📢 Step into MainWP 4.5: Main Navigation Redesigned, Flexible Widgets, & Beyond!

After continuous testing and your valuable feedback, I am super excited to bring you MainWP 4.5, which includes flexible widgets, enhanced encryption for 3rd party API keys, updates to various Extensions, and more.

We have also redesigned the MainWP Dashboard navigation to be more user-friendly and to accommodate future additions.

Here’s a quick walkthrough for MainWP 4.5:

– MainWP Dashboard Navigation Redesigned

We simplified the main navigation by introducing a 3-level navigation layout, which allows additional room for upcoming releases while keeping things organized.

This also ensures that you quickly find the options you’re looking for, adding more simplicity to your experience.

– Introducing Flexible Widgets

Enjoy a seamless experience by quickly dragging, dropping, stretching, and shrinking all widgets instead of a fixed two or three columns layout.

With Flexible Widgets, you’ll be able to adjust widgets that perfectly suit your needs. Customizing your dashboard has never been easier!

– Site Specific Search for Plugins & Themes

Alongside the existing Per Item view in the “Manage Plugins” and “Manage Themes” screens, we have introduced the all-new Per Site view to enhance your plugins and themes management workflow.

– Find Sites with Missing Plugins & Themes

The MainWP 4.5 introduces a new addition to the Search Options – the “Not installed” status on both Manage Plugins and Manage Themes pages.

Finding Child Sites that don’t have specific plugins or themes is now incredibly easy!

– 3 New Widgets on Client’s Overview Page

We’ve added three new widgets to the Client Overview page: Recent Posts, Recent Pages, and Non-MainWP Changes.

These widgets will display data for Child Sites mapped to a client, allowing you to get quick insights.

– Permissions for MainWP REST API Keys

Starting MainWP 4.5, you’ll be able to set Read, Write, and Delete permissions for each MainWP REST API key. This means you can now limit keys to specific types of actions.

This added security feature gives you more control over your MainWP installation and data.

– OpenSSL Signature Verification Algorithm

The MainWP 4.5 allows you to pick a custom Signature Verification Algorithm and use PHPSecLib as an alternative to OpenSSL. Set these globally or per site.

Previously, MainWP used SHA1, but to ensure compatibility with OpenSSL 3 updates, MainWP now uses a more secure SHA256 by default.

– PHPSecLib as a Fallback to OpenSSL

We’ve introduced PHPSecLib as a fallback option to OpenSSL, which helps when setting up localhosts that might have configuration challenges.

This ensures smooth setup and added flexibility, enhancing your overall experience with MainWP.

– Enhanced Encryption System

MainWP 4.5 brings in a top-notch encryption and decryption system for 3rd party API keys, taking security to a whole new level.

This security enhancement ensures your 3rd party API keys are stored safer than ever.

– Over 20 Extensions Updated

We have updated various MainWP Extensions, ensuring seamless compatibility with the new layout and flexible widgets.

Besides all the above exciting updates, we’ve also added a “Jump to WP Admin” icon when an update process fails for a Child Site. This allows you to quickly jump into the WP Admin area of that site to troubleshoot.

For more details, take a look at the complete changelog for MainWP Dashboard and MainWP Child.

These additions will significantly enhance your experience, providing more flexibility, customization options, and better organization capabilities.