MainWP FAQs
When I push changes from Live to Staging, Child Site needs to be reconnected, why?
Last modifiled: January 27, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsWhen a Child Site is connected to a MainWP Dashboard, it creates an OpenSSL encrypted connection where the pubkey (Public key) gets saved to the Child Site database. After pushing changes from the Live Site to Staging, or Staging to Live, the process includes the pubkey value (which is unique… Read more...
How MainWP Dashboard & Child synchronization process works?
Last modifiled: January 27, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsTo communicate with a child site, the MainWP Dashboard plugin will execute an HTTPS request using cURL. Basic sync (HTTPS) request contains three basic parameters as required: Username - Administrator user username that is used for establishing a secure connection between MainWP Dashboard and Child Sites Function - Name of… Read more...
How can I move Child Sites to another MainWP Dashboard?
Last modifiled: January 27, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsMove your MainWP Dashboard to another host The easiest way to move all your Child Sites to another MainWP Dashboard is to follow these simple steps: Export your Child Sites Break the connection between your MainWP Dashboard and Child Sites Import your websites to your new MainWP Dashboard Export your… Read more...
Are you guys watching what I am doing?
Last modifiled: January 27, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsNope! We know some developers like to keep tight control of what is happening with their plugins, but these are your websites, and we have 100% respect for your privacy. Read more...
How secure is the MainWP plugin?
Last modifiled: January 27, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsLet's go through the security measures we utilize to keep MainWP and your websites safe. Your MainWP Dashboard and your Child Sites have OpenSSL encrypted communication. If OpenSSL is not available on your servers, or does not work properly, MainWP uses PHPSecLib as a fallback A website can only be added… Read more...
Why does “Self-hosted” and “Open Source” matter?
Last modifiled: January 27, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsWe believe that with WordPress management solutions that are hosted on the developer's servers or are self-hosted but contain encrypted code that you can never truly be sure how that information is being used or even what information about your sites is being gathered. Since MainWP is hosted on your… Read more...
What port and User Agent does MainWP use?
Last modifiled: July 28, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsThe MainWP Dashboard plugin will communicate with your Child sites using port 80 on HTTP connections and port 443 on HTTPS connections. The user agent sent is: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MainWP/5.4.0.16; +http://mainwp.com) The version number in bold changes with each release. Read more...
What does “Possibly Abandoned” mean?
Last modifiled: January 27, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsThis feature checks the last updated status of plugins and themes and alerts you if not updated in a specific amount of time. This gives you insight into if the author may have abandoned a plugin or theme. By default, the threshold is set to 365 days which means that… Read more...
Am I allowed to change wp-admin and wp-login.php URL?
Last modifiled: January 27, 2025 Category: MainWP FAQsChanging /wp-admin/ MainWP supports customized /wp-admin/ installations. If your child sites have custom /wp-admin/ path, sites will connect to your Dashboard. By default, MainWP Dashboard will try to reach http://url.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php; if it fails, it will retry with http://url.com. Changing WP Admin is allowed only on the Child Site. Changing it… Read more...