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The MainWP Clean and Lock extension enables you to remove unwanted WordPress menus from the dashboard backend. To do that go to: MainWP > Extensions > Clean and Lock > MainWP Clean and Lock Extension tab and at the bottom locate the Dashboard Site Cleanup section: There check all menus you want to remove and click the Save Settings button.   Continue reading the post...

If you want to update your themes by a site group go to: MainWP > Sites > Manage tab. In the dropdown menu select wanted site group and click Display button: Select wanted sites in the group, chose the Update Themes bulk action in the dropdown menu and click Apply button:   Continue reading the post...

If suddenly your Monitors disappear from your Advanced Uptime Monitor extension and you notice a message such as “No monitors have been created yet” go to: MainWP > Extensions > Advanced Uptime Monitor > Advanced Uptime Monitor Extension tab and locate the Reload Uptime Robot Data button:   After clicking that button your Monitors should be back. This process syncs your extension with your Uptime Robot account. Continue reading the post...

If you need do Deactivate plugins on your child sites go to: MainWP > Plugins > Manage tab, select wanted child sites and in the Status dropdown menu chose Active (a plugin needs to be Active in order to be Deactivated): Click the Show Plugins button. After that, in the Choose Action dropdown menu,  you will have the Deactivate option: To Activate or Delete a plugin select Inactive (a plugin needs to be Deactivated in order for it to be Activated or Deleted). To only View or Continue reading the post...

If you want to clean up your sites table, you can enable the Actions column. Since the column provides you all necessary shortcuts and actions, you can remove a few other columns:     Following actions (links) are provided in respective order:   Open Child Site Dashboard Edit Child Site Open Child Site WP Admin Sync Child Site Show Security Scan Report Test Connection Backup Child Site Add New Post Show Child Site SEO Open Child Site Notes Continue reading the post...

If you want to update your plugins by a site group go to: MainWP > Sites > Manage tab. In the dropdown menu select wanted site group and click Display button: Select wanted sites in the group, chose the Update Plugins bulk action in the dropdown menu and click Apply button: Continue reading the post...

You can set your MainWP plugin to send an email notification to your email address when your backup starts. To turn on this notification go to: MainWP > Settings page > Global Options tab and find the Backup Options section, there locate the Send Email when a backup starts option and set it to YES:   After that click the Save Settings button on the bottom of page. Continue reading the post...

When you are adding monitor to your child sites, the Advanced Uptime Monitor Extension enables you to choose which Monitor Type you want. Here are short details about monitor types: http(s): that’s perfect for website monitoring. The service regularly sends requests (which are the same as if a visitor is browsing your website) to the URL and decides if it is up or down depending on the HTTP statuses returned from the website (200-success, 404-not found, etc.) ping: this is good Continue reading the post...

You can set your MainWP plugin to send an email notification to your email address if your backup fails. To turn on Backup failure notification go to: MainWP > Settings page > Global Options tab and find the Backup Options section, there locate the Send Email when a backup fails option and set it to YES: After that click the Save Settings button on the bottom of page.     Continue reading the post...

If you want to quickly view notes for your child site, go to Child Site Dashboard and locate the Notes widget. In the widget body you will be able to see all you notes for that site. Use the Edit Notes button if you want to quickly edit your notes on your child site.     Continue reading the post...