How to Manage a Live Site with InstaWP?
InstaWP simplifies WordPress development by allowing designers, developers, and business owners to construct websites instantly. With InstaWP Live, you can easily develop and manage fully functional WordPress sites while streamlining hosting and configuration for a consistent online presence.
In this guide, we will explore how to manage a live site with InstaWP.
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👉 Note: The user needs to create a new live site with any of the preferred hosting, such as InstaWP Live and more. Refer to the Create live site document for more information.
Once created, manage your newly live-hosted site by configuring the options from the following settings:
Connect Settings
Hosting Settings
Choose the Purge cache option to free up server resources, making your connected site function faster and more efficiently.
Sign in to your InstaWP account and click InstaWP Live. Select the vertical ellipsis of your site and click the Purge Cache option. It'll start purging immediately.
The process will clear data from your WordPress cache.
Configure the following options that are available on the hosting settings (e.g. InstaWP Live hosted site):
Sign in to your InstaWP account and click InstaWP Live. Select the vertical ellipsis of your site and click More Options from Hosting Settings.
It'll take you to the settings page where you can view your live hosted site related information.
For more information, refer to the Manage Hosting document.
InstaWP also allows you to use the following tools that are available for your live site:
You'll get the live site tools options by clicking the horizontal ellipsis on the top right corner of your live site's settings page.
In this guide, we will explore how to manage a live site with InstaWP.
Let’s get started 🚀
👉 Note: The user needs to create a new live site with any of the preferred hosting, such as InstaWP Live and more. Refer to the Create live site document for more information.
Once created, manage your newly live-hosted site by configuring the options from the following settings:
Connect Settings
Hosting Settings
Connect Settings
Choose the Purge cache option to free up server resources, making your connected site function faster and more efficiently.
Sign in to your InstaWP account and click InstaWP Live. Select the vertical ellipsis of your site and click the Purge Cache option. It'll start purging immediately.
The process will clear data from your WordPress cache.
Hosting Settings
Configure the following options that are available on the hosting settings (e.g. InstaWP Live hosted site):
| Option | Description | References |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboard | View live-hosted website’s space & cores used with basic information such as PHP, WordPress version, or database size. | See more |
| Graphs | View the live-hosted site's statistics, such as the number of requests the site handles each second. | See more |
| Plan Addons | Change your hosting plan or customize the Addons for CPU cores/Disk quota. | See More |
| Staging | You can create one staging site for your live site from here. | See More |
| SFTP/SSH | Create a new SFTP/SSH user to establish a single sign-on for your live website without any login credentials of that user. | See more |
| Backups | Download the backup file for your hosted live site since InstaWP automatically creates a backup every day and stores a separate shadow copy of the site. | See more |
| Map Domain | Map your website with a new domain name by linking it to a web-hosting server, such as Cloudflare or Namecheap. | See more |
| Run commands | Execute WP-CLI commands remotely on your InstaWP Live-hosted site. | See more |
| Settings | From the settings option you can convert your site to multisite. | See More |
| Delete | Delete your live site from your connected hosting account. | See more |
Sign in to your InstaWP account and click InstaWP Live. Select the vertical ellipsis of your site and click More Options from Hosting Settings.
It'll take you to the settings page where you can view your live hosted site related information.
For more information, refer to the Manage Hosting document.
Live Site Tools
InstaWP also allows you to use the following tools that are available for your live site:
| Tools | Description | References |
|---|---|---|
| DB Editor | Use the SQL management tool for a quick and easy database editing experience. | See more |
| Clone | Clone your live-hosted site. | See more |
| View Logs | View types of logs that show logs related to PHP warining and web server of your live site. | See more |
You'll get the live site tools options by clicking the horizontal ellipsis on the top right corner of your live site's settings page.
Updated on: 01/05/2025
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