{"id":1016282,"date":"2016-08-23T13:24:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T13:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?p=1016282"},"modified":"2016-08-23T13:27:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T13:27:50","slug":"using-managewp-update-wpml-client-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/announcements\/2016\/08\/using-managewp-update-wpml-client-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Using ManageWP To Update WPML on All Your Client Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">ManageWP is a renowned service that allows you to manage all your WordPress sites from one dashboard. Among other features, it allows you to update your plugins in a few clicks. Here is how to update WPML for your WordPress sites using ManageWP.<\/p>\n<p>There are three steps to successfully use ManageWP to update WPML:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Register WPML for your site.<\/li>\n<li>Add the site to your ManageWP dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Update the plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The first two steps only need to be done once for your site.<\/p>\n<h2>Register WPML for your site<\/h2>\n<p>Registering your site with WPML enables automated updating for it.<\/p>\n<p>First, add the site to your WPML account:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to your <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/account\/\">WPML Account page<\/a> and click<\/li>\n<li>On the <strong>Sites <\/strong>page, click <strong>Add new site<\/strong> and enter your site\u2019s URL.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>show key <\/strong>link for the site and copy the key.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1016293\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1016293\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-register-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1016293\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-register-site-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"Adding A Site To Your WPML Account\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-register-site-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-register-site-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-register-site-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-register-site.jpg 887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1016293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adding A Site To Your WPML Account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, you can go to your site\u2019s WordPress administration, specifically, to the <strong>Plugins <\/strong>page:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Find WPML in the list of your site\u2019s plugins and click on the <strong>Register <\/strong>link under its name.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Register WPML <\/strong>and paste the site key you obtained from your WPML Account page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1016304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1016304\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-registration-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1016304\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-registration-1-300x65.jpg\" alt=\"Link To The Page For Registering WPML With Your Site\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-registration-1-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-registration-1-150x32.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-registration-1-768x165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wpml-registration-1.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1016304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Link To The Page For Registering WPML With Your Site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Automated WPML updates are now enabled for your site. You can find more information about this in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/faq\/install-wpml\/\">WPML installation guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Add the site to your ManageWP dashboard<\/h2>\n<p>Now, you need to connect your site with the ManageWP dashboard. The following table gives three steps to do this:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>What to do<\/th>\n<th>Screenshot<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Log into your ManageWP account and click <strong>Add Website<\/strong> to add a new site.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-managewp-add-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1016315\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-managewp-add-site-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"ManageWP Add Site\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-managewp-add-site-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-managewp-add-site-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-managewp-add-site-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-managewp-add-site-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-managewp-add-site.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Type in the URL of your site and click <strong>Add Website<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-managewp-add-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1016326\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-managewp-add-site-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"ManageWP Add Site\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-managewp-add-site-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-managewp-add-site-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-managewp-add-site.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>To connect with ManageWP, your site needs to have the <a href=\"https:\/\/sl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/worker\/\" target=\"_blank\">ManageWP Worker plugin<\/a> installed.<\/p>\n<p>This can be done by ManageWP automatically or you can install the plugin manually, just like any other WordPress plugin. Restart the process of adding the site once you manually install the plugin.<\/p>\n<p>To use the automatic process, enter your site\u2019s WordPress username and password, and click <strong>Add Website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your login information is only used once and is never saved.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-managewp-enter-login-info.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1016338\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-managewp-enter-login-info-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"ManageWP Entering Site Login Credentials\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-managewp-enter-login-info-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-managewp-enter-login-info-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3-managewp-enter-login-info.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Your site is now connected to the ManageWP service and you can see its overview in the dashboard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1016349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1016349\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/managewp-site-dashboard-overview.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1016349\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/managewp-site-dashboard-overview-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"Your Site\u2019s Overview In The ManageWP Dashboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/managewp-site-dashboard-overview-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/managewp-site-dashboard-overview-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/managewp-site-dashboard-overview-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/managewp-site-dashboard-overview-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/managewp-site-dashboard-overview.jpg 1328w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1016349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your Site\u2019s Overview In The ManageWP Dashboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Update WPML using ManageWP<\/h2>\n<p>Now that everything is set up, you can use ManageWP to update WPML on your site.<\/p>\n<p>Available WPML updates will appear under the <strong>Updates <\/strong>section of the site\u2019s dashboard in ManageWP. To update the plugin, select the checkbox next to it and click <strong>Update<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1016361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1016361\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manage-wp-update-wpml.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1016361\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manage-wp-update-wpml-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting And Updating WPML And Other Plugins From the ManageWP Dashboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manage-wp-update-wpml-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manage-wp-update-wpml-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manage-wp-update-wpml-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manage-wp-update-wpml.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1016361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selecting And Updating WPML And Other Plugins From the ManageWP Dashboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Updating WPML can take some time, depending on the speed of your server. There is a green progress bar at the top of the ManageWP\u2019s interface.<\/p>\n<p>After the update is finished, the dashboard will refresh and the <strong>Updates <\/strong>section will again show the usual \u201cEverything is up to date\u201d message.<\/p>\n<h2>Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n<p>Your site needs to enable remote incoming connections for ManageWP to do its magic. If you are having problems connecting to ManageWP, read about <a href=\"https:\/\/managewp.com\/user-guide\/faq\/my-sites-fail-to-addload-to-managewp\">possible causes for not being able to add sites to ManageWP<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ManageWP is a renowned service that allows you to manage all your WordPress sites from one dashboard. Among other features, it allows you to update your plugins in a few clicks. Here is how to update WPML for your WordPress sites using ManageWP. There are three steps to successfully use ManageWP to update WPML: Register [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76577,"featured_media":1016382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1016282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016408,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016282\/revisions\/1016408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1016382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}