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If you want to change your extensions view go to: MainWP > Extensions > Manage Extensions tab and locate Expand/Collapse buttons: When you set the Expand mode you will get bigger icons and more information about extensions: Collapse mod will get you smaller icons and less information about extensions:   Continue reading the post...

If your Manage Sites table looks crowded, you can easily remove columns that you don’t need. To hide unwanted columns and free some space in the table, click the Screen Options box at the top right corner: and un-check columns you don’t need. Columns will be removed instantly. Continue reading the post...

When creating a new post if you want to assign it to a new category you can create that category from your Dashboard. To do that go to: MainWP > Posts > Add New tab and on the right side of the page locate Categories metabox. There you have the option Add New Category. When you click that option, the field will appear: In that field, write wanted category name and click Add New Category button. New category will appear Continue reading the post...

If you want to receive notifications from your MainWP Dashboard on multiple email addresses or you want more people to get notifications you can add multiple email addresses in the Notification Email filed separated with comma: After inserting addresses, click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page.   Continue reading the post...

The History of MainWP Backups When we first started on the journey that has become MainWP, we didn’t even have a backups section in the plugin. It wasn’t until it was suggested by a few users in the Beta that we even thought of adding it. As first time Plugin developers we jumped at the chance to add something “cool” to the plugin without fully vetting the idea and to this day that decision has eaten up more development and Continue reading the post...

If you want to ignore Updates for individual Child Sites go to the Child Site edit tab and locate the ignore options in the General Options box: Set this options to YES and click the Update Site button on the bottom of the page. With this option enabled MainWP Dashboard will ignore all Updates for the Child Site. [box] You can ignore Core, Plugin or Theme Updates separately. [box]   Continue reading the post...

On your Dashboard you will notice that your Dashboard Plugin shows you time and date on various places: If you want to have custom time and date format in your Dashboard go to WordPress Settings: Set your custom settings and click the Save Changes button: Continue reading the post...

If you use the Offline Check features by default your MainWP Dashboard is set to send you email notification only if your child site is down. If you set the Offline notification to YES: you will be notified after each check even if you child site is up.   Continue reading the post...

Recent Posts widget, on your MainWP Dashboard page, shows you last 5 posts from your network: Under the post title you can find tools to quickly Unpublish/Publish, Edit, Delete and View the post: [box] On the Individual Site Dashboard, you will be able to see last 5 posts only from the selected child site. [/box]   Continue reading the post...

MainWP Dashboard plugin allows you to show child site icons (favicons): If the option is enabled, icons will show in Manage Sites table and Select Sites box. By default, this option is enabled. To turn off that option, go to: MainWP > Dashboard > Settings > Global Option tab and locate Use Child Site Favicon option on Global Option options box and set on NO: and click the Save Settings button at the bottom of page.   Continue reading the post...