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The MainWP Clean and Lock extension enables you to remove unwanted WordPress menus from the dashboard backend. To do that go to: MainWP > Extensions > Clean and Lock > MainWP Clean and Lock Extension tab and at the bottom locate the Dashboard Site Cleanup section: There check all menus you want to remove and click the Save Settings button.   Continue reading the post...

If you want to update your themes by a site group go to: MainWP > Sites > Manage tab. In the dropdown menu select wanted site group and click Display button: Select wanted sites in the group, chose the Update Themes bulk action in the dropdown menu and click Apply button:   Continue reading the post...

If you want to update your plugins by a site group go to: MainWP > Sites > Manage tab. In the dropdown menu select wanted site group and click Display button: Select wanted sites in the group, chose the Update Plugins bulk action in the dropdown menu and click Apply button: Continue reading the post...

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...

If you want to ignore Updates for individual Child Sites go to the Child Site edit tab and locate the ignore options in the General Options box: Set this options to YES and click the Update Site button on the bottom of the page. With this option enabled MainWP Dashboard will ignore all Updates for the Child Site. [box] You can ignore Core, Plugin or Theme Updates separately. [box]   Continue reading the post...

If you use a premium theme or plugins on your child site and automated updates are not available, you can upload and update them from your dashboard. To do that go to the Themes (Plugins) > Install Page. Click the Upload tab: Click the Upload Now button and upload your theme from your computer. After that select wanted sites. Make sure the Overwrite Existing options is checked and click the Install Now button: Your Theme (Plugin) will be overwritten by the Continue reading the post...

  To schedule posts on your child sites go to:  MainWP > Posts and go to Add New tab: After preparing your content select wanted sites: Do not publish your articles yet. First locate the Publish box and click the Edit link next to do “Publish immediately” label. Scheduling options will appear. Set wanted time and date and click the OK button: Click the Schedule button:   Continue reading the post...

By default MainWP dashboard is set to show 20 sites per page on your Manage sites table. If you want to change the number of sites per page,  locate the Screen Options tab in the top right corner and set the wanted number of sites that you want to be on your page:   After setting the number click Apply button and your Dashboard will adjust number of sites:     Continue reading the post...

  If you want MainWP dashboard to update Plugins and/or Themes automatically for you, you need to enable the Auto Updates feature and to mark plugins (themes) you trust to be automatically updated. Enabling Auto Updates Feature To enable auto updates, go to: MainWP> Settings> Global option tab and locate the Upgrade options box: In Automatic daily update box choose Install Trusted Updates option and click the Save Settings button in the bottom of the page. Marking Plugins (Themes) as Continue reading the post...

By default updates in the MainWP Dashboard appear in a per plugin view. This means that if you list all your available updates in the right now widget the list will show all your plugins with available updates. You can switch this view and show the updates per site if you prefer. To do this , go to the MainWP > Settings > Global options tab, locked the Upgrade options box and set the View upgrades per site to YES: Continue reading the post...