How to Use WordPress Toolkit in Plesk

What is WordPress Toolkit?

Plesk is a control panel. A control panel is a web page where you manage your hosting. WordPress Toolkit is a tool inside Plesk. It lets you manage all your WordPress sites from one screen. You can install, update, clone and secure them.

It is a third-party tool. Ask Hostvento support whether Plesk and WordPress Toolkit are on your plan. Menu names may vary between versions.

Open the toolkit

1. Log in to your client area at https://secure.hostvento.com/clientarea.php and open your hosting service. Your welcome email also has the Plesk login.

   

2. Sign in to Plesk.
3. Click WordPress in the left menu.

   

   

You will see a card for each WordPress site.

Install a new WordPress site

1. In the WordPress page, click Install.

   

   

2. Pick the domain, and the folder if needed.
3. Choose a site title, an admin username and a strong password.
4. Click Install and wait for it to finish.

Log in to a site without a password

1. On the site's card, click the Log in button.

   

   

2. Plesk opens the WordPress dashboard for you.

Update WordPress, plugins and themes

1. Open a site's card.
2. Click the Updates tab.
3. Choose what to update: WordPress, plugins or themes.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

4. Click Update.

Run the security check

1. Click Check Security for the site, or open the Security area.
2. Review the list of suggested fixes.

   

3. Click Secure to apply the ones you want.

Some fixes change settings in your files. Apply them with care, then test your site.

Clone a site for testing

A clone is an exact copy of your site. Use it to test changes safely.

1. Click Clone on the site card.
2. Choose a target domain or subdomain.

   

3. Click Start.

Turn on automatic updates

1. Open the site's card and go to Autoupdate Settings.

   

2. Pick the update level for core, plugins and themes.

   

   

   

3. Click OK.

Other useful tools

• Maintenance mode shows a "back soon" page to visitors.
• Search engine indexing can be switched on or off.
• Debugging turns on WordPress error messages.

Quick recap

• WordPress Toolkit manages WordPress sites inside Plesk.
• Open it from WordPress in the left menu.
• Use it to install, log in, update, secure and clone.

  

• Back up before you update.