How to update WordPress, plugins and themes and turn on maintenance mode from your phone

You manage your WordPress from the app in My Website → ⋯ → Manage WordPress. There you update WordPress, plugins and themes with one tap, put the website into maintenance, decide whether it shows on Google and change the administrator password. The option appears for WordPress websites on your Aiden hosting.

Update WordPress, plugins and themes

1. Open My Website, tap ⋯ next to your website and tap Manage WordPress
2. Under Updates you see whatever has a new version, with the current and the new one (for example, 6.5 → 6.6). If nothing is pending, it says All up to date
3. Tap the Actualizar (update) button next to what you want to update. It’s done one at a time
4. When it finishes you’ll see Updated with the new version. If it says Unconfirmed, the server doesn’t see it applied yet: wait a moment, pull down to reload and try again if it’s still pending

Under Status you have the WordPress version, the certificate (Valid, Check or No HTTPS), whether it Updates itself and the Last sign-in. See the plugins and themes opens the full list; deactivated ones are marked OFF.

Maintenance mode and search engines

• Maintenance mode: anyone visiting the website sees a notice instead of the content until you turn it off. When you turn it on, the app asks you to confirm with Put into maintenance
• Visible in search engines: lets Google show your website. If you turn it off, you confirm with Hide. Careful: when you turn it back on, it takes weeks to show up again

Open WordPress and change the administrator password

Under Access, Open the WordPress admin ↗ takes you to its admin panel. If you’ve lost the administrator password, tap Change the administrator password and then Change: the current one stops working and you’ll see the Username and the New password. Tap it to copy it, because it’s shown only once and disappears when you leave the screen. This is your WordPress password; your Aiden Account has no password.

If something doesn’t work, write to us from Support (it’s in the sheet that opens when you tap your photo on Home) or at support@aiden.es.