Connected Sites

Connected Sites links a source WordPress installation to CanaryWP dashboard using our CanaryWP plugin.

Why connect a source site

A connection can provide CanaryWP with a structured source profile without requiring every workflow to begin with a full site import.

A profile can include information about:

A source profile describes the WordPress environment CanaryWP is evaluating.

Profiles are useful for:

The general connection process is:

Install our CanaryWP plugin to your WordPress site.
Go to Tools > CanaryWP, and click connect to CanaryWP.
Login your CanaryWP account, or create a guest account to connect.
Follow the configuration steps in the CanaryWP plugin.
Click run test then wait for it to finish provisioning a testing environment WordPress site.
Review the results in the apply updates tab, and click apply updates to apply the updates on your WordPress site.

Some sites include plugins, themes, or other assets that are not available through normal public WordPress metadata.

Only approve custom assets that are appropriate for the intended CanaryWP workflow.

Review that CanaryWP reports the expected:

If the profile is outdated, refresh or resend it before relying on the information for maintenance decisions.

Treat pairing credentials as access credentials.

Do not publish them in tickets, screenshots, documentation, source code, or public channels.

If a connection should no longer be trusted, remove or rotate it using the available connection controls.

A Connected Site represents the source.

An Instance represents a CanaryWP environment.

Keeping those concepts separate makes it easier to tell whether you are inspecting production information or actually changing a testing copy.