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After fixing security issues, MainWP Dashboard offers you to reverse the fixing process and to unfix issues any time you like. To unfix issues, go to: MainWP Dashboard > Sites > Manage tab and under the URL column click on the Security Scan link and locate the Unfix link: If the WordPress Version, RSD (Really Simple Discovery) meta tag, and the Windows Live Writer meta tag issues are fixed (removed) by using some other plugin, MainWP Dashboard will detect issues Continue reading the post...

On the MainWP Dashboard you can find the Security Issues widget: When you click the Show All button you will get the list of all issues on your child sites: There you have an option to fix all issues or to fix all issues on the child site separately. Continue reading the post...

MainWP Sucuri Extension provides web-based malware scanning of your web sites using the latest in fingerprinting technology allowing you to determine if your web applications are out of date, exploited with malware, or even blacklisted by popular search engines. To Scan your child site, 1. Go to the MainWP Dashboard > Sites > Manage tab, 2. Locate the child site you want to scan, 3. In the URL column, under the site URL, locate the Security Scan link and click Continue reading the post...

The manage site table enable to sort your child sites by Site name, URL, Group, Last Sync date and Last Post date. By clicking on the column header you can change the order of your child sites. [box] MainWP Dashboard Plugin caches your site order so the next time you visit the manage sites page sites will be in the same order you have left them. [/box]   Continue reading the post...

If you want to quickly deactivate a plugin on certain child site, go to the Child Site Dashboard and locate the Plugins widget: There you can see plugins on that child site and you have an option to Deactivate wanted plugins. After you deactivate a plugin you can easily re-activate it. In the Inactive tab you have list of inactive plugins and you have an option to Activate or Delete your plugins:     Continue reading the post...

The Unique Security ID adds additional protection between the Child plugin and your Main Dashboard. The Unique Security ID will need to match when being added to the Main Dashboard. This is additional security and should not be needed in most situations. If you want to activate the security code feature go to: MainWP Child > Settings page, Click “Require Unique Security ID”, Click Save Changes button. This will give you the security code you need to enter on your Continue reading the post...

  Bulk Actions dropdown provides you ability to Sync, Delete, Test Connection and Open WP Admin or Front page on one or more child sites: To use the feature, select the wanted child site by checking the checkbox next to the child site, select the wanted action and click the Apply button. [box] By combining Filters and Bulk Actions features you can easily sync, delete, … a specific group of sites. For example, if you want to Sync only child Continue reading the post...

MainWP Dashboard enables you to filter your sites for easier managing: The Search sites field, will enable you to search for specific sites. The select dropdowns will enable you to filter your sites list to specific site group and/or site status. Search and filter results will be saved, so the next time you go to the Manage sites page, it will show only results from the last performed search/filter. [box] By combining Filters and Bulk Actions features you can easily Continue reading the post...

If you want to bulk add users go to: MainWP > Users > Add New and scroll down to Bulk Upload Section: To bulk add users you will need to properly format a csv file.  A sample csv file can be downloaded from your add users page. The fields in the csv file are as follows Username – The new username to create Email Address – The email address for the new user First Name – The first name of Continue reading the post...

If you want to create a post and make it “sticky” on your Child Sites, MainWP Dashboard allows you to do that. Go to the MainWP > Posts > Add New page, Setting the Article Title, Body and optionally other provided options, In the Publish Metabox, locate the Visibility option, Click on the Edit link, After additional options appear, check the Stick this post to the front page checkbox, Click the OK button, Select your child sites, and click the Publish Continue reading the post...