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What You’ll Learn

  • Connecting your Patchstack account to MainWP
  • Registering and protecting child sites
  • Viewing vulnerability and attack data
  • Configuring API sync and notifications
The Patchstack add-on connects your MainWP Dashboard with your Patchstack account. View vulnerability and protection data for all connected child sites without leaving MainWP. Key features:
  • View protection status, vulnerabilities, recent attacks, and available updates
  • Track trends with global and per-site widgets (attacks blocked, active threats, firewall logs)
  • Include Patchstack stats in the MainWP Overview and Pro Reports
Patchstack Threats Monitor

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Requirements

The Patchstack firewall runs on child sites via the Patchstack Security plugin. This add-on manages setup and gathers data in MainWP. Patchstack provisioning supports publicly accessible websites; localhost and private network sites are not supported.

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Connect Your Patchstack Account

1

Open settings

Go to MainWP > Sites > Security > Patchstack Integration > Settings.
2

Enter API key

Paste your API key from Patchstack > Settings > Integrations into the Patchstack API key field.
3

Enter plan allowance

Enter the number of sites included in your Patchstack plan in Plan allowance (sites). Enter 0 if your plan should be treated as unlimited in MainWP.
4

Configure API sync frequency

Choose Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Disabled for Patchstack API sync frequency.
5

Enable notifications (optional)

Toggle Email notifications to receive alerts when Patchstack finds new vulnerabilities.
6

Save settings

Click Save Settings. Saving a new key clears previous site bindings, so plan to resync immediately.
Per-site overrides: Open a child site’s Sites > Manage Sites > Patchstack Integration > Settings, enable Override general settings, and provide site-specific values.

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Register and Protect Child Sites

Patchstack Integration Add Sites modal showing site protection options
1

Open the add sites modal

Go to MainWP > Sites > Security > Patchstack Integration (Overview tab) and click Add Sites to Patchstack.
2

Select sites

Choose the child sites you want to protect and click Protect With Patchstack.
3

Complete setup

The wizard registers each site with Patchstack, installs and activates the Patchstack plugin on the child site, activates the Patchstack license, syncs data, and refreshes the dashboard.
4

Verify completion

Close the modal once all rows show a green check. Rerun this flow when you add new child sites.
Manual sync options:
  • Sync Patchstack Data (top-right): Syncs all linked sites
  • Sync API Data (row ellipsis menu): Syncs individual sites

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Where to View Data

Patchstack Integration overview tab showing protected sites table

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Add-on Overview Tab

The DataTable lists each protected site with firewall status, 7-day attack sparkline, total vulnerabilities, outdated components, and time since last sync. Row actions: View details, update the Patchstack plugin when an update is available, sync API data, edit the site, or remove the site. Bulk actions: Update Patchstack plugin, sync API data, or remove multiple sites.

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Add-on Threats Tab

Use the cog icon (screen options) to show/hide widgets or reset layout.

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Child Site Overview Widget

Open MainWP > Sites > Manage Sites > Patchstack Integration for per-site Threats Monitor data, override controls, and focused stats.

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Main Overview Widget

Enable the Patchstack Security Status widget on the MainWP Overview or individual site dashboards for a compact summary with Vulnerabilities, Protection stats, and Protected Sites tabs.

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Add-on Settings

Patchstack Integration settings page with API key and notification options Navigate to MainWP > Sites > Security > Patchstack Integration > Settings.