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How to Add a WordPress Site to Divi Dash

Discover how to add a WordPress site to Divi Dash and efficiently manage its themes, plugins and users.

Updated over 4 months ago

Managing multiple websites efficiently can be daunting. With Divi Dash, WordPress site owners, developers, and designers can quickly manage the most important aspects of a WordPress site, such as managing installed plugins, themes, users, and much more.

Divi Dash is a comprehensive dashboard designed to simplify and enhance the management of any WordPress site. It offers a quick and easy way to manage any WordPress site.

This article will guide you through the steps of adding the first WordPress site to your Divi Dash.

Add a WordPress site using WordPress username and password

  1. Log in to your Elegant Themes account

  2. Click on the Dash tab

    Divi Dash tab

  3. Click on the Add Website button (top right corner)

    Divi Dash Websites tab

  4. Enter the WordPress site details:

    • URL

    • WordPress Username

    • WordPress Password

    Divi Dash - Add a new Website using WordPress login details

  5. (optional) Choose if you also want to install the Divi Theme, Bloom, and Monarch plugins. If your WordPress site already has Divi installed, Bloom, or Monarch plugin, you can skip this step

  6. Click on the Add Website button

Important note: If you are using any 2 Factor Authentification (2FA) plugins or a Bot prevention system, adding a WordPress site to Divi Dash might not work. In this case, please use the alternative method of using a Connection Key.

Add a WordPress site using a Connection Key

  1. Log in to your Elegant Themes account

  2. Click on the Dash tab

  3. Click on the Add Website button (top right corner)

  4. Click on the Use Connection Key option

    Divi Dash - Use the Connection Key

  5. Click on the Divi Dash Plugin download link

    Download the Divi Dash plugin

  6. Save the zip file to your local computer

  7. Log in to the WordPress site you want to add

  8. Go to your WordPress Dashboard Plugins β†’ Add New Plugin

  9. Click on the Add New Plugin button (located at the top)

  10. Click the Upload Plugin button and choose the zip file downloaded at step 6

  11. Click on the Install plugin button

  12. Click on the Activate button

  13. From the Plugins Page, click on the Divi Dash Connection button

    Divi Dash - Open the Connection modal window

  14. Click on the Connection Key field to copy the key to your clipboard

  15. Go back to your Elegant Themes account

  16. Click on the Dash tab

    Divi Dash tab

  17. Click on the Add Website button

    Divi Dash Add New Site

  18. Click on the Use Connection Key option

    Divi Dash - Use the Connection Key

  19. Add the Website URL

  20. Add the Connection Key - which was copied at step 11

  21. (optional) Choose if you want also to install the Divi Theme, Bloom, and Monarch plugins

  22. Click on the Add Website button

    Divi Dash - Add a WordPress site using a connection key

  23. (optional) Choose to install Divi theme, Bloom, and/or Monarch by checking their respective checkboxes.

Important Note: Divi Dash requires a secure connection, so you will need SSL enabled on the website. When you attempt to add a website with the HTTP protocol, the Divi Dash will change to HTTPS and try to connect. Often, the process will fail if your website does not use a secure connection.

The WordPress site will be added to your Divi Dash, and while the process is finishing up, you can keep adding another website by clicking on the Add Another Website button or check the Dashboard page of the one you just added by clicking on the View Website Dashboard button.

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