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How to Use the WordPress Overview in hPanel

Using WordPress Overview on hPanel to manage your WordPress website

Updated over a week ago

The WordPress Overview on hPanel is a convenient tool to manage all the important information about your website. You can find it by opening Websites Manage, searching for WordPress Overview on the sidebar, and clicking on it:

The WordPress Overview option in the website's hosting panel

NOTE

Once there, you will be presented with these sections:

The options in the WordPress Overview section
  1. Dashboard – the main section of WordPress Dashboard; here you can see all the information about your website

  2. Staging – create a staging environment for your WordPress website (available on Business/Business WordPress plans or above)

  3. Security here, you can manage your themes and plugins, including checking their current versions, updating, and disabling them without access to WordPress Admin Dashboard

  4. Learn with us – here, you will find useful video tutorials and Webinars from Hostinger Academy (this section might not be visible for some brands)


    As well as these options:


  5. A button to update the website information, such as name and database, so the latest changes are reflected on the Overview

  6. If you have WordPress installed on one or more subdomains, a drop-down list will appear from which you will be able to select which WordPress website you want to manage

Dashboard

This page provides you with all the required information for your website with the most important configurations. It is also divided into sections:

Core

The Core section in WordPress Overview Dashboard

Here, you can easily do the following:

  • Force HTTPS – makes your website work with secure HTTPS protocol by adding forcing rules to the .htaccess file (requires an SSL certificate)

  • Turn on Maintenance mode – very useful when you are making changes to your website and don’t want your visitors to see your website temporarily. An alternative to this is using a maintenance plugin

  • Enable the LiteSpeed cache plugin (highly recommended)

  • Enable Object cache if you have a Web Business plan or greater

  • Flush Cache – clears your server cache. It is useful when recent changes are not reflected on your website

  • WordPress updates – here, you can manage your updates settings: only update minor versions, don’t update, or always update to the latest version

Speed & Security

Here you can see if SSL is active on your website or enable it to improve your website security:

The Speed and Security section in WordPress → Overview → Dashboard

Site Installs

In this section, you can easily install another WordPress for your domains or subdomains:

The Site Intsalls section in WordPress → Overview → Dashboard

Right Side Section

In WordPress Overview Dashboard, you'll also find additional tools on the right 👇

Edit Website and Database

Here you can find a shortcut straight to /wp-admin, which will not require you to enter the password, as well as which database is used for the website and a shortcut to open it in phpMyAdmin:

The option to edit the website or its database in WordPress → Overview → Dashboard

If you use the Safari browser, make sure to allow pop-ups for all the features to work properly: Allow or block pop-ups in Safari on Mac 💡

Daily backup

You can enable daily backups here if they are not already included in your hosting plan:

The option to activate daily backups in WordPress → Overview → Dashboard

PHP version and WordPress version

This section provides you with the PHP version and WordPress version numbers, as well as the ability to update manually if needed:

The option to change the version of PHP and WordPress in WordPress → Overview → Dashboard

NOTES

  • If you already have the recommended versions, you won't see the update option

  • Alternatively, you can change the PHP version from the PHP Configuration page

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