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Step-by-step guides on using MainWP to manage WordPress sites effectively.
Replace Any Text on your Child Sites
MainWP Branding Extension allows you to customize your WordPress (child) sites. With the Branding extension you can easily Replace any Text on your child sites. This mechanism provides you the ability to replace any word or phrase on your child sites. Simply in the first (Find This Text) field enter a text you want to replace and in the second field (Replace With This) enter a new text. After you update settings, the extension will replace the text in the Admin area Continue reading the post...
Custom Login and Admin CSS
MainWP Branding Extension allows you to customize your WordPress (child) sites. With the Branding extension you can easily apply a Custom Login Screen CSS and a Custom WP Admin CSS. Custom Admin CSS This option enables you to add your custom css code which will be applied only on the Admin Area of your child sites. Use the provided text box to add your custom classes and when you are ready click the Save Settings button: Deleting the custom CSS Continue reading the post...
Edit Site Generator
MainWP Branding Extension allows you to customize your WordPress (child) sites. With the Branding extension you can easily Change the Site Generator. This option allows you to tweak the Generator meta tag on your child sites. If you check the <head></head> section in source code of your child sites, you will be able to see that WordPress is using this code: <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.9"> If you want to hide the WordPress version you will need to hide this part Continue reading the post...
Global and Dashboard Footer Content
MainWP Branding Extension allows you to customize your WordPress (child) sites. With the Branding extension you can easily Add/Change the Global and Admin Footer Content. This options provides you the ability to add custom content to your child sites Footer (Backend). Enter your content and click the Save Settings button. The content will appear at the bottom of all pages in the Front End / Admin area of your child sites. If you want to delete the custom content , just Continue reading the post...
Schedule Maintenance Task
MainWP Maintenance Extension allows you to schedule a maintenance task. To do that go to: MainWP > Extensions > MainWP Maintenance Extension and on the NEW SCHEDULE tab set your maintenance options: Select the child sites your new maintenance job should apply to: And click the Schedule Maintenance button. Continue reading the post...
Quickly Jump to a Child Site Dashboard
To quick access to Child Site Dashboard click the globe icon in your dashboard footer and choose wanted site: Use the provided filter to locate your site faster. Continue reading the post...
How to Install Plugin Groups to Child Sites
The MainWP Favorites Extension allows you to install a group of plugins to your child sites. To do that go to: MainWP > Plugins > Favorites Plugins tab. There select the wanted sites: If you already have the Plugins installed, you can overwrite the existing ones by checking the Overwrite existing checkbox. Also If you want to automatically activate the Plugins, make sure that the Activate plugin after installation checkbox is checked: And locate the group in the groups list Continue reading the post...
301 Redirects
The MainWP Clean and Lock Extension allows you to redirect all visits on not-wp-admin pages of your dashboard site. To do that go to: MainWP > Extensions > MainWP Clean and Lock Extension and enter an URL Address where you want to redirect visitors and click the Save Settings button: Continue reading the post...
Clear Non-Essential Content from your Child Sites
MainWP Maintenance Extension allows you to: Delete post revisions Delete auto draft posts Delete trash posts Delete spam comments Delete pending comments Delete trash comments Delete tags with 0 posts associated Delete categories with 0 posts associated Optimize database tables To do that go to: MainWP > Extensions > MainWP Maintenance Extension and on the RUN NOW tab select your maintenance options, wanted child sites, after that click the Perform Maintenance button: Continue reading the post...
Quick Jump Navigation
If you want to jump from Individual Child Site Page (Dashboard, Edit, Backup, Security Scan) to another Individual Child Page, in top right corner locate the Jump to drop down menu and chose where you want to go: First select wanted Child Site, then wanted page and you will be prompted to the selected page. Continue reading the post...
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