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The Manage Pages feature lets you create, edit, schedule, and delete WordPress pages across all your child sites from a central location. Search for pages across your network, restore trashed pages, and manage content without logging into each site individually.

What You’ll Accomplish

  • Search and view pages across all child sites
  • Create new pages on one or multiple sites
  • Schedule pages for future publication
  • Edit existing pages
  • Delete and restore pages

Prerequisites

  • MainWP Dashboard installed and activated
  • At least one child site connected to your Dashboard
  • Administrator access to your Dashboard site
MainWP supports default WordPress post types. For custom post types, use the MainWP Custom Post Types Extension.


View Existing Pages

1

Navigate to Manage Pages

Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages.Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages
2

Set search filters

In the Search section:
3

Select sites

Select the child sites you want to search.
4

Search

Click Show Pages.A list of matching pages appears at the bottom of the page.
By default, MainWP returns up to 50 pages per child site. You can change this limit using Max pages to return under Search Options.

Create a New Page

1

Navigate to Add New

Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages, then click Create New Page.Create a new bulk page in MainWP Dashboard
2

Enter page content

Complete the page fields:
3

Select sites

Select the child sites where you want to publish this page.
4

Publish

Click Publish.The page is created on all selected sites.

Schedule a Page

1

Create page

Follow the steps above to create a new page (steps 1-3).
2

Set schedule

In the Publish Options section:
  1. Under Publish, select Schedule
  2. Set the date and time
3

Schedule

Click Publish.The page is scheduled on all selected sites.
Page preview is not available in the MainWP Dashboard because pages may display differently on each child site due to different themes and settings.

Edit an Existing Page

1

Search for page

Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and search for the page.
2

Edit

Find the page in the results and click Edit.Once the list of found pages appears
3

Update

Make your changes, then click Publish.

View a Page on Its Site

1

Search for page

Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and search for the page.
2

View

Find the page in the results and click View.Once the list of found pages appearsThe page opens on its child site in a new tab.

Delete Pages

Move to Trash

1

Search for page

Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and search for the page.
2

Trash

Find the page and click Trash.Once the list of found pages appears
For multiple pages, select them using checkboxes and use Bulk Actions > Move to trash.

Delete Permanently

The per-page Delete permanently action appears only for pages in Trash.
1

Search for trashed pages

Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and set Status to Trash.
2

Delete

Find the page and click Delete Permanently.
Bulk Actions > Delete permanently can permanently delete selected pages even when they are not in Trash. This action cannot be undone.

Restore a Page

1

Search for trashed pages

Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and set Status to Trash.
2

Restore

Find the page and click Restore.Click the Restore action
For multiple pages, select them using checkboxes and use Bulk Actions > Restore.

Self-Check Checklist

  • You can search and view pages across child sites
  • New pages publish successfully to selected sites
  • Scheduled pages show correct scheduling
  • Page edits save correctly
  • Deleted pages move to trash
  • Trashed pages restore successfully