Scan & Add a Site into cPanel’s WordPress Toolkit

This guide will explain how to scan a cPanel account for WordPress sites and add them into WordPress Toolkit. WordPress Toolkit allows for managing a sites updates, themes and plugins

TL;DR A cPanel can be scanned for WordPress sites via cPanel > WordPress Toolkit > Scan

Requirements

To complete this will require having a cPanel account with a WordPress site installed, if WordPress Toolkit cannot find a WordPress website and there is a WordPress site inside the cPanel account then there may be a .wp-toolkit-ignore file inside the document root of the website preventing WordPress Toolkit finding the site

How to scan cPanel for a WordPress site using WordPress Toolkit

Step-by-Step Guide

1/ Search for WordPress Toolkit

In cPanel search for ‘WordPress Toolkit’ in the top right search bar and click on WordPress Toolkit from the search results

2/ Click Scan

Inside the WordPress Toolkit interface click on the Scan button

3/ Scanning for sites

cPanel will now scan for WordPress sites inside the cPanel account

4/ Site Added

All WordPress sites inside the cPanel account should now be showing inside the WordPress Toolkit interface

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Summary

All WordPress sites should now be showing inside the WordPress Toolkit interface