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Today WordPress released 4.3.1 a security and maintenance update that should of been automatically updated on most of your Child sites.  You can check the Announcement post or release notes for more details on what is contained in this new version. We noticed with this version about 30% of our testing sites were returning the database upgrade required message “WordPress has been updated! Before we can send you on your way, what have to update your database to the newest Continue reading the post...

It’s been about 24 hours since our last announcement and about 48 hours since the first report of any issues (Check here for the original post) . Where things currently stand: So far we have only see Child sites running version 2.0.26 or lower affected. The first report came in about 4 days after the release of the security fix and still only affects un-updated sites. Update: Septemeber 9th We have found that the malicious file makes it look like Continue reading the post...

Please check this post for additional information as of September 8th 2015! This is something we have been tracking today and we currently have reports from 5 users about someone targeting MainWP users using versions of the MainWP Child Plugin older than 2.0.27. On each site, we were able to check, an older version of the Child Plugin was being used. Using this exploit the person is able to gain full access to your Child sites.   If you updated Continue reading the post...

Importance of load time can hardly be overestimated. One in every four visitors leaves if the load time isn’t under 4 seconds, and if that isn’t worrying enough, it also impacts their behavior on the website even if they stay. Namely, their inclination to create an account, subscribe, shop, etc. So let’s go over some of the basics of creating a speedy WordPress website and keeping it that way. Hosting service The base of it all. It doesn’t matter how light and Continue reading the post...

If you want to unignore possibly abandoned Plugin or a team go to: MainWP  > Plugins > Ignored Abandoned page. There locate the wanted Plugin and click the Allow button on his right side:   Continue reading the post...

WordPress 4.3 has a cron issue which may affect your sites.  There is a bug in WordPress 4.3, core not MainWP, which can affect some sites causing high CPU loads and / or Database issues but don’t worry with MainWP you can have it fixed on all your sites in just a few steps. The Issue  “Just spent a few hours debugging two sites which went down and tracked it down to wp_options cron exploding in size. There apparently is Continue reading the post...

MainWP has become an invaluable tool in my arsenal of weapons against compromised sites and people trying to compromise my clients. It helps me maintain and upgrade all of my client sites, as well as back them up on a daily basis. I store full server backups as well as individual site backups thanks to the set of tools I have available, and Amazon handles all of my backup needs, with MainWP as the facilitator. Without the remote backups extension, Continue reading the post...

We had an update recently to WordPress 4.3 that caused a few plugins to have some notices displayed on your websites and blogs. This is normal, over time old code and methods of doing things are deprecated, meaning they are “retired” from normal everyday use. The notice actually gave you a LOT of time to fix your code, as these are PHP4 style constructors. When you get a notice on your screen similar to the one above (which may also Continue reading the post...

I noticed another WordPress Management solution charges almost a $100 a year to use their two-factor authentication add-on however since MainWP is a WordPress Plugin you can add two-factor authentication to your MainWP Dashboard for free. In case you haven’t heard of it before, two-factor authentication is a security process in which the user provides two means of identification from separate categories of credentials. This post will go over two separate plugins that integrate WordPress and their two-factor authentication systems. Continue reading the post...

Your Dashboard allows you to show or hide useful footer bar. To do that, go to: MainWP > Settings > Dashboard Options page and locate Hide MainWP Footer button and set it to fit your needs: Continue reading the post...