Multisite

Updatronix runs network-wide on WordPress multisite. Configure it once from the Network Admin, and every site on the network shares the same log, settings, and schedule.

Activate network-wide

1. In the Network Admin, go to Plugins.
2. Activate Updatronix – Update Manager Enhanced network-wide.

Activating on a subsite does nothing. Updatronix detects it and shows: Updatronix was activated on a subsite, but it only works from the Network Admin. Please go to Network Admin → Updatronix to set it up.

Where the screens are

• Single site: Tools → Updatronix and Update logs under the Dashboard menu.
• Multisite: Updatronix is a top-level menu in the Network Admin, open to Super Admins only.

Subsites have no Updatronix menus, screens, or notices. The plugin does not load its interface or background hooks on subsites at all.

What is network-wide

Everything Updatronix stores is network-wide:

• The update log, stored in one table on the main site
• All settings, including logging, retention, and email notifications
• The update check schedule and the delay window
• The auto-update controls, which write the native WordPress network options (auto_update_plugins, auto_update_themes, auto_update_core_*)

Changes you make in the Network Admin apply to the whole network immediately.

How updates and logging work on a network

WordPress itself confines automatic updates to the main site of the main network. That means:

• Automatic update runs happen on the main site’s schedule, and Updatronix logs them there.
• Manual updates from the Network Admin are logged the same way.
• Updates a Super Admin runs with WP-CLI (the WordPress command-line interface) in a subsite context are logged too, and each entry records the subsite it ran on.

The Update logs tab shows one network-wide history: entries from every site, with no per-site view. On a single-site install the same log records everything for that site.

Who can manage Updatronix on multisite

Super Admins can open and manage the plugin; the Network Admin page is Super Admin only. The manage_updatronix capability is not granted to per-site administrator roles on multisite, because subsites never load the plugin. See Roles and capabilities.

Scheduled tasks on a network

The daily log cleanup and the update check cycle run once, on the main site. If you delete the plugin, its uninstall routine also removes leftover cron events and legacy per-subsite tables from earlier versions.

See also: Getting started · Roles and capabilities