WP Umbrella

France · Bootstrapped · Founded 2021 · $1.3M ARR
👤 Thomas Deneulin & Aurelio Volle (Ran WordPress maintenance for clients themselves, then built WP Umbrella for that exact job. Bootstrapped, team of 7.)🌐 site𝕏LinkedIn

Two ex-maintenance operators built the tool for their own trade, then grew it site-by-site to $1.3M ARR — no VC.

Will it work? · our read
Insider + patience. Little drama here — a won-on-execution story: insider founders, transparent per-site pricing, and years of community distribution compounding against a free GoDaddy incumbent.
01How the money moves
Agency adds client sites to one dashboard
Pays $2.19 per site / month, auto-scaling
$110K MRR · $1.3M ARR — fully bootstrapped
02The numbers
$110K/moStatedMRR · 2025
2025
$110K
MRR (2025)
70,000+
Active installs (WP.org)
67%
YoY growth, 2025
All figures first-party (founder posts + WP.org). First-year review
$110K MRR / $1.3M ARR in 2025, up 67% YoY — fully bootstrapped, team of 7.
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SourcesSources last checked 25 August 2026
Revenue ($110K MRR / $1.3M ARR, 2025) and 67% YoY growth are first-party (founder's Indie Hackers post + WP Umbrella's own year-in-review blog); 70,000+ active installs from WordPress.org. Rival prices are approximate. The Jan-2022 flat per-site pricing pivot (and its "12x users" effect) is documented in their own first-year review — no other drama is invented. We never score you.