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The latest updates, features, and improvements in MainWP software.
AI-Assisted Updates, Human Approval: What’s New in MainWP 6.3
MainWP 6.3 is Now Available! MainWP 6.3 takes WordPress management a step further with smarter AI integration, enhanced management capabilities, and improved update management over your connected sites. This release brings agency knowledge and AI-powered tools closer together, making it easier than ever to manage, automate, and scale your WordPress operations. All from one central dashboard! Continue reading the post...
MainWP 6.3 Early Access: Give AI the Context to Manage WordPress Your Way
Published on October 7, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP Updates, WordPress Performance
AI can already answer questions about WordPress. Giving it access to manage your sites is the easy part. The harder part is making sure it understands how your agency wants those sites managed. Which updates should be avoided? Are there special instructions for a particular client? Does one site have a maintenance requirement that doesn’t apply anywhere else? And before an AI tool makes a change across several sites, can you see exactly what it intends to do? Those are Continue reading the post...
MainWP Child 6.2.2 Security Update
Published on October 6, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP Updates, WordPress Performance
We have released an important security update for MainWP Child that affects its Clone/Restore functionality. The issue was responsibly reported by Rafie Muhammad through MainWP’s security program on Patchstack. We thank them for following responsible disclosure practices. At the time of publication, we are not aware of any active exploitation of this vulnerability. What Was the Issue? During a Clone/Restore operation, MainWP Child processes stored database values so site URLs can be updated correctly. Under specific conditions, specially crafted content Continue reading the post...
More Reliable Site Health and Update Tracking in MainWP
Published on October 5, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP Updates, WordPress Performance
Product Updates Last week’s core releases focused on more reliable monitoring, clearer update reporting, and fewer inconsistencies between the MainWP Dashboard and connected Child sites. MainWP Core MainWP Dashboard 6.2.1 MainWP Dashboard 6.2.1 improves uptime monitoring across the site lifecycle. Enabling monitoring globally now restores affected monitors, missing primary monitors are repaired automatically, and removing a website also clears its related monitoring data. Dashboard 6.2.1 also provides clearer plugin, theme, and translation upgrade status reporting, along with more consistent update Continue reading the post...
Safer Changes, Clearer Results Across MainWP
Published on September 28, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, MainWP Add-ons, MainWP Updates, WordPress Performance
Product Updates Last week’s add-on updates focused on safer cache management, clearer Google Search Console workflows, and better control over custom code. The result is more reliable maintenance with fewer surprises across your connected sites. MainWP Add-on Updates Cache Control Integration 5.3 Cache Control Integration 5.3 improves bulk cache purging with stronger authorization, site validation, separate per-site results, and retry options when outcomes are mixed or unsuccessful. Cloudflare credential handling is also safer during encrypted-storage migrations and failed save or Continue reading the post...
Fine-Tune Your MainWP Setup: Security, Automation, and Backups
Published on September 22, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP Add-ons, MainWP Updates, WordPress Performance
Product Updates Last week’s add-on releases focus on more reliable security monitoring, backups, and day-to-day site management. The updates improve data accuracy, reduce unnecessary processing, and make larger MainWP Dashboards easier to review. MainWP Add-on Virusdie Integration 5.1 Virusdie Integration 5.1 improves scan synchronization and report accuracy, with corrected Dashboard columns, clearer firewall and autocleanup indicators, and consistent file-size formatting. Connection handling, manual scan validation, account entitlement checks, and database updates are also more reliable. Stronger input validation keeps sensitive Continue reading the post...
MainWP 6.2: Clearer Oversight, Broader Management, Smoother Workflows
Published on September 15, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP Updates, WordPress Performance
Product Updates MainWP 6.2 brings better system monitoring, broader remote management capabilities, and more predictable API workflows. The updates give agencies clearer oversight of their connected sites while reducing friction during routine maintenance. MainWP Dashboard 6.2 MainWP Dashboard 6.2 adds a new Database section to Server Information, bringing database version, size, prefix, privilege status, and table health into one view. Database size notices now include clearer spacing and context on the Operations and Client Overview pages. A new System Monitor Continue reading the post...
MainWP 6.1.8 Brings Better Monitoring and Backups
Product Updates Last week’s MainWP updates focused on more accurate monitoring, clearer Network Activity records, broader backup support, and more predictable site management. MainWP Dashboard 6.1.8 adds cache bypass controls for Uptime Monitoring and support for the Cloudways REST API v2. MainWP Child 6.1.8 improves BackWPup management, Network Activity tracking, Clone session security, and System Report controls. MainWP Dashboard 6.1.8 MainWP Dashboard 6.1.8 adds the option to bypass cache during Uptime Monitoring checks. The setting can be configured globally or Continue reading the post...
MainWP 6.1.6: Better Site Visibility, Uptime Monitoring & REST API Workflows
Product Updates Last week’s MainWP updates focused on better site visibility, more reliable monitoring, and continued REST API improvements. MainWP Dashboard 6.1.6 also introduces a redesigned Connection Status widget, making it easier to identify connection issues and reconnect affected sites without leaving the Dashboard. MainWP Core MainWP Dashboard 6.1.6 MainWP Dashboard 6.1.6 improves several areas agencies rely on during routine site management. The redesigned Connection Status widget now includes tabbed filtering, live connection totals, paginated site details, and the option Continue reading the post...
Bring AI to Your WordPress Workflow with the MainWP MCP Server
Published on July 21, 2026 by Cameron Dornon under About, Important Updates, MainWP News, MainWP Updates, WordPress Business, WordPress Performance
Managing a fleet of WordPress sites involves a steady stream of questions and operational work: which sites need updates, which child sites are disconnected, what changed after a maintenance window, and where a remediation should begin. MainWP MCP (Model Context Protocol) gives compatible AI clients a structured way to work with that information. You can ask in natural language while the server converts the selected action into a defined MainWP ability call. The positioning is simple: AI interprets intent. MainWP Continue reading the post...
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