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 get started you need to go to your MainWP Dashboard then visit Settings and click on the Advanced Options tab. Once there you will see three options: Cross IP Settings: This tells your Dashboard how fast to hit your child sites on different IPs IP

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. Let me start this tutorial with one rather large caveat, if you are not someone who is familiar with servers you will need to read some tutorials to get things up and running properly. Don’t let that scare you! I’m as far from a server person

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) September 23, 2016 I’m not a security expert so I’ll send you over to SecuPress for more information on the vulnerability so you can determine if you would like to remove the plugin. As of now the issue still has not been fixed and

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 to your Dashboard site Go to the WP > Plugins > Add New page Search for MainWP Child Plugin Install it and Activate it just like any other WordPress plugin Next, go to the MainWP > Sites > Add New site