UpdraftCentral Dashboard

How to install:

Using the WordPress dashboard

1. 01Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
2. 02Search for ‘UpdraftCentral’
3. 03Click ‘Install Now’
4. 04Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

1. 05Download the latest version of this plugin from https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftcentral/
2. 06Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
3. 07Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
4. 08Select the zip file (from step 1.) from your computer
5. 09Click ‘Install Now’
6. 10Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

1. 11Download the latest version of this plugin from https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftcentral/
2. 12Unzip the zip file, which will extract the updraftcentral directory to your computer
3. 13Upload the updraftcentral directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory in your web space
4. 14Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

From our YouTube channel , here’s how to add a new site:

Requirements

The website being controlled must have all of these:

1. 15WordPress 3.4 (June 2012) or later. There are no further version PHP/MySQL requirements.
2. 16UpdraftPlus version 1.12.2 (free version) / 2.12.2 (paid versions) or later installed and active (but, for full functionality and compatibility, you should have the latest release)
3. 17No active security modules (whether a WordPress plugin, or webserver component) that block traffic based on unusual patterns – encrypted traffic from a remote control plugin is likely to be blocked, as it looks very different to regular website visits from a web browser. We have tested with the most popular WordPress plugins, and these are all not a problem in all the configurations we have tested.

The website that is running the dashboard (i.e. this plugin, UpdraftCentral) must have:

1. 18WordPress 4.4 (Dec 2015) or later
2. 19PHP 5.6 or later

The web browser that you visit the UpdraftCentral dashboard must not have not been end-of-lifed by its maker. Specifically, Internet Explorer 9 (or earlier) is not supported. UpdraftCentral is built using modern JavaScript technologies.

Acknowledgements

We recognise and thank all those whose code and/or libraries are used and/or modified under the terms of their open source licences in UpdraftCentral, at: https://updraftplus.com/acknowledgements/You should install using the standard WordPress procedure:

1. 20Search for ‘UpdraftCentral’ via the ‘Plugins’ dashboard page in WordPress.
2. 21Click the ‘Install’ button. (Make sure you pick the right one)
3. 22Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Then, you must create a front-end page for your site, to contain the dashboard. i.e. Go to the “Pages” screen in your WordPress dashboard, and follow the link for “Add New”. You are recommended to use a template that allows UpdraftCentral as much width as possible – but, note that UpdraftCentral has a “full screen” mode; so, even if your theme is narrow, it’s not a problem.

Upon this front-end page, place this shortcode: [updraft_central] . This will allow logged-in site administrators, who visit that page, to use UpdraftCentral. If you want users with roles to also be able to use UpdraftCentral (note that every user has their own list of sites – giving users access to UpdraftCentral does not give them access to your sites, only to their own list of sites), then please see this FAQ for information on how it is done: https://updraftplus.com/faqs/can-allow-non-admin-users-updraftcentral-dashboard/

Then, to start using UpdraftCentral, simply visit the page, and you can begin adding sites, using this guide .

For all our FAQs, and all other support documentation, please go here: https://updraftplus.com/updraftcentral-frequently-asked-questions/