Like all other MainWP extensions, WPvivid for MainWP extension works on top of that the WPvivid plugins is installed on child sites. Therefore it follows a two-step installation process

First install the WPvivid for MainWP extension on your dashboard site(main site)

Then install the WPvivid Backup Plugins on child sites.

The installation process of the plugin is the same as any other WordPress plugins.

1. Log in to your MainWP dashboard site.

2. Go to Plugins, click Add New.

3.  In the search bar type in WPvivid or WPvivid Backup for MainWP.

4. Click Install and Activate.

5. Next, go to your MainWP Dashboard > Extensions page and check the extension in the list.

The extension is now successfully installed on your MainWP dashboard site.

Note: If you have many ManinWP extensions installed, please scroll down the Extensions dropdown to find WPvivid Backup extension.

• Create Backups for Child Sites

• Create Backup Schedules and Sync to Child Sites

• Configure WPvivid Backup Plugin settings and Sync to Child Sites

Install WPvivid for MainWP Extension

Please follow this step-by-step guide to install WPvivid for MainWP extension on your MainWP dashboard site.

Install WPvivid Backup & Migration Free

1. Go to your MainWP Dashboard > Plugins > Install Plugins

2. In the Search form, enter “WPvivid or WPvivid Backup Plugin” and select the plugin.

3. Select the child sites where you wish to install the plugin.

4. Enable activate plugin after installation and Overwrite existing version(recommended) option then click on the Complete Installation.

Note: Make sure you will hit the “Sync Dashboard with Child Sites” button on your MainWP dashboard if you have WPvivid Backup Plugin  or WPvivid Backup Pro installed previously on the child site or whenever you make any changes to a child site, for example, install/deinstall, activate/deactivate WPvivid Backup Plugin.

Now,  WPvivid Backup Plugin should be installed and activated on your child sites.

Create Backups Manually for Child Sites

To create a manual backup for a child site, go to WPvivid Backup Dashboard and click Backup Now of the child site.

On the page that opens, select the backup type: Database + Files(the entire site), WordPress files only, or database only.

Select backup location: Localhost(web server) of the child site, or cloud storage.

Once done, click Backup Now button to start backing up the child site.

Set up Backup Schedules for Child Sites

To set up backup schedules for child sites, go to the Schedule tab, check the option: Enable backup schedule.

Next, choose the backup cycle:

• Every 12 hours
• Daily
• Weekly
• Fortnightly
• Monthly

Once done, select what to back up – the entire site(all files + database), database only or files only.

Then choose where you want to store the backups.

• Store them on localhost of child site(web server).
• Remotely store them to FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces. Note that when you choose this option, the local backup will be deleted after uploading to remote storage completely.

Once done, click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page.

Lastly, select the child sites you want to sync the backup schedule to and click Select site and start saving settings button to start the process.

Configure WPvivid Plugin Settings for Child Sites

To configure WPvivid plugin settings for child sites, go to the Settings tab and edit General settings and Advanced settings,

Once you are done with the settings, click the Save Changes and Sync button at the bottom of the page.

On the page that opens, select the child sites you want to the settings to take effect and save the changes. Before you create and sync schedules to child sites.

Configure Settings Status for A Child Site

To sync the global configurations, namely, backup schedules and plugin settings to the site, you should always make sure that the Settings status of the sites is set to ‘General’.

There are two different settings type:

General: Only when a child site is set to General, you are able to sync the global configurations, namely, backup schedules and plugin settings to the site, or the site will not show up in the child site list when you choose to sync a global configurations to all your child sites.

Individual: When you see a child site’s settings status is Individual. It stands for that the site is using it’s own backup schedules, plugin settings and remote storage.

How to Configure Settings Status for A Child Site?

From your MainWP Dashboard > Manage Sites on the left-side bar > Click on the site to open the site overview > WPvivid Backups tab.

On the top of the page, switch off/on the Override Settings option for the child sites and click the Save button, then click on the Sync Dashboard with Child Sites button on the page.

Note:

Switching off the Override Settings option will set the site’s settings status to General.

Switching on the Override Settings option will set the site’s settings status to Individual.

• Create Backups Manually

• Set up Backup Schedules(general schedules or incremental backups schedules)

• Configure Remote Storage

• Configure WPvivid Settings

• Hide WPvivid Plugin Pages

• White Label WPvivid Plugins Pro

Install WPvivid for MainWP Extension

Please follow this step-by-step guide to install WPvivid for MainWP extension on your MainWP dashboard site.

Install WPvivid Backup Pro

As of version 0.9.7, the extension offers the option to install, claim and update WPvivid Backup Pro for child site in bulk.

Note: The WPvivid for MainWP extension currently does not support installing and claiming WPvivid Pro for WordPress Multisite. Please install and activate the plugins manually on the Network Admin.

