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Product Overview
Understand the main areas of the CanaryWP dashboard.
Last updated August 3, 2026
Core operations video
Watch the onboarding guide for CanaryWP's main operational areas: plugins, themes, WP/PHP, backups, activity, notifications, and billing.
Dashboard
Dashboard summarizes workspace activity, instance status, recent events, and the major areas available to the current account.
Create and source workflows
- Import Site creates a CanaryWP testing environment from a WordPress archive.
- Try demo creates a demo instance from the permanent demo archive.
- Canary Wizard tracks guided maintenance and testing workflows.
- Connected Sites manages source site/plugin pairing and source profiles.
Testing and automation
- Site Testing runs built-in checks against selected instances.
- Scheduler runs recurring maintenance checks, updates, scripts, and test workflows.
- Testing History stores results, screenshots, durations, and step details.
Fleet and workspace tools
- Instances lists all managed WordPress environments and their current state.
- WP and PHP, Plugins, and Themes provide fleet-level maintenance views.
- Activity Log and Notifications show operational history and alerts.
- Billing, Plans, Settings, and Workspace settings control usage and access.