Site Tools
After creating the site, you can manage and organize it by using various in-built tools to help improve your site's structure, the way it's displayed in search engines, and the quality of its user experience.
In this documentation, we will explore:
Navigation to Site Tools
Site Tools
Let’s get started 🚀
Using the demonstration below, let's try to navigate a staging site tools.
Note: The user can also hover over the site URL, to see the shortcut to access tools (such as code editor, database editor, etc).
DB Editor
View logs
Code Editor
Protect site
Site Usage
Install Plugins
Set Expiry Date
InstaWP allows you to use the "Adminer" SQL management tool for a quick and easy database editing experience.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to view DB Editor.
InstaWP allows you to view various types of logs which show logs related to running Commands or Git Deployments of your website.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to view site logs.
The window providing you with the following options:
View different types of logs
Filter logs
Directly write and edit WordPress source code files for your website.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to use a code editor.
A dialog window will appear, allowing you to choose the code editor of your choice from the following:
VS Code
Web Editor
Note: This feature is available in Personal Yearly and above paid plans only. View Pricing here. If you are not logged in, use this link to view pricing.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to select the VS code as a code editor.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to select the Web-based Editor as a code editor.
Protect your WordPress site by setting a username and password for better security.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to add a login credentials.
InstaWP allows you to check the sizes of your WordPress site databases.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to view site usage.
Install plugins and themes to your website from open-source WordPress software.
Note: We currently support the following tested plugins and themes, which will work. Other plugins and themes can also be integrated, though they are not tested.
⚙️Plugins: WooCommerce, Bricks Builder & Elementor.
⚙️Themes (Customizer Settings): Astra, Hello Elementor, Twenty Twenty-Four, Twenty Twenty-Three, Twenty Twenty-Two, Twenty Twenty-One & Twenty Twenty.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to install a new plugin to a site.
InstaWP allows you to choose the expiration date and time for your active staging sites, giving you control over which sites should be lesser or more no longer accessible to visitors. For example, if you want to test a demo on your site, then after testing, there is no need to wait for it to expire; you just can reduce the expiration date.
Note: The higher the paid plan chosen by the user, the more days of expiration are available for their respective staging sites.
💡 Did you know - From the WP admin panel tools > InstaWP, you can sync changes from staging to live site. Learn about 2-way-sync.
In this documentation, we will explore:
Navigation to Site Tools
Site Tools
Let’s get started 🚀
Navigation To Site Tools
Using the demonstration below, let's try to navigate a staging site tools.
Note: The user can also hover over the site URL, to see the shortcut to access tools (such as code editor, database editor, etc).
Site Tools
DB Editor
View logs
Code Editor
Protect site
Site Usage
Install Plugins
Set Expiry Date
DB Editor
InstaWP allows you to use the "Adminer" SQL management tool for a quick and easy database editing experience.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to view DB Editor.
View logs
InstaWP allows you to view various types of logs which show logs related to running Commands or Git Deployments of your website.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to view site logs.
The window providing you with the following options:
View different types of logs
Filter logs
View Different Types of Logs
| Types of logs | Description |
|---|---|
| Error Log | Shows the PHP/Apache-related error logs for the site. |
| Access Log | Shows the live hits to your website with IP address, URL, HTTP status code etc. |
| Command Log | Shows the logs related to running Commands or Git Deployments. |
| Debug log | Shows the logs from the debug.log file when you have switched on WP_DEBUG mode. |
Filter logs
| Fields | Description |
|---|---|
| Search | Search through the logs for the last 100 lines of your logs. |
| Wrap | Toggle wrap functionality so that you don't need to scroll horizontally. |
| Refresh | Fetch live logs from the server for your site. |
Code Editor
Directly write and edit WordPress source code files for your website.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to use a code editor.
A dialog window will appear, allowing you to choose the code editor of your choice from the following:
VS Code
Web Editor
Note: This feature is available in Personal Yearly and above paid plans only. View Pricing here. If you are not logged in, use this link to view pricing.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to select the VS code as a code editor.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to select the Web-based Editor as a code editor.
Protect Site
Protect your WordPress site by setting a username and password for better security.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to add a login credentials.
Site Usage
InstaWP allows you to check the sizes of your WordPress site databases.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to view site usage.
Install Plugins
Install plugins and themes to your website from open-source WordPress software.
Note: We currently support the following tested plugins and themes, which will work. Other plugins and themes can also be integrated, though they are not tested.
⚙️Plugins: WooCommerce, Bricks Builder & Elementor.
⚙️Themes (Customizer Settings): Astra, Hello Elementor, Twenty Twenty-Four, Twenty Twenty-Three, Twenty Twenty-Two, Twenty Twenty-One & Twenty Twenty.
Using the demonstration below, let's try to install a new plugin to a site.
Set Expiry Date
InstaWP allows you to choose the expiration date and time for your active staging sites, giving you control over which sites should be lesser or more no longer accessible to visitors. For example, if you want to test a demo on your site, then after testing, there is no need to wait for it to expire; you just can reduce the expiration date.
Note: The higher the paid plan chosen by the user, the more days of expiration are available for their respective staging sites.
💡 Did you know - From the WP admin panel tools > InstaWP, you can sync changes from staging to live site. Learn about 2-way-sync.
Updated on: 26/04/2024
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