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Manage WordPress More Efficiently with the Latest MainWP Updates

Published on August 25, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, MainWP Add-ons
Manage WordPress More Efficiently with the Latest MainWP Updates
Product Updates Last week’s MainWP updates focused on more dependable reporting, cleaner monitoring settings, and better handling of authentication and background processes across several integrations. MainWP Dashboard and Child received smaller workflow improvements, while Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Pro Reports, WooCommerce Status, Wordfence, and BackWPup all picked up changes aimed at making routine site management and reporting more predictable. MainWP Core MainWP Dashboard 6.1.7 MainWP Dashboard 6.1.7 continues the work on the recently redesigned Connection Status widget with a Continue reading the post...

Less Manual Monitoring, More Reliable Coverage with MainWP

Published on August 18, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP Add-ons
Less Manual Monitoring, More Reliable Coverage with MainWP
Product Updates This round of updates focuses on making Domain and SSL Monitoring more automatic and dependable. Both add-ons now do a better job of keeping their monitored site lists in sync as you add new sites, reducing the amount of manual housekeeping needed as your MainWP Dashboard grows. MainWP Add-ons Domain Monitor 5.3 Domain Monitor 5.3 improves how domain checks are scheduled and managed. Newly connected sites are now added to domain monitoring automatically, while monitored site lists are Continue reading the post...

MainWP Enhances Dashboard Performance, Stronger Site Connections, and Expanded Wordfence Control

Published on August 3, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP Add-ons
MainWP Enhances Dashboard Performance, Stronger Site Connections, and Expanded Wordfence Control
Product Updates Last week’s releases improve performance across busy MainWP Dashboards, strengthen site connections, and add more control over Wordfence and SSL monitoring. MainWP Core MainWP Dashboard 6.1.5 MainWP Dashboard 6.1.5 focuses on faster loading and more dependable site connections. The Network Activity widget now limits its overview to the most recent 24 hours, reducing the data processed during routine Dashboard loading. The Updates Overview widget has also been optimized to load summary totals separately from detailed site and update Continue reading the post...

MainWP Updates: Smarter Monitoring, Safer Settings, and Faster Regression Testing

Published on July 27, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP Add-ons
MainWP Updates: Smarter Monitoring, Safer Settings, and Faster Regression Testing
Product Updates Last week’s MainWP updates improve monitoring accuracy, protect important settings, and reduce the work required to review regression test results. MainWP Dashboard and MainWP Child 6.1.4 focus on everyday maintenance tasks across connected sites. Regression Testing 5.2.1 improves how snapshot data is processed and keeps testing access aligned as sites are added or removed. For agencies and site care teams, this means clearer status information, fewer accidental configuration changes, and faster visual checks before updates are rolled out Continue reading the post...

Security Enhancements, Reliability Fixes, and a New AdSanity Integration

Published on June 22, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, MainWP Add-ons
Security Enhancements, Reliability Fixes, and a New AdSanity Integration
Product Updates These updates are focused on connection security in MainWP Child, a database installer fix for Code Snippets, and a new third-party add-on for teams managing AdSanity across multiple WordPress sites. MainWP Child 6.1.2 MainWP Child 6.1.2 improves connection verification for passwordless setups. If Password Authentication is disabled, adding or reconnecting a child site now requires the Unique Security ID. This applies to manual connections, reconnects, the MainWP REST API, and other automations. For agencies and site care teams Continue reading the post...

MainWP Updates: Sharper, Cleaner, More Reliable – June 9, 2026

MainWP Updates: Sharper, Cleaner, More Reliable – June 9, 2026
Last week’s MainWP updates focused on maintenance improvements across Core, with larger workflow updates for the Custom Dashboard and Pressable Integration extensions. Product Updates MainWP Dashboard and MainWP Child received reliability updates for logging, permissions, authentication handling, and update checks. Custom Dashboard and Pressable Integration brought more visible improvements for snippet editing, Pressable site mapping, credential handling, and cleaner admin workflows. MainWP Core MainWP Dashboard 6.1.1 MainWP Dashboard 6.1.1 is a focused maintenance release that improves log processing, directory permission Continue reading the post...

MainWP 6.1 Strengthens the Core, as Extensions Continue to Evolve

MainWP 6.1 Strengthens the Core, as Extensions Continue to Evolve
This week’s MainWP updates focus on practical improvements that make WordPress site management smoother, including stronger credential handling, cleaner activity logs, better cache control, more reliable reporting, and fewer background task issues. MainWP Dashboard 6.1 and MainWP Child 6.1 lead this week’s releases, while several extension and documentation updates deliver practical improvements for agencies and site care teams managing WordPress sites at scale. Product Updates The week of May 25th brought a full set of MainWP updates, led by the Continue reading the post...

Introducing Update Brief for MainWP: Turn Client Reports Into Proof of Your Value

Published on June 1, 2026 by Marc Benzakein under About, MainWP Add-ons, MainWP Updates
Introducing Update Brief for MainWP: Turn Client Reports Into Proof of Your Value
If you manage WordPress websites for clients, you’ve probably run into the same problem over and over again. You spend time maintaining sites, applying updates, monitoring security, fixing compatibility issues, and keeping everything running smoothly… but when the client sees their monthly report, all they see is: “WooCommerce updated from 10.4.3 to 10.5.3.” That doesn’t tell the full story. It doesn’t explain the security vulnerabilities that were patched, the performance improvements that were introduced, or the new features that are Continue reading the post...

MainWP 6.1 Keeps Taking Shape – May 26, 2026

MainWP 6.1 Keeps Taking Shape – May 26, 2026
This week’s updates are all about making MainWP more dependable behind the scenes and easier to manage day to day. From cleaner activity logs and better permission controls to stronger recovery handling across add-ons, these changes focus on the small details that make a big difference when managing WordPress sites at scale. Product Updates Last week’s updates focused on MainWP 6.1 Early Release builds, cleaner activity logs, improved permission handling, and more reliable add-on workflows. The practical result: better oversight, Continue reading the post...

Manage Your Patchstack Through MainWP

Manage Your Patchstack Through MainWP
This month, not only are we celebrating 12 years of MainWP, but we’re also celebrating yet another partnership. This time, it’s Patchstack. You may already be familiar with Patchstack, but if not, they focus on vulnerability mitigation for WordPress websites. They are the largest WordPress vulnerability discloser and work with over 1,100 plugins as security partners. What that means in practical terms is simple. Patchstack helps protect your sites by mitigating vulnerabilities before they’re actively exploited. The Webinar Last week, Continue reading the post...

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