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If you want to quickly deactivate a plugin on certain child site, go to the Child Site Dashboard and locate the Plugins widget: There you can see plugins on that child site and you have an option to Deactivate wanted plugins. After you deactivate a plugin you can easily re-activate it. In the Inactive tab you have list of inactive plugins and you have an option to Activate or Delete your plugins:     Continue reading the post...

The Unique Security ID adds additional protection between the Child plugin and your Main Dashboard. The Unique Security ID will need to match when being added to the Main Dashboard. This is additional security and should not be needed in most situations. If you want to activate the security code feature go to: MainWP Child > Settings page, Click “Require Unique Security ID”, Click Save Changes button. This will give you the security code you need to enter on your Continue reading the post...

  Bulk Actions dropdown provides you ability to Sync, Delete, Test Connection and Open WP Admin or Front page on one or more child sites: To use the feature, select the wanted child site by checking the checkbox next to the child site, select the wanted action and click the Apply button. [box] By combining Filters and Bulk Actions features you can easily sync, delete, … a specific group of sites. For example, if you want to Sync only child Continue reading the post...

MainWP Dashboard enables you to filter your sites for easier managing: The Search sites field, will enable you to search for specific sites. The select dropdowns will enable you to filter your sites list to specific site group and/or site status. Search and filter results will be saved, so the next time you go to the Manage sites page, it will show only results from the last performed search/filter. [box] By combining Filters and Bulk Actions features you can easily Continue reading the post...

If you want to bulk add users go to: MainWP > Users > Add New and scroll down to Bulk Upload Section: To bulk add users you will need to properly format a csv file.  A sample csv file can be downloaded from your add users page. The fields in the csv file are as follows Username – The new username to create Email Address – The email address for the new user First Name – The first name of Continue reading the post...

If you want to create a post and make it “sticky” on your Child Sites, MainWP Dashboard allows you to do that. Go to the MainWP > Posts > Add New page, Setting the Article Title, Body and optionally other provided options, In the Publish Metabox, locate the Visibility option, Click on the Edit link, After additional options appear, check the Stick this post to the front page checkbox, Click the OK button, Select your child sites, and click the Publish Continue reading the post...

To use the Single Spin button, select a word, part of a text or whole text you wrote and click the button: For example, if you enter word “computer” and click Single Spin, you will get few synonyms for your word: Continue reading the post...

On MainWP > Sites > Manage tab the Status column shows you the current status of your websites: The dark green icon with a number will show you the number of available updates on your site. The red exclamation mark indicates that the site is down. The green checkmark icon indicates that your site is online. Also, your Status column can show you this icons: The red plugin icons indicates that site is disconnected from dashboard. The yellow radiation icon indicates Continue reading the post...

If you want to add your child sites to Advanced Uptime Monitor extension go to MainWP > Extensions > Advanced Uptime Monitor Extension settings page. In the Advanced Uptime Monitor options box click the Add Monitor button: And pop-up window will appear: When you click Load Child Sites check box, in dropdown menu you will get a list of your child sites: Select wanted child site, select Monitor notification, Monitor type and click the CREATE button. Your child site will Continue reading the post...

On the Advanced Uptime Monitor Extension settings page, you have the option to Pause your Monitors for wanted sites: When your Monitor is paused the Status Monitor will become black. To Start again paused monitors just click Start icon: [box] If you want to Pause or Start multiple Monitor at once select wanted sites and use provided bulk action. [/box] Continue reading the post...