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Edit: Advance Options

Once a shared template is created in InstaWP, you may customize it by accessing the numerous advanced options for the user who can use your template to create their new site such as Site validity, Send Credentials to Email, Enabling Site cloning, Auto Login to wp-admin, and much more.

In this documentation, we will explore:

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Shared Template Advance Options

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Step 1: Sign In to your InstaWP account to access the dashboard.

Step 2: Click on the Templates button from the top navigation bar.

You will be navigated to the shared templates page.

Step 3: Click on the Edit icon corresponding to the template for which you want to access the Template options.

This will take you to the built-in Template Options Page.

Step 4: Select Advance Options from the left menu of the interface.

Shared Template Advance Options

InstaWP allows you to set up your shared template by personalizing the following available options on the Template Options Page:

Site Lifetime
Disallow File Modifications
Collect Email
Enable Site Cloning
Auto Login to wp-admin
Redirect URL
Webhook URL
Connect Email Provider
Post-Creation Commands

Site Lifetime

This option allows you to set the lifetime of a "template site" after which it will auto-delete the site. This value depends on the use case, it can vary from 30 minutes to the maximum value of your plan limit.

Disallow File Modifications

This option allows you to lock the site editing features in the template site. Your users will not be able to upload a plugin or theme and cannot access the theme & plugin editors.

Collect Email

This option allows you to customize the landing page look and feel by enabling the following sub-options.

Options	Description
Collect Name	By enabling this you can collect the names of the users.
Email Required	By enabling this users will not be able to proceed without filling in an email address if this option is checked.
Send Credentials to Email	By enabling this, if an email address is provided, the user will get the credentials on their email.
Hide Privacy Checkbox	By enabling this, you can hide the privacy checkbox for a user, effectively making it mandatory for users when they are using your shared template link.

Enable Site Cloning

This option allows you to enable site cloning for the user by creating a replica of your existing website to make the changes.

This option allows you to not show the credentials to users, instead, they will be re-directed to wp-admin Dashboard automatically.

Redirect URL

This option allows you to provide a relative URL in the text box where you want the users to be automatically redirected once their site is ready.

Webhook URL

This option allows you to connect to any CRM of your choice to create an effective lead generator every time a user creates a new template site. For more information, you can refer to the Webhooks document.

Connect Email Provider

This option allows you to select a provider by which the user Sends WordPress emails using one of the transactional mailers or an SMTP server.

Post-Creation Commands

This option will enable you to enter the commands you can use to manage your WordPress website without needing to log in to the dashboard and navigate through the pages. For example, (wp plugin install --activate) lets you install and activate a WordPress plugin.