Link multiple websites

From one installation you can operate further WordPress sites: you connect them via an application password and trigger actions on them from here. Remote administration is built into each of the eight plugins — but a connection only ever applies to the plugin in which you create it.

Requirements on the target site

• A user account with the “manage_options” capability — that is exactly what the endpoints check.
• An application password for this account, in WordPress under Users → Profile → Application Passwords.
• The same plugin is installed and active there. Without it the connection test does succeed, but none of the actions further below do.
• The REST interface is reachable. The plugin tries both common address forms, so that sites with plain permalinks work as well.

Connect site

1. Open the plugin and choose “Remote Sites” (in German: „Remote-Sites“) on the left in the “Network” group.
2. In the “Connect site” card, enter the site URL including http:// or https://.
3. Add the user name and the application password.
4. Click “Connect & test”. The plugin signs in as a test and reads out the name of the site.
5. After that the site appears in the “Connected sites” table with its status and the time of the last check.

What you can trigger remotely for each plugin

• Backup: “Remote status” (in German: „Fernstatus“) and “Remote backup” (in German: „Fern-Backup“) — the latter starts a real backup on the target site.
• Consent: “Send config” (in German: „Config senden“) transfers dialog and behavior settings to the target site.
• Analytics: “Fetch statistics” retrieves visitors, views, the live count and the WordPress version. The area is open to administrators only.
• Performance: “Status” and “Clear cache”.
• Security: “Security status”.
• SEO: “SEO status”.
• Roles: “Roles status”.
• Media: “Provenance status” — only numbers, switches and the site’s address are transferred, no image and no file name.

Every row additionally has “Test”. With it you check the connection again and refresh the stored status along with the site name.