Manage Pages

Manage WordPress pages across your Child Sites from the MainWP Dashboard. Create, edit, schedule, change status, and delete pages remotely without logging into each child site separately.

The Manage Pages feature lets you create, edit, schedule, and delete WordPress pages across all your child sites from a central location. Search for pages across your network, restore trashed pages, and manage content without logging into each site individually.

What You’ll Accomplish

• Search and view pages across all child sites
• Create new pages on one or multiple sites
• Schedule pages for future publication
• Edit existing pages
• Delete and restore pages

Prerequisites

• MainWP Dashboard installed and activated
• At least one child site connected to your Dashboard
• Administrator access to your Dashboard site

MainWP supports default WordPress post types. For custom post types, use the MainWP Custom Post Types Extension.

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View Existing Pages

1. Navigate to Manage Pages

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages.

   
2. Set search filters

   In the Search section:

   Filter	Description
   Status	Filter by Published, Pending, Private, Scheduled, Draft, Trash
   Keyword	Search for specific text in page titles or content
   Date Range	Filter pages last modified within a date range

3. Select sites

   Select the child sites you want to search.

4. Search

   Click Show Pages.

   A list of matching pages appears at the bottom of the page.

By default, MainWP returns up to 50 pages per child site. You can change this limit using Max pages to return under Search Options.

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Create a New Page

1. Navigate to Add New

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages, then click Create New Page.

   
2. Enter page content

   Complete the page fields:

   Field	Required	Description
   Title	No	Page title
   Content	No	Page body content
   Custom Fields	No	Additional metadata
   Discussion Settings	No	Comment options
   Featured Image	No	Page thumbnail
   Slug	No	Custom URL path

3. Select sites

   Select the child sites where you want to publish this page.

4. Publish

   Click Publish.

   The page is created on all selected sites.

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Schedule a Page

1. Create page

   Follow the steps above to create a new page (steps 1-3).

2. Set schedule

   In the Publish Options section:

   1. Under Publish, select Schedule
   2. Set the date and time
3. Schedule

   Click Publish.

   The page is scheduled on all selected sites.

Page preview is not available in the MainWP Dashboard because pages may display differently on each child site due to different themes and settings.

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Edit an Existing Page

1. Search for page

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and search for the page.

2. Edit

   Find the page in the results and click Edit.

   
3. Update

   Make your changes, then click Publish.

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View a Page on Its Site

1. Search for page

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and search for the page.

2. View

   Find the page in the results and click View.

   

   The page opens on its child site in a new tab.

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Delete Pages

Move to Trash

1. Search for page

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and search for the page.

2. Trash

   Find the page and click Trash.

   

For multiple pages, select them using checkboxes and use Bulk Actions > Move to trash.

Delete Permanently

The per-page Delete permanently action appears only for pages in Trash.

1. Search for trashed pages

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and set Status to Trash.

2. Delete

   Find the page and click Delete Permanently.

Bulk Actions > Delete permanently can permanently delete selected pages even when they are not in Trash. This action cannot be undone.

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Restore a Page

1. Search for trashed pages

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Pages and set Status to Trash.

2. Restore

   Find the page and click Restore.

   

For multiple pages, select them using checkboxes and use Bulk Actions > Restore.

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Self-Check Checklist

• You can search and view pages across child sites
• New pages publish successfully to selected sites
• Scheduled pages show correct scheduling
• Page edits save correctly
• Deleted pages move to trash
• Trashed pages restore successfully

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Related Resources

• Manage Posts - Post management documentation
• Custom Post Types Extension - Manage custom post types
• Boilerplate Extension - Create content templates