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2. Sites

Written by Patrick Cohen & Mohamed Khafaja | Last updated: October 8, 2026

The Sites screen is a bird’s eye view of all sites in your Hub, including those you have created on WPMU DEV dedicated and unlimited hosting platforms, as well as all of your connected 3rd-party sites.

If you haven’t set up your WPMU DEV account yet, visit The Hub page, where you can explore the features and see pricing packages.

Already a member? Visit your Hub dashboard to get started.

2.1 Getting Started

The Sites screen is the default location where you’ll land every time you login to The Hub. You can access it anytime once logged in by clicking either The Hub logo or the Sites item at the top of the main menu.

The default Grid view lists all of your websites with a thumbnail of the home page for quickly visualizing all of your sites and sites that have actions waiting to be implemented.

You can switch to a List view if you prefer by clicking the toggle at the far right of the menu. See the Grid and List View chapter below for more info.

Switch to List View on the My Sites screen in The Hub

Use the Search field at top-right to quickly locate any site. Just start typing and your Hub will refresh automatically to show the results that match your search.

Search sites on the My Sites screen in The Hub

If you have more than 50 sites connected to the Hub, the pagination feature will kick in at the bottom of the page. You can select how many sites should display per page (15, 25, 50, 75 or 100), and use the page numbers or left & right arrows to navigate between your site pages.

My Sites navigating pagination

By default, The Hub displays all of your dedicated and unlimited hosting sites (including staging sites) under the All tab. You can filter and sort the display of sites in your Hub in multiple ways.

Click either the Dedicated Hosting or Unlimited Hosting tabs to view only sites hosted on those platforms.

Filter hosted sites on the Sites screen in The Hub

Use the Client filter to display only sites linked to a selected client.

Filter sites by client on the Sites screen in The Hub

Click the Filters button to display only sites that match your selected criteria. See the Filters chapter below for details on the options available.

Filter sites on the Sites screen in The Hub

Use the Sort filter at top-right to display sites in ascending or descending alphabetical order or by the date when the site was connected to the Hub.

Sort sites on the My Sites screen in The Hub

Recently added – This puts the sites in order of when it was added to the Hub with the most recently added sites at the top.
A-Z – List your sites domain names in alphabetical order.
Z-A – Puts your sites in reverse alphabetical order.
Pin favorites to top – See the Favoriting a Website chapter below for more on this feature.

2.2 Add a Site to The Hub

There are two ways to connect your site to the Hub:

Automatically from the Hub
Remotely with the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin

In this chapter, we will cover how to connect a site to the Hub using both methods.

MULTISITE

It’s important to note that you cannot connect subsites in a multisite install to the Hub; only the main site of a multisite can be connected.

PRO TIP

If you add a site with a non-standard port specified in its domain name, it will be added as a unique site in your Hub. This can be useful for development sites for example, where you could have domain.com as well as domain.com:8001, domain.com:8002, domain.com:8003, etc.

However, if they are all the same WordPress install and you don’t want all of them to appear in your Hub, you can add the following constants to your wp-config.php file to force the domain that should be used by your Hub and its API (the domain you specify must match the public URL of the site):

define( 'WPMUDEV_HUB_SITE_URL', 'https://domain.com' );
define( 'WPMUDEV_HUB_HOME_URL', 'https://domain.com' );

2.2.1 Connect from The Hub

If you’ve never connected a site to the Hub, you’ll be given a prompt to Start Managing Your Websites when visiting the Hub dashboard. Click the + Add Site button at top-right, or the Connect Existing Site button in the middle of the screen to get started. Alternatively, click + Create New Site if you wish to create a site hosted by us.

Add a new site to The Hub

When you click the + Add Site button, you’ll be prompted to select the connection option that best suits your current needs.

Create New – Create a brand new site hosted with us. See Creating a New Site for more.
Connect – Connect an externally hosted site to The Hub.
Migrate – Move your site to a dedicated environment hosted by us. For more on migrating a site, see our Migrating an Existing Site doc.
Clone – Create an exact duplicate of a WPMU DEV hosted site. See Cloning a Site for more.

For the purposes of this guide, we’ll select the option to connect a 3rd-party-hosted site.

Connect a new site to The Hub

You’ll then be prompted to select either the Automatic or Manual Connection method. This is also where you’ll land if you click the Connect Existing Site button instead.

The manual method involves installing the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin, as detailed in the following chapter of this document. Select the Automatic method to connect your site automatically to your Hub.

Automatically connect a site to The Hub

Enter the website URL of the WordPress site you would like to connect to the Hub into the Website URL field and click the forward arrow to continue.

Connect a site to your Hub

You’ll then be prompted to enter your WordPress administrator username and password for the website you are connecting. Note that we don’t store your login information as it is only used to connect your site to the Hub.

You will also be given the option to enable Secure one-click WP Login, also known as Single Sign-On (SSO). SSO allows you to access connected sites securely from the Hub without having to sign in separately to each site. SSO is enabled by default, and can be disabled by de-selecting the checkbox. Learn more about SSO.

Click the Connect button to connect your site.

