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How to Set Up Solid Central

We made Solid Central to save you time and hassle managing multiple WordPress sites. With Central, you can manage all your WordPress sites from one convenient dashboard.

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We made Solid Central to save you time and hassle managing multiple WordPress sites. With Central, you can manage all your WordPress sites from one convenient dashboard.

There are two easy ways to set up your sites in Central:

  1. Use Central’s “Add Site” option after logging in to the Central dashboard
  2. Manually install the Central plugin on all your WordPress sites

How to Add Sites From the Central Dashboard

1. Log in to the Central dashboard using your SolidWP username and password. Bookmark https://central.solidwp.com for future use.

Solid Central Login Screen
Logging into Solid Central.

2. Once you log into the Central dashboard, you will be presented with three different methods to add your first site. Click on the Connect Site From Central card.

Connect a site to Solid Central.
Connecting a site to Solid Central.

3. Enter the site URL and the credentials of the site’s admin user. You will also have the option to automatically add the site to Uptime Monitoring and scheduled monthly report generation.

Adding a site to Solid Central.
Add a site to Solid Central to set up automated monitoring and reporting.

4. After Central completes the authentication process, your site will be connected, and the Central dashboard will now show it in the list of connected sites.

Example-site.com has been successfully added to Solid Central.
A site successfully added to Solid Central.

To add more sites to Central in the future, you can always use the Add Site button from the Home tab in the upper right corner of the screen.

How to Manually Install the Central Plugin

If you have any problems adding your sites to Central from the Add Site option in the Central dashboard, you can manually upload the Central plugin to your WordPress site.

1. To get started, log into the Central dashboard using your SolidWP username and password.

Solid Central Login Screen

2. From the Central dashboard, click the Connect Site From WordPress card.

Adding a site to Solid Central by connecting from it to Central.
You can connect a WordPress site to Solid Central from inside that site directly, or you can do it from Solid Central with an Administrator account for the site to be added.

3. On the next page, click the Download Central Plugin button.

Three steps to connecting a WordPress site to Solid Central with the Solid Central plugin.
There are three steps to connecting a WordPress site to Solid Central with the Solid Central plugin.

4. Log into the WordPress site you want to connect to Central. Now, navigate to the site’s Add Plugins page and click the Upload Plugin button.

Adding plugins to WordPress
The Add Plugins page in WordPress.

5. Next, Install and Activate the Central plugin.

Uploading a plugin to WordPress.
Upload and activate the Solid Central client site plugin here.

6. After activating Solid Central, you’ll see the prompt to Set Up Central.

Solid Central has been installed.
Solid Central has been installed. Now, it just needs a quick configuration.

7. On the Solid Central Settings page, enter your SolidWP username and password and click Sync.

Connect this site to Solid Central screen.
Now connect this site to Solid Central with your Admin credentials.

Then, you’ll see the Solid Central page where you can manage your synced sites or add additional users. Adding additional users is helpful if more than one person manages updates for this site.

Solid Central client plugin settings screen.
On the Solid Central client plugin settings screen, you can add more users who are allowed to manage the site through Solid Central.

Managing Your Synced Sites – The Central Dashboard

From the Central page, click the Go Manage Your Synced Sites button to return to your Central dashboard. You can also access the Central dashboard directly at central.solidwp.com. You’ll now see your synced sites here.

Solid Central Sites Overview Screen
The Sites overview screen in Solid Central shows all connected sites.

Click the URL for any of your synced sites to view the Site Overview for that individual site.

From the Site Overview screen, you can manage the site’s security, backups, updates, users, posts, pages, comments, and core settings. You can also connect to Google Analytics and Google Search Console.

From the individual site overview screen, you can perform many administrative tasks.

A Quick Note on Enabling Theme and Plugin Updates for Your SolidWP Products

To receive updates and support from SolidWP, you will need to activate your license for your SolidWP products.

SolidWP Licensing Settings
To activate all features in SolidWP products, you need to be an active customer.

To activate licenses for your StellarWP / SolidWP themes and plugins, log in to your WordPress site and visit Settings > SolidWP Licensing.

Activate your license for all your products in the Unlicensed Products section by entering your SolidWP username and password. For more info on licensing your SolidWP products, visit this tutorial.

Unlicensed products screen.
Log into your SolidWP customer account to activate your licenses for SolidWP support and updates.

Once you’ve added licenses to your SolidWP products (if applicable), you’re ready to get started with Central.

Support

If you have questions or need help, visit the SolidWP Help Center. Our team of moderators will be happy to help out.

Feature Requests & Solid Central Roadmap

We would love your feedback on how we can improve Solid Central to give you the best experience for efficiently managing your WordPress sites from one location, so visit the Solid Central feature request page to send us your ideas.

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