To do that, you need to log in to your WPvivid Backup Pro account on the extension first.

1. On your MainWP Dashboard > Extensions > WPvivid Backup for MainWP > on the Login page, enter your father license(that can be found on My Account area > License at wpvivid.com), click Login.

2. Once logged in, you will be redirected to the extension dashboard, on the dashboard, Choose Install & Claim WPvivid Backup Pro 2.0 from the dropdown menu and select the child sites where you wish to install the plugin.

After that, click Apply button to start the process.

Now you are all set to manage your child sites backups using WPvivid Backup for MainWP extension on you MainWP dashboard.

Once the extension is successfully installed on your MainWP dashboard site, it will directly appear in the extension list. You will find four tabs comprising of options to help you tweak around with the different WPvivid Backup plugin settings for all your child sites:

1. WPvivid Backup Dashboard
2. Schedule Tab
3. Remote Tab
4. Setting Tab
5. Login Tab
6. Modules tab
7. White Label tab

Create Backups Manually

To create a manual backup for a child site, go to WPvivid Backup Dashboard, click Backup Now.

On the page that opens, you are able to choose the backup location, backup content, and comment the backup.

Once you are done with the settings, Click Backup Now to start backing up.

Set up Backup Schedules

To set up backup schedules for child sites, go to the schedule tab, click the Schedules(general schedules) or Incremental Backup Schedules to switch between the pages.

To create a backup schedule, you need to go through the following settings:

1.Enter a name for the backup schedule for easier identification when you have multiple backup schedules,

2. Set backup cycle, start time, and timezone.

3. Select backup content: Database + Files(WordPress Files), WordPress Files, Database, Custom

Once created, the schedule will show up in the schedule lists where you can edit, delete or sync the schedule.

Click Sync button of a schedule to start sync the schedule to child sites.

Configure Remote Storage

To configure remote storage for child sites, go to the Remote tab, choose the remote storage you want to add for your child sites.

• FTP
• SFTP
• Amazon S3
• DigitalOcean Spaces
• Wasabi

Note: The global configuration is not available for GoogleDrive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive due to authorization mechanism, you can get authorization in child sites.

To connect cloud storage, go to the storage tab and enter the credentials then click Save and Sync button.

Once you’ve successfully added the remote storage, it will appears in the list of storage. From the list you can edit the remote storage credentials, remove the remote storage from the list and sync a remote storage to child sites.

To sync a remote storage, click Sync button of the storage. On the page that opens, check the child sites that you want to add the remote storage to. You can also enter a custom folder name for each child site so that you can store each site’s backups in their custom folder in the remote storage.

Configure WPvivid Settings

To configure WPvivid Settings for child sites, go to the Settings tab, edit the General settings, Advanced settings, Staging settings  for your child sites:

Once you are done with the settings, click the Save Changes and Sync button at the bottom of the page.

On the page that opens, select the child sites you want to the settings to take effect and save the changes. Before you create and sync schedules to child sites, make sure that the settings status of the sites is set to ‘General’ as mentioned in WPvivid Dashboard earlier.

To log in, enter your father license, you can be found on My Account area > License at wpvivid.com, then click Login button.

Once logged in, you will be redirected to the extension dashboard, on the dashboard, Choose Install & Claim WPvivid Backup Pro 2.0 from the dropdown menu and select the child sites where you wish to install the plugin.

Hide WPvivid Plugin Pages

To hide WPvivid plugin modules on child sites, go to the Modules page, select WPvivid plugin pages you want to hide on child sites.

Click Save Changes and Sync button to save your changes to child sites.

White Label WPvivid Plugins Pro

To white label WPvivid Plugins Pro on child sites, go to the White Label page and configure white label settings.

Once done, click Save Changes and Sync button to save your changes to child sites.

Note: To reset white label option from a child site, you will need to reinstall WPvivid Backup Pro plugin on the site.

Activate WPvivid Pro License

On your MainWP Dashboard > Extensions > WPvivid Backup for MainWP > on the Login page, enter your father license(you can found and manage your licenses on My Account area > License at wpvivid.com), click Login.

Install WPvivid Image Optimization Pro

Once logged in, you will be redirected to the extension dashboard.

On the dashboard, Choose Install & Claim WPvivid Backup Pro 2.0 from the dropdown menu, then choose Install WPvivid ImgOptim Pro Addon (beta) and select the child sites where you wish to install the plugin.

After that, click Apply button to start the process.

Once done, click the Sync Dashboard with Child Sites button on the dashboard, then on the child sites, you will see the WPvivid Image Optimization Pro Addon (beta) has been added successfully.

