If you read my post, Installing your MainWP Dashboard on a DigitalOcean Droplet, you will notice 2 things, I am NOT a server admin and setting up a Digital Ocean for MainWP could be a pain in the neck. I’ve been constantly intrigued by cloud hosting and when I wrote the DigitalOcean post back in…
Ever wondered how you can build a self-contained WordPress maintenance machine to add an additional revenue stream? WooCommerce combined with MainWP can be used to complete the loop of a self-contained WordPress maintenance business with the help of WooCommerce’s Subscriptions plugin. Here at MainWP, we provide the goods to help website developers build a…
Most of the time when I developed websites for my customers, I was the first person the company or organization used to build a website. Therefore, I missed on some key elements. Content is one of those elements. I learned. The client didn’t know what he or she should be gathering. I thought, and they did…
The protege sat with the master copywriter and asked him the question that would solve all her problems. “Master,” she said, “what is the secret to engaging content? What can I do to make my content be more receptive?” With this, the master thought, slowly taking a sip of his tea and pondered. He leaned…
I decided to create this brief tutorial on using the Bulk Settings Manager to update your Permalinks when I received a support ticket from a user who needed a way to updated them on 200 of his WordPress sites. Required Extension: Bulk Settings Manager Required Plugin: MainWP Key Maker Note: These 13 steps may seem long…
So, over at the MainWP Facebook Group page (you are a member, right?), Luke Cavanagh brought up the issue of privacy in connection to the WordPress API. It seems there is a trac ticket, #16778, that has been submitted for six years over at the Core Trac at WordPress. For a couple of hours yesterday,…
Today we’re going to review how to speed up your MainWP Dashboard sync and update functions. Out of the box your MainWP Dashboard comes with default settings setup to not crash shared hosting or poorly setup servers. However, through your Advanced Options you can speed up your MainWP Dashboard to match the power of your servers. To…
Preface Over on the MainWP User group there was a few mentions on how well a small DigitalOcean Droplet performed with a large number of child sites. I’ve never used a DigitalOcean droplet so decided to give it a test myself with the MainWP Dashboard on a Droplet and child sites on different non-DigitalOcean servers.…
W3 Total Cache is one of the more popular caching plugins with over 1 million active installs and there is a current report of high risk explot that has been disclosed: No update on W3 Total Cache SSRF reported over 4 months ago. Fix is basically adding 1 character #responsibledisclosure #wordpress #plugin— Klikki Oy (@klikkioy)…
Can I add MainWP Dashboard site as a Child Site? This is a question that I see in MainWP Support almost every day and the answer is Yes! There are multiple reasons why you should do this, however, I will focus on one in this article. First, let me guide you through the process of connecting a dashboard to itself. Go…
