Quick start: the first few minutes

A left-hand sidebar, areas in groups, a slim header at the top: anyone who finds their way around one plugin finds their way around all of them. This article describes the structure and the first tour.

How every plugin page is structured

• At the top left the brand, the product name and the version number, below them the areas in groups.
• The “System” group is the same everywhere and, out of the box, contains “White Label”, “License”, “Your data”, “Appearance”, “Take settings with you”, “Guide” and “Help & support”.
• If a plugin offers remote administration, the “Network” group with “Remote Sites” (in German: „Remote-Sites“) sits above it.
• A header runs along the top with the “Brand / Product” path, the note “DB connected” and, where applicable, “License active”.

The first tour

1. Open the plugin’s entry in the WordPress menu.
2. Switch to “Guide” on the left in the “System” group.
3. Work through the “Ready in 3 steps” card — it names the areas that come first.
4. Below that, take a look at “Frequently asked questions”; among other things it tells you where this plugin stores its data.
5. Right at the bottom are the plugin’s version number as well as the WordPress and the PHP version of this installation.

The area you opened last is remembered in the browser. The next time you open the page, it opens exactly there again instead of starting at the overview.

Where to start with each plugin

• Consent: under “General” (in German: „Allgemein“), check the basic settings, then start the scanner under “Cookies”.
• Analytics: nothing further needed — after activation the cookieless tracker records every frontend visit; signed-in editors remain excluded.
• Backup: create a first backup with “Backup now”, then flip the “Scheduled backup” switch under “Schedule” (in German: „Zeitplan“).
• Performance: under “Page cache” (in German: „Seiten-Cache“), flip the “Page cache active” switch.
• SEO: under “Title & Meta”, set the title template and the default meta description.
• Security: go through “Login protection” (in German: „Login-Schutz“) and “Hardening” (in German: „Härtung“); the login limit and the security headers are on out of the box.
• Roles: under “Roles”, clone the closest existing role and set the differences in the “Capability matrix”.
• Media: create the first folders on the left in the media library and drag files into them, then start a first pass under “Clean up” with “Go through” — nothing is deleted in the process.
• Links: under “Keywords”, add the words under which your most important target pages should be linked — afterwards “Statistics” shows which pages remain orphaned.