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The fact is that most companies know by now that they need to have a Privacy Policy. Most modern websites collect personal information such as names, emails, phone numbers and IP addresses through features such as contact forms, email newsletter subscription forms, account creation forms, eCommerce, analytics or advertising, thereby subjecting the business to privacy laws, which require them to have a Privacy Policy. When it comes to Privacy Policies, there are a few basic standards that need to be Continue reading the post...

Your management dashboard is infrastructure. Treat it that way. It sits between you and every client site. It touches your updates, your backups, your monitoring, your reports. If you don’t control it, you’re exposed to someone else’s pricing changes, acquisition exits, and roadmap pivots. Agencies are finally asking the question they should have asked years ago: do we own this, or are we renting it? This Is the Operating Reality for Agencies  According to SparkToro’s 2025 State of Digital Agencies Continue reading the post...

Early Release Coolness & Cybersecurity Audits This week we’re really excited to bring you a bunch of news on the MainWP Early Release Program and we can’t wait to tell you about it. We’ve also got a great article contributed by legal expert Donata Stroink-Skillrud about California and its Cybersecurity audit requirements. Let’s get into it before we burst! A Whole Bunch of Early Release News Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about the MainWP Early Release Program, Continue reading the post...

As many of you know, California leads the nation when it comes to data protection, whether it be the California Online Privacy and Protection Act (CalOPPA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), or the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the State has always been at the forefront of providing privacy protections to consumers. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) recently enhanced protections for individuals and requirements for businesses by releasing Regulations requiring certain companies to undertake cybersecurity audits. In Continue reading the post...

This week we have some updates to the MainWP Dashboard and Child plugins. We also have an appearance by Marc on This Week in WordPress. Lastly, we have some Early Release news. This Week's Product Updates We have just released updates to both the MainWP Dashboard and Child. MainWP Dashboard v5.4.1 has landed with a fresh round of fixes and improvements. One standout change is smarter site filtering in the Manage Sites list. You can now combine multiple Tags using Continue reading the post...

It's All About v6 and Add-ons This Week As a MainWP customer, you know that one of the more powerful advantages is the fact that it is highly extensible due to its open source design. It is something that no other WordPress Dashboard Management platform offers, and it is why we are able to constantly push the envelope when it comes to functionality. This week, we have a new add on created by a MainWP Community member as well as Continue reading the post...

Giving Thanks & Some Updates As we head into Thanksgiving here in the States, I want to take a moment to say how grateful the Team and I are for this community. It is because of you that we wake up every morning energized and motivated to make a better product. MainWP has always grown because of the people who use it, improve it, question it, and push us to keep making it better. This week, we are sharing a Continue reading the post...

You have your privacy obligations down pat – you know which privacy laws apply to you, your Privacy Policy is up to date with the latest laws, you don’t track website visitors without consent, and you have a process for replying to privacy rights requests. But have you ensured that your vendors are in compliance too? When you share your customer data with a vendor, you are also responsible for making sure that the vendor processes that data in accordance Continue reading the post...

New Partner Interview, & the Cloudflare Outage This week, there’s a lot going on in and around MainWP. There’s a new interview with Marc and Hans from Termageddon where they discuss privacy laws of 2025 (and more). We also have a new blog post discussing this week’s Cloudflare outage and more about the Early Release Program.Let’s get to it! Eight New Privacy Laws for 2025 Last year, Marc sat down with Hans Skillrud of Termageddon to talk about privacy, why Continue reading the post...

Today Cloudflare had an outage that affected, what seemed like most of the internet. Starting at about 8:30 AM Eastern and lasting for several hours, countless services simply stopped responding. Social platforms, AI tools, dashboards, and website monitoring services all went dark at once. My first thought was that maybe the internet was rebooting and hinting that maybe we should step outside and see that there’s a whole world out there beyond technology. Possibly true, but doubtful. The truth is, Continue reading the post...