Enable SSO when connecting a site to your Hub

This will automatically install and connect the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin to the Hub. The WPMU DEV dashboard is a lightweight utility plugin for easily connecting with the WPMU DEV API. Read more about available tools and features in the WPMU DEV Dashboard documentation.

Once your site is connected, you’ll be presented with the Quick Setup wizard where you can install, configure and activate the Hub services you need with just a few clicks.

Quick Setup wizard in The Hub

Click Skip quick setup at the bottom if you don’t want to set things up right away. You can always get the wizard back again later from your Site Settings if needed.

Your connected site will appear in your Hub overview screen where you can click the + Add Site button in the upper right-hand corner or any of the options at the bottom to add more sites as needed.

Sites list in The Hub

If you encounter any issues connecting a site remotely from the Hub, click the Use plugin method from the Connect WordPress website screen to manually download and install the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin following the instructions below.

2.2.2 Connect from the WPMU DEV Dashboard Plugin

WPMU DEV hosted sites are automatically added to the Hub associated with the account that created the site. See Connecting WPMU DEV Hosted Sites below for more information on that.

If your site is not hosted with us, you can still connect remotely via the WPMU DEV Dashboard Plugin. Firstly, ensure that the plugin is installed and active on the site that you want to connect to The Hub.

When you navigate to the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin tab, you will be prompted to enter your WPMU DEV account credentials to connect the site. Enter your credentials and tick the Enable SSO box if you would like to enable Single Sign-On, which allows you to access your site from the Hub without needing to log in each time. Click Connect when you’re ready.

Log into the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin

Your site will then start connecting to the Hub. This is generally very fast but may take a few moments.

Logging into the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin

Once your site has finished connecting, you will receive a success message and can now use the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin to its full extent.

Logged into the WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin

That’s all that’s needed to connect your site to the Hub and now when you revisit your Hub and refresh the page, the new site will appear under the My Sites tab.

2.2.3 Connecting WPMU DEV Hosted Sites

WPMU DEV hosted sites are automatically added to the Hub account associated with the WPMU DEV member who creates the site. Learn more about setting up a site with WPMU DEV hosting in the Getting Started guide in the WPMU DEV Hosting section.

Connecting a WPMU DEV Hosted Site to a Different Account

A WPMU DEV hosted site can only be connected to the Hub account of the member who created the site. Attempting to connect it to a different Hub account will fail due to the mismatch of the WPMU DEV API keys.

If you need a team member or client to have access to a WPMU DEV hosted site in your Hub, please use the Team or Client features. Both have roles and capabilities options that give you granular control over exactly what they can access in your Hub.

Moving a WPMU DEV Hosted Site to a Different Account

Changing site ownership is not directly possible in your Hub, or in the other account owner’s Hub.

It is a manual migration process that first requires consent and authorization from both the current and new account holders.

So if you do need to transfer ownership, and billing, of a WPMU DEV hosted site, please contact our support superheroes who will be happy to assist you.

2.3 Filters & Labels

The filters and labels features enable you to selectively display sites based on several standard categories as well as any customized labels you may want to create.

See the Filters chapter below for details on the available filters. See the Labels chapter below for more information about creating customized labels to better organize your site list.

Note that if you have team members or clients accessing your Hub or client portal, any labels you set will be visible only to you, and any labels set up by a team member or client will be visible only to that user.

To access the features, click the Filter button above your site list.

Filter sites on the Sites screen in The Hub

Click on a hosted site status or a category to view the sites relevant to that status or category, or click on a label to view sites that you have associated with that specific label. Filters and labels can be cleared by clicking on Clear selected.

Clear selected filters in the sites list

If multiple categories and/or labels have been selected, you can click the CLEAR ALL button to remove the applied filters and labels.

Clear all filters in the sites list

It is also possible to remove individual categories and labels by hovering over the specific filter and clicking on the x icon.

Clear one filter in the sites list

2.3.1 Filters

The filters feature allows you to hone in on a specific group of sites that need attention.

Filter sites by category on the Sites screen in The Hub

Filter by Hosted Site Status or Creator

Active

These are all the active WPMU DEV hosted sites in your Hub.

Suspended

These are sites that you have suspended using the Suspend Site option under the Hosting > Tools tab of those sites.

Reseller Client

These are hosted sites purchased from you through the Reseller feature in your Hub.

Filter by Category

When you select a category, any sites that are experiencing issues related to that category will be listed. The relevant sites will appear with an icon associated with the issue and a status giving more information about the problem. Clicking on the icons will take you to the Hosting Overview dashboard page in the Hub.

Updates

If this category is selected, the sites that require updates will appear. The update icon will be visible in the site row with a counter indicating how many updates are available for that site.

Security

Select this category to view sites with security issues that need to be tweaked. The security icon will be accompanied by the number of security issues to be resolved. For more information on resolving security issues picked up by our Defender plugin, visit the Security Tweaks document.

Performance

Choose the Performance category to group sites that have performance opportunities to be actioned. The performance icon will display your site’s current performance score in our Hummingbird plugin.

SEO

Click on the SEO category to view sites with optimization issues that need attention. This is based on your SEO performance in the WPMU DEV Smartcrawl plugin.

Backups

If the Backups category is selected, sites that have backup problems will be listed. The listed sites will show the backups icon with an informative status message.

Uptime

When the Uptime category is chosen, any sites experiencing downtime issues will be listed. The Uptime icon will appear with a status describing the issue.

Link Checker

When the Link Checker category is selected, any sites with broken links or backlinks will be listed.

Client Billing

Selecting the Client Billing category will display sites with outstanding invoices from your Client Billing tool.

2.3.2 Labels

Label Websites

Labels allow you to categorize your websites in any way you see fit, and filter the display of all sites to show only the ones you want.

Note that if you have team members or clients accessing your Hub, any labels you set will be visible only to you, and any labels set up by a team member or client will be visible only to that user.

The Hub includes 6 preset color-coded labels for grouping and sorting websites. To select a label for a site in the List view, hover over the space next to the three-dot icon for the site, and click on the label icon that will appear. You can customize these preset labels and add your own as well. See Customize Labels below for more on that.

Customize site labels in The Hub

A drop-down menu will appear with the different color-coded labels available and all you have to do is click on the desired label to assign it to that site.

Assign site labels in The Hub

Only one label can be assigned to a site at any given moment but labels can easily be changed by simply selecting a different label, or removed by selecting None.

The default available labels are:

None
Purple
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red

Labels can also be assigned to sites in the Grid view through a similar process. The only difference being that the label icon is located to the top-right of the icon list.

Label assigned to a site in The Hub

Filter by Label

To filter sites associated with the same label, click on Filters & Labels and select the label you want to action.

Filter sites by label on the My Sites screen in The Hub

Multiple labels can be selected which will display all sites associated with any of the chosen labels. In the example below, both the orange and blue labels have been selected, meaning that sites labeled with either the orange or blue tag are listed.

Clear custom label filters in The Hub

Customize Labels

In order to give you more control over the organization of your sites, the Hub allows you to customize your labels. Click on Filters & Labels and click the Edit link to access the configuration panel.

Edit custom labels in The Hub

The configuration panel allows you to add, remove, rename, change colors and change the order in which the labels are listed.

Add

New labels can be added by clicking the plus icon next to Add label.

Add new label button

Remove

Remove labels by clicking on the minus icon.

Remove a label

Rename

All labels can be renamed by clicking on the existing name and replacing the text with the new name.

Rename labels

Change Color

To choose a unique color for your labels, click on the circular color icon.

Edit label colors

You can then move the color picker to choose the desired color or you can type in the hex color code for a specific color. Click Save to select the new color or Cancel to exit without making any changes to the original color.

Select a label color

Reorder

Labels can be moved around to any order you would like. This can be done by clicking on the icon with three stacked horizontal lines and by dragging the label to its new position.

Reorder labels

Remember to click Save to keep all of the changes you have made to your labels. Click Cancel to exit the configuration panel without changing any labels.

2.4 Grid and List View

The Hub has both a Grid view and List view. As noted in the Getting Started chapter, the first time you visit the Hub it is set to the Grid view. After the first visit, your Hub will remember the last selected view used and default to that on your next visit.

Grid View

The Grid view pulls a thumbnail screenshot of your site’s home page as a visual representation of the site along with the domain name.

Sites grid view in The Hub

Site Options

Site options icon in My Sites grid view

Click the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of any site in the grid to open a menu of options for that site.

Visit site – Opens the homepage of the site in a new tab.
Re-Sync Site – Enables you to re-sync site data with your Hub if things don’t appear right.
Migrate site – Appears for 3rd-party hosted sites only. Shortcut to the Migration tool in your Hub.
Clone site – For sites on WPMU DEV dedicated hosting, this shortcut launches the dedicated site Cloning wizard. For sites on WPMU DEV unlimited hosting servers, this shortcut redirects you to the server overview screen for the corresponding server, and launches the Cloning wizard there. Note that it is not possible to clone a dedicated hosted site to an unlimited hosting server, or vice-versa. If you need to move a site from an unlimited hosting server to its own dedicated environment, use the Migrate Existing Site tool from the dedicated hosting site.
Create staging site – Appears only for sites on WPMU DEV unlimited hosting. This shortcut redirects you to the server overview screen for the corresponding server, and launches the Create new staging site wizard there.
Create template – Appears only for sites on WPMU DEV dedicated hosting. Creates a custom template from the site.
Rename – Shortcut to the Rename feature in the site Settings.
Settings – Opens the Settings options for that site in your Hub.
Disconnect site – Appears for 3rd-party hosted sites only. Logs you out of the WPMU DEV Dashboard in the site’s wp-admin and disconnects the site from your Hub.
Suspend/Unsuspend site – Appears for WPMU DEV hosted sites only. Enables you to suspend or unsuspend access to the site for any reason; for example, if a client does not pay you for services rendered.
Delete site – Appears for WPMU DEV hosted sites only. Click if you need to delete the WPMU DEV hosted site from your account. You will be prompted to confirm the action.

Each site in the grid also contains several icons representing the current state of features or actions that can be taken for that site.

Grid View site icons