Manage Plugins

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to add a new plugin.
2. In the left sidebar, click Plugins.
3. Click Add plugin.
4. Choose how you want to add the plugin by selecting the corresponding tab. To activate the plugin after installation, select the checkbox next to Activate Plugin. 
   • WordPress Repository – Search for a plugin by name, click Enter, then click Install. To schedule future updates for the plugin, select the Schedule Plugin checkbox. The new plugin will be updated based on the default scheduling settings for that website.
   • Starred – Install plugins you previously marked as starred in your ManageWP dashboard. Find the plugin(s) you wish to install, then click Install. Also, you can click Import from WordPress.org, and after entering your WordPress.org username, the plugins starred there will appear on this list.
   • External Storage – Install plugins from the plugins folder in your connected Dropbox account.
   • URL & ZIP – Install a plugin via URL or by uploading a .zip file.
   • Envato – Install plugins from your connected Envato account.

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to activate a plugin. 
2. On the left sidebar, click Plugins. 
3. Click Inactive.  
4. (Optional) If you have many inactive plugins, use the Filter Plugins field to find the one you want to activate.
5. Click the checkbox next to the plugin(s) you want to activate or scroll down if needed and click Select all at the bottom left to activate all inactive plugins. 
6. Scroll down if needed and click Activate. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to delete a WordPress plugin. 
2. On the left sidebar, click Plugins. 
3. Click Inactive.  
4. (Optional) If you have many inactive plugins, use the Filter Plugins field to find the one you wish to delete.  
5. Select the checkbox next to the plugin(s) you want to delete or scroll down if needed and click Select all at the bottom left to delete all inactive plugins.
6. Scroll down if needed and click Delete. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to update WordPress plugins. 
2. On the left sidebar, click Plugins. 
3. Click Updates. 
4. (Optional) If you have many inactive plugins, use the Filter Plugins field to find the one you want to update.  
5. Click the checkbox next to the plugin(s) you want to update or scroll down if needed and click Select all at the bottom left to update all outdated plugins.
6. Scroll down if needed and select Update. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to schedule plugin updates. 
2. On the left sidebar, click Plugins. 
3. Click Scheduling. 
4. Turn on the toggle to enable scheduling. 
5. Choose the time of day and day of the week when you want updates to run.
6. If you want to update WordPress core at the same time, select the corresponding checkbox. 
7. If you have premium Backups and you want us to perform Safe Updates, click the corresponding checkbox and choose whether to include rollback.  
8. Click Save Changes. Please note that these settings apply to all plugins and themes on the website.
9. In the Plugins section below, select the plugins you want to schedule or click Select All to schedule updates for all plugins.
10. Click Schedule. 

We’ll notify you automatically when your scheduled update fails. By default, we’ll use your global settings to determine how to send notifications for all of your websites. 

If you prefer to receive notifications for individual websites through a different channel, you can customize notification settings per website. You can choose to receive notifications at your admin email, to have your collaborators or clients notified, or to use an additional email. You can enable multiple options.  

Receive notifications to an admin email

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to change notification settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Plugins.
3. Click Scheduling.
4. Scroll down, then click Event notifications. 
5. Click Custom settings.
6. Click Admin and then turn on the toggle next to the email you want to use for notifications. 
7. Click Save Changes.

Automatically notify collaborators

To see this option, you must have collaborators added to your dashboard and ensure they have access to this website. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to change notification settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Plugins.
3. Click Scheduling.
4. Scroll down, then click Event notifications. 
5. Click Custom settings.
6. Click Collaborators and then turn on the toggle next to the collaborators who should be notified. 
7. Click Save Changes.

Automatically notify clients

To see this option, you must have clients associated with this website. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to change notification settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Plugins.
3. Click Scheduling.
4. Scroll down, then click Event notifications. 
5. Click Custom settings.
6. Click Clients and then turn on the toggle next to the clients who should be notified. 
7. Click Save Changes.

Receive notifications to an additional email

To see this option, you’ll have to add additional notification email(s) to the general notification settings. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to change notification settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Plugins.
3. Click Scheduling.
4. Scroll down, then click Event notifications. 
5. Click Custom settings.
6. Click Additional Emails and then turn on the toggle next to the email you want to use for notifications. 
7. Click Save Changes.

1. In your dashboard, click Websites. 
2. Select the checkbox for each website where you want to manage plugins. 
3. Click Tools and then Plugins.
4. From here, you can install, activate, delete, update, and schedule plugins just as you would for a single website (see sections above).