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If you are installing WordPress for testing or development, you can enable Debugging to automatically find and fix errors in the website code. To do so, click "Setup" next to “Debugging”, select the WordPress debugging tools you want to activate, and then click OK. | If you are installing WordPress for testing or development, you can enable Debugging to automatically find and fix errors in the website code. To do so, click "Setup" next to “Debugging”, select the WordPress debugging tools you want to activate, and then click OK. | ||
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| + | == Managing WordPress == | ||
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| + | To keep your website secure, you need to regularly update the WordPress core, as well as any installed plugins and themes. | ||
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| + | === Updating WordPress Instances === | ||
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| + | You can do this either automatically or manually | ||
| + | * Manual updates give you control over when updates are installed. For example, you can wait and see if installing a particular update caused issues for other WordPress users. However, you need to remember to update regularly to avoid falling behind. | ||
| + | * Automatic updates give you peace of mind by keeping your WordPress instance up-to-date. However, updates can sometimes break your instance, and with automatic updates, you may not learn about it right away. | ||
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| + | For security reasons, we recommend that you configure automatic updates. | ||
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| + | === Manually update WordPress === | ||
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| + | # Go to WordPress. If your WordPress instance needs updating, you will see “available” next to “Updates” (below the website screenshot). | ||
| + | # Click “View” next to “Updates”, wait for WordPress Toolkit to load the list of available updates, and then select the updates you want to install. | ||
| + | #: ''Note: If an update of a WordPress core is available, you will see the “Restore Point” checkbox. Keep this checkbox selected to create a restore point you can use to roll back the update if something goes wrong.'' | ||
| + | #: | ||
| + | #:[[File:WP_Updates.png|600px]] | ||
| + | #: | ||
| + | # Select your updates and Click Update. | ||
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| + | === Automatic update WordPress === | ||
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| + | # Go to WordPress and choose the WordPress instance that you want to update automatically. | ||
| + | # Click “View” next to “Updates”, and then click “Settings”. | ||
| + | # Choose the desired automatic update settings. You can configure automatic updates separately for WordPress core, plugins, and themes (for example, you can choose to enable automatic updates for plugins and themes, but not for WordPress core). Follow these recommendations: | ||
| + | #:* Selecting “No” next to “Update WordPress automatically” turns off automatic updates of WordPress core. This is insecure. | ||
| + | #:* If your website is publicly available (production) and you are concerned that applying updates automatically may break it, select “Yes, but only minor (security) updates”. | ||
| + | #:* If your website is a non-public (staging) version of a WordPress website, select “Yes, all (minor and major) updates”. This will keep your staging website up-to-date and ensure that, should an update break something, it happens to the staging website and not to the production one. | ||
| + | # Click OK. | ||
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Contents
WordPress Toolkit
Through XMission’s Shared Hosting Platform we have the WordPress Toolkit enabled on all our servers. This Toolkit is a single management interface that allows you to easily install, configure, and manage your WordPress Development.
Installing WordPress
To install a new WordPress instance, go to WordPress and click Install. The following installation options are available:
- Install (Quick). This will install the newest version of WordPress, and use WordPress default settings. The new instance will be available via HTTPS for each domain as SSL Protection is become required for all hosting.
- Install (Custom) (XMission recommends using this option). This allows you to set up the administrator user, select the desired WordPress version, HTTP/HTTPS, specify the database name, select auto-update settings, and more.
To view a list of all installations attached to the WordPress Toolkit, go to Websites & Domains > WordPress.
Managing WordPress Instances
Go to WordPress to see all WordPress instances hosted on the server. WordPress Toolkit groups information about each instance in a card.
The individual cards will contain a screenshot and a number of controls that give you easy access to frequently used tools. The screenshot is real time and should reflect the current home page of your website. If you click the screenshot of the website, the Open Site button appears. Click the button to open the website in a new browser tab.
Security
WordPress development is frequently attacked by hackers. To help prevent compromises the Toolkit analyzes how safe your instance is. After analyzing your site you’ll be able to see the result below the screenshot of the website:
If you see “warning” or “danger” next to one of these aspects, click “View” and fix it.
