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Overview Card

The Overview card is the home of your dashboard. It shows a live preview of your site and gives you one-click access to the maintenance actions you'll use most often.

Overview card with site preview, PHP version, WP core updates, plugin and theme updates, Flush Cache, and CDN toggle

What you can see and do​

  • Site preview and live URL — A thumbnail of your homepage and a clickable link to your live site.
  • PHP version — Click Change to switch PHP. Pick from supported versions; older versions are marked Deprecated.
  • WP core updates — Click Update to install a new WordPress version. A green checkmark means you're current.
  • Plugin updates — Click Update to open the Plugins & Themes panel and apply pending plugin updates.
  • Theme updates — Click Update to apply pending theme updates from the same panel.
  • Flush Cache — Clears all cached pages on your site. Use after publishing changes that aren't appearing live.
  • CDN — Toggle the Content Delivery Network on or off. Leave it on in normal use for faster page loads worldwide.

The WordPress Admin button in the page header opens /wp-admin in a new tab with one-click login.

Keep your site up to date​

Plugin and theme updates often include security fixes. Out-of-date plugins are the most common cause of a hacked WordPress site, so install updates regularly — at minimum once a month, ideally as soon as updates are available.

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Create a backup before installing a WordPress core, plugin, or theme update. See Backups for the one-click on-demand backup.