Manage WordPress
A site’s WordPress tab manages that site’s WordPress: updates, plugins and themes, maintenance mode, passwords and WP-CLI. Signing in to its dashboard is a button on the Overview tab.
Log in to WordPress
Section titled “Log in to WordPress”On the Overview tab, choose Log in to WordPress. A new tab opens the site’s dashboard, signed in as its administrator: the account the panel created, or the oldest administrator if that one is gone. The link behind the button works once, within two minutes. If the browser blocks the new tab, the panel shows the link instead.
Update the site
Section titled “Update the site”The Updates card shows the WordPress version, and how many plugins and themes have updates or known vulnerabilities. The numbers come from the last scan, which the panel repeats every six hours and after every WordPress job. Check now scans the site again.
Update all runs every available update in one job, with WordPress last. Update core updates WordPress alone. When something installed has a known vulnerability, a Security card lists it. Fix vulnerable updates only what a newer release fixes.
Before an update runs, choose Back up first and Check the site answers afterwards. The backup is on by default for a live site. If the site stops answering, the job fails, and the backup is on the Backups tab.
Manage plugins and themes
Section titled “Manage plugins and themes”The Plugins and Themes cards list what is installed, with status, version and update.
Install a plugin with the wordpress.org search box above the list. Each row offers
Update, Activate or Deactivate, and Delete where they apply. Deleting asks you
to type delete. Must-use plugins and drop-ins are listed but cannot be changed, and the
active theme and its parent cannot be deleted.
A plugin with a recipe adds a Recipes card, which shows its license and offers Check and Activate all.
Show the maintenance page
Section titled “Show the maintenance page”In Maintenance mode, switch on Show the maintenance page to visitors. Visitors see WordPress’s maintenance page instead of the site. WordPress stops showing it ten minutes after it was switched on.
Reset a password or test mail
Section titled “Reset a password or test mail”In Reset a user’s password, enter a WordPress username or email and choose Reset. The
new password is shown once. Send test email sends a message through the site’s own
wp_mail() and says whether WordPress accepted it.
Run a WP-CLI command
Section titled “Run a WP-CLI command”Open WP-CLI console (advanced) with show. Type a command without the leading wp, such
as option get siteurl, and choose Run. It runs inside the site’s container as
www-data, and stops after 55 seconds.
Limits
Section titled “Limits”- Changes need the site to be running. A stopped site shows its last scan.
- The panel does not renew the maintenance page, and Log in to WordPress does not work while it shows.
- A failed update is not rolled back. Restore the backup from the Backups tab.
- Deleting a plugin leaves its database tables and options behind.
- Longer commands belong in your own scheduled jobs.