Fine-Tune Your MainWP Setup: Security, Automation, and Backups

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 API data out of debug logs, while fewer database queries help larger Dashboards run more efficiently.

Wordfence Integration 5.2.2

Wordfence Integration 5.2.2 corrects how site-specific settings are saved, helping ensure changes use the intended settings section for each individual site.

BackWPup Integration 5.2

BackWPup Integration 5.2 improves backup retrieval across local and global configurations by filtering invalid jobs, avoiding unnecessary requests, and correcting displayed backup counts. The release also adds compatibility improvements for the latest BackWPup version, prevents conflicts when the standalone plugin is active on the Dashboard site, and strengthens the handling of licenses, settings, missing records, and database queries. Updated S3 and Glacier options, database schema validation, and cleaner scheduling and export controls make backup management more predictable.

Patchstack Integration 6.1

Patchstack Integration 6.1 introduces a server-side overview table with search, sorting, pagination, status details, and loading indicators. Site data, API responses, reloads, and empty states are handled more consistently, while clearer synchronization feedback and bulk-action warnings make vulnerability reviews easier to manage across connected sites.

Documentation Updates

Virusdie protection controls — Learn how to enable or disable Firewall and AutoCleanup for individual sites, including the account and plan requirements.

Patchstack plugin visibility — Updated instructions explain how to hide or restore the Patchstack plugin in Child Site plugin lists and admin menus directly from MainWP Dashboard.

MainWP Control — New guidance explains unattended login, adjusting request timeouts, and retrieving complete update reports for more reliable automated workflows.

BackWPup backup setup — The guide now explains how running a global backup includes newly added eligible sites and highlights the PHP 8.1 requirement before upgrading to Add-on version 5.2.