Features:

• Create backups for a specific child site

• Set up backup schedules for for child sites

• Set up incremental backup schedule for child sites

• Connect with your remote storage for child sites(for WPvivid Backup Pro only)

• Set WPvivid Backup Plugin and WPvivid Backup Pro settings and sync to child sites

• Install and claim WPvivid Backup Pro on child sites in bulk

• Install WPvivid Image Optimization Pro on child sites in bulk

• Set up white label for WPvivid Backup plugin for child sites

• MainWP Child Report support

How to Install and Setup WPvivid Backup for MainWP Extension?

Please check this step-by-step guide to install WPvivid MainWP Extension on your MainWP Dashboard site.

Once the extension is successfully installed on your MainWP dashboard site, it will directly appear in the extension list. You will find four tabs comprising of options to help you tweak around with the different WPvivid Backup plugin settings for all your child sites:

1. WPvivid Backup Dashboard
2. Schedule Tab
3. Remote Tab
4. Setting Tab
5. Login Tab
6. Modules tab
7. White Label tab

WPvivid Backup Dashboard

WPvivid Backup Dashboard provides you a great overview of all your child sites where you have the WPvivid Backup plugin installed. From the dashboard, you can check all your connected child sites. with For a specific child site, you can click the site name to open the site’s overview page on your MainWP dashboard, click on the arrow icon to redirect you to the site’s admin area, check a report of it’s latest 10 backups, find the version of WPvivid Backup plugin(or WPvivid Backup Pro) on it also create a manual backup of it.

Schedule

You can set up backup schedules for your child sites from the Schedule tab. If you are a WPvivid Backup Pro user, you can also set up incremental backup schedules for child sites, with more advanced options to name a backup schedule, create multiple backup schedules, customize the backup content and start timing of the schedules for child sites.

WPvivid Back Plugin free version

WPvivid Back Plugin Pro

If you are a WPvivid Backup Pro user, Switch to WPvivid Backup Pro mode then Save change from the top of the page.

From the pro schedule tab, you can set up general schedules or incremental backup schedules for child sites, with more advanced options to name a backup schedule, create multiple backup schedules, customize the backup content and start timing of the schedules for child sites.

Remote (pro users only)

From the Remote tab, you can configure remote storage for your child sites. Please note that setting global remote storage for child sites is only available for WPvivid Backup Pro users.

Remote storage supported:

• FTP
• SFTP
• Amazon S3
• DigitalOcean Spaces
• Wasabi
• S3 compatible storage
• Backblaze B2

Note: The global configuration is not available for GoogleDrive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive due to authorization mechanism, you can get authorization in child sites.

Once you’ve successfully added the remote storage, it will appears in the list of storage. From the list you can edit the remote storage credentials, remove the remote storage from the list and sync a remote storage to child sites.

Settings

The Settings tab allows you to edit General settings, Advanced settings, Staging settings of WPvivid Backup Plugin(free and pro) for your child sites:

General Settings:

• General settings
• Backups retention policy
• Default location for backups
• Name backup folder
• Database encryption
• Email report
• Export/Import Extension Settings

Advanced Setting:

• Learning Mode
• Auto Delete Backup Log
• Large Database Mode
• Large Uploads Mode
• Database access method
• Backup compression method
• Parameters of backups/restore

Staging Settings (for WPvivid Backup Pro only):

• DB copy count
• DB replace count
• File copy count
• Max file size
• Staging memory limit
• PHP script execution timeout
• Task retrying times
• Anyone can visit the staging site
• Keep permalink when transferring website
• Keep staging sites when deleting the plugin

Unused image cleaner

• Enable Quick Scan
• Delete Unused Image URL in Database
• Ignore webp files
• Posts Quantity Processed Per Reques
• Media Files Quantity Processed Per Request

Rollback

• The value of versioning backups retained for plugins.
• The value of versioning backups retained for themes.
• The value of versioning backups retained for WordPress core.
• Backup location for versioning backups (files + database).
•  Keep storing the backups in localhost after uploading to remote storage.
• Back up the database before updates. You can manage the backups in Backup Manager.

Login (pro users only)

The login page allows you to login to your WPvivid Backup Pro account. Once logged in, you can install , claim, and update WPvivid Backup Pro 2.0 on child sites in bulk from MainWP dashboard.

To log in, enter your father license, you can be found on My Account area > License at wpvivid.com, then click Login button.

Once logged in, you will be redirected to the extension dashboard, on the dashboard, Choose Install & Claim WPvivid Backup Pro 2.0 from the dropdown menu and select the child sites where you wish to install the plugin.

Modules (pro users only)

From the Modules page, you can select and hide specific WPvivid Backup Pro plugin modules on child sites, including Export & Import, Settings, Debug, Tools, License modules.

Click Save Changes and Sync button to save your changes to child sites.

White Label (pro users only)

The White Label page allows you to set and sync WPvivid Pro white label settings to child sites.

Click Save Changes and Sync button to save your changes to child sites.

To reset white label option from a child site, you will need to reinstall WPvivid Backup Pro plugin on the site.