General Information
In the “General Info” section, you see the WordPress website’s title and its WordPress version. Here you can:
- Click “Change” next to the default “My CMS” title to give your website a custom name.
- Click “Log in” to log in to WordPress as an administrator.
- Click “Setup” next to “Log in” to change general WordPress settings.
Tools
In the “Tools” section, click to access the following WordPress Toolkit features:
- “Sync” to synchronize the content of your website with another one.
- “Clone” to make a full copy of your website.
- “Manage Files” to manage the website’s files in File Manager.
- “Back Up/Restore” to create a backup of your website and restore it if necessary.
The controls below give you easy access to the following settings and tools:
- “Search engine indexing” shows your website in search results of search engines.
- "Caching (nginx)" speeds up the website load time and reduces server load.
- “Debugging” helps you debug a website that is not ready for viewing and being tested or developed.
- “Maintenance mode” hides your website’s content from visitors.
- "Password Protection" specifies the password you will use to log in to WordPress from Plesk.
- On the remaining three tabs you can manage the instance’s plugins, themes, and change the database username and password.
Removing and Detaching Instances
You can detach WordPress instances that you do not want to see and manage in WordPress Toolkit. Detaching does not remove the instance, merely hides it from WordPress Toolkit. A detached instance will be attached to WordPress Toolkit again after you scan for WordPress instances. You can detach WordPress instances individually or multiple instances at a time.
To detach WordPress instances
- To to WordPress, choose one or more instances you want to detach, and then click the
button (to detach an individual instance) or click Detach (to detach multiple instances). - Click Detach.
- Unlike detaching, removing completely deletes a WordPress instance. You can remove WordPress instances individually or multiple instances at a time.
To remove WordPress instances
- Go to WordPress, choose one or more instances you want to delete, and then click the button (to remove an individual instance) or click Remove (to remove multiple instances).
- Click Remove.
Search Engine Indexing and Debugging
By default, a newly created WordPress Toolkit website is shown in search results of search engines. If your website is not yet ready for public viewing, switch off Search engine indexing.
If you are installing WordPress for testing or development, you can enable Debugging to automatically find and fix errors in the website code. To do so, click "Setup" next to “Debugging”, select the WordPress debugging tools you want to activate, and then click OK.
Managing WordPress
To keep your website secure, you need to regularly update the WordPress core, as well as any installed plugins and themes.
Updating WordPress Instances
You can do this either automatically or manually
- Manual updates give you control over when updates are installed. For example, you can wait and see if installing a particular update caused issues for other WordPress users. However, you need to remember to update regularly to avoid falling behind.
- Automatic updates give you peace of mind by keeping your WordPress instance up-to-date. However, updates can sometimes break your instance, and with automatic updates, you may not learn about it right away.
For security reasons, we recommend that you configure automatic updates.
Manually update WordPress
- Go to WordPress. If your WordPress instance needs updating, you will see “available” next to “Updates” (below the website screenshot).
- Click “View” next to “Updates”, wait for WordPress Toolkit to load the list of available updates, and then select the updates you want to install.
- Note: If an update of a WordPress core is available, you will see the “Restore Point” checkbox. Keep this checkbox selected to create a restore point you can use to roll back the update if something goes wrong.
- Select your updates and Click Update.
Automatic update WordPress
- Go to WordPress and choose the WordPress instance that you want to update automatically.
- Click “View” next to “Updates”, and then click “Settings”.
- Choose the desired automatic update settings. You can configure automatic updates separately for WordPress core, plugins, and themes (for example, you can choose to enable automatic updates for plugins and themes, but not for WordPress core). Follow these recommendations:
- Selecting “No” next to “Update WordPress automatically” turns off automatic updates of WordPress core. This is insecure.
- If your website is publicly available (production) and you are concerned that applying updates automatically may break it, select “Yes, but only minor (security) updates”.
- If your website is a non-public (staging) version of a WordPress website, select “Yes, all (minor and major) updates”. This will keep your staging website up-to-date and ensure that, should an update break something, it happens to the staging website and not to the production one.
- Click OK.
