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Overview

Plugins are essential tools that extend the functionality of your WordPress site. In WPShift, you can manage plugins across all your sites from a centralized dashboard. This guide will walk you through the process of activating, updating, and removing plugins in WPShift. WPShift will check your plugins for updates every 5 minutes.

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Activating / deactivating a plugin

WPShift provides a complete list of all installed plugins on your site. You can easily activate or deactivate a plugin by clicking the three-dot menu next to it and selecting the desired action. Activating a plugin enables its functionality, while deactivating it temporarily disables it without uninstalling.

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Updating a plugin

WPShift automatically checks for plugin updates every 5 minutes. If an update is available, you will see a notification on the plugin card. Click the Update button to install the latest version of the plugin.

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Removing a plugin

To remove a plugin from your site, click the three-dot menu next to the plugin and select Delete plugin. This action will delete the plugin files and data from your site.

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Enable auto-updates

You can enable auto-updates for a plugin by clicking the three-dot menu next to the plugin and selecting Enable auto-updates. This will automatically update the plugin to the latest version when available.

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Update all plugins

To update all plugins on your site, click the Update all button at the top of the plugins page. WPShift will check for updates and install them for all plugins.