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To make an existing, manually installed or migrated WordPress site appear in