Mark Jaquith

The <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/" rel="ugc">Jetpack</a> plugin by Automattic does something sneaky: it auto-activates new Jetpack modules. Instead of allowing you to opt in to new modules, Jetpack cheerfully activates them without your permission. These modules can change how your site works and looks.
Manual Control puts a stop to that unwanted behavior. It prevents auto-activation of new Jetpack modules.
Metal texture in the plugin header image by <a href="http://urbandirty.com/gallery/photo/2568483179-m" rel="nofollow ugc">Urban Dirty</a>.

Manual Control for Jetpack

Jetpack auto-activates new modules, without asking your permission. This plugin stops that.

Sybre Waaijer

<h4>This plugin puts your W3 Total Cache configuration on auto pilot.</h4>
It’s great when you have users that don’t have access to W3 Total Cache control but still need to purge the cache.
It’s also brilliant when you have created a blog for a customer, this way they won’t even know it’s there: All cache is purged automatically.
It’s absolutely great on MultiSite installations, especially when you allow untrusted users to create a blog.
What this plugin does:
On the front end:
<ul>
<li>No more W3 Total Cache comments in the HTML output</li>
</ul>
Behind the screens:
Purge cache, whenever:
<ul>
<li>a post is updated.</li>
<li>theme is changed.</li>
<li>a widget is updated or changed from position.</li>
<li>a sidebar is updated.</li>
<li>the theme is edited in Customizer.</li>
<li>the nav menu is updated.</li>
</ul>
MultiSite, if not Super-Admin:
No more:
<ul>
<li>purge from cache button on pages and posts edit screens.</li>
<li>admin menu on the admin bar.</li>
<li>admin menu in the dashboard.</li>
<li>amin notices in the dashboard after settings change or on error.</li>
<li>admin scripts in back end.</li>
<li>admin scripts on front end.</li>
</ul>
WPMUdev Domain Mapping support
<ul>
<li>This plugin fixes a few issues when you’re combining W3TC and Domain Mapping by automatically flushing the posts on a site. This eliminates confusion. 
This plugin allows you to adjust the output of a few filters. However, the defaults should work out for everyone.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Filters</h3>
Add a greater amount of pages and posts to be flushed on several actions 
 add_filter( ‘wap_limit_flush’, ‘my_wap_limit_flush’ ) 
 function my_wap_limit_flush() { 
 $limit = 50; // Default is 20.
<pre><code> return $limit;
}
</code></pre>
Flush everything, ignoring the limit 
 add_filter( ‘wap_flush_all’, ‘__return_true’ );

W3TC Auto Pilot

Put W3 Total Cache on auto pilot. This plugin allows you to control W3 Total Cache by simply using your website. So your cache is always up to date.

Manual Control for Jetpack vs W3TC Auto Pilot