The Updates tab offers a complete overview of all the WordPress sites added to Divi Dash, including details on all available updates.
At the top of the Updates tab, you can click the Update Everything button to update everything (plugins, themes, and WordPress core) on all available websites.
Below that, different filtering options are available to filter the list of available websites based on the following filters:
The Search Field is used to filter the list of sites added to Divi Dash based on the searched keyword
The Star icon filters all the favorite sites. When clicked, it shows only the WordPress sites that were marked as favorites
The Available/Ignored filters the WordPress websites based on their availability or ignored status
To ignore a WordPress site, check the checkbox for that specific website and confirm the selection by clicking on the Ignore Selected option
Websites marked to be ignored will not appear on the Updates page.
To remove websites from the Ignored list, switch to the Ignored filter at the top, check the box, and click on the Unignore Selected button
The Themes/Plugin Status dropdown
Any Status displays all the WordPress sites
Active Status displays only websites that have updates available for the active theme and/or for any of the active plugins
Inactive Status displays only websites that have updates available for any of the inactive themes and/or any of the inactive plugins
The Websites Tag dropdown filters websites based on their tags
The Client dropdown filters websites based on the assigned clients
Note: When using the Search field, the Star filter, Tag filter, or Client filter, the number of Website Updates, Plugin Updates, Theme Updates, and WordPress Updates will change to reflect the number of sites that meet the filtering criteria.
Below the Filtering options, you will get a breakdown of the total number of website updates and how many websites those updates are available, the total number of plugins and themes updates available, how many websites those updates are available, and the WordPress Updates and on how many websites those updates are available.
Each of the 4 numbers is clickable, offering you a more in-depth view of the available updates.
The Website Updates tab
Shows the total number of available updates, how many websites are available, and the Updates All button. Clicking on this button will update all the plugins, themes, and WordPress core on all the WordPress sites added to Divi Dash.
The list displays all the WordPress websites that have any updates available. Clicking on the Chevron icon
will offer more details about the respective WordPress site.
The name of the website where which has updates
The URL of the website
The Number of updates available for that specific website
The type of updates can be WordPress core, theme, and plugin
The status of the theme or plugin:
Active - the theme or the plugin is installed and activated
Inactive - the theme or the plugin is installed but not activated
The currently installed version, and the latest available version
Initiate the update process
Click on the checkbox for each item you want to update (WordPress, theme, or plugin), or you can check the checkbox for the entire website
Click on the Update Selected button.
The Plugin Updates tab
Shows the number of plugin updates available on all websites and the total number of sites with plugin updates available on the Update All Plugins button. Clicking on this button will update only the plugins on all WordPress sites added to Divi Dash.
The list displays all plugins across all WordPress websites that have any updates available. Clicking on the Chevron iconwill offer more details about the respective plugin.
The website's name where the plugin is installed
The Site's URL where the plugin is installed
The plugin's status:
Inactive
Active
The currently installed version and the plugin's latest available version.
Initiate the update process
Click on the checkbox for each item you want to update, or you can check the checkbox for the entire plugin
Click on the Update Selected Plugins button.
The Theme Updates tab
Shows the total number of sites with theme updates available, the number of theme updates available on all websites, and the Update All Themes button. Clicking on this button will update only the themes on all WordPress sites added to Divi Dash.
The list displays all themes across all WordPress websites that have updates available. Clicking on the Chevron iconwill offer more details about the respective theme.
The website's name where the theme is installed
The Site's URL where the theme is installed
The theme's status:
Inactive
Active
The currently installed version and the theme's latest available version.
Initiate the update process
Click on the checkbox for each website on which you want to update the respective theme, or you can check the checkbox for the entire theme
Click on the Update Selected Themes button.
The WordPress Updates tab
Shows the total number of sites with WordPress updates, the number of websites with WordPress updates, and the Updated WP On All Sites button. Clicking on this button will update the WordPress Core installation on each of the sites added to Divi Dash.
The list displays all websites that have updates available for the WordPress core.
The website name where the WordPress core update is available
The website's URL where the WordPress core update is available
The WordPress version number and the latest WordPress version available
Initiate the update process
Click on the checkbox for each website on which you want to update the WordPress core theme, or you can check the Select All checkbox
Click on the Update WP on Selected Sites button.
Important Note: It is always recommended to ensure that everything (plugins, themes, and WordPress core) is up to date.