May 26th, 2026

MainWP Core

Dashboard

MainWP Dashboard 6.1

  • Important: Version 6.1 includes internal connection handling changes. Rolling back to a version earlier than 6.1 may temporarily disconnect child sites from your MainWP Dashboard. If this happens, reconnect the affected sites from the Manage Sites page using the Reconnect bulk action.

  • Security: Strengthened protection for internal key files by replacing predictable file names with secure, non-guessable identifiers and tightening directory permissions for related storage locations.

  • Security: Improved protection of stored extension license keys by encrypting them at rest and avoiding unnecessary plaintext caching.

  • Security: Updated API credential fields to display masked placeholders instead of stored values, preventing sensitive keys from being exposed in page HTML.

  • Security: Removed sensitive authentication fields from REST API site responses to prevent credentials from being exposed through API requests.

  • Security: Improved REST API key storage by hashing new consumer secrets at rest while maintaining compatibility with existing keys.

  • Security: Removed unused legacy connection and API key handling paths, with safer comparison handling for any existing legacy records.

  • Fixed: Improved validation when restoring saved table layouts to ensure saved column structures match the current table, preventing broken or incorrect table displays after updates.

  • Fixed: Resolved an issue with saving plugin and theme notes on Auto Update pages.

  • Fixed: Resolved an issue with fetching child site favicons when connecting a site.

  • Fixed: Resolved an issue where installed plugin and theme names were not displayed in the Object column in Network Activity.

  • Fixed: Enhanced application stability by refining initialization conditions for admin notifications related to log database monitoring.

  • Fixed: Improved group visibility filtering to ensure users without management permissions only see groups they are authorized to access.

  • Fixed: Typos and inconsistencies in user login event log descriptions and action identifiers for improved clarity and consistency across Network Activity logs.

  • Updated: Improved code quality and internal handling in several areas.

  • Updated: Improved uptime column rendering in the sites list with intelligent caching for faster display of uptime information.

  • Updated: Updated the PHPSecLib library to the latest version.

  • Updated: Refreshed the light theme using the newer dark theme structure for improved consistency across the Dashboard UI.

  • Updated: Tuned the light theme shell, navigation, top bar, shadows, and client icon rendering for a more polished interface.

  • Updated: Improved the "Manage Updates" action for outdated themes in Site Hardening to open the relevant "Theme Updates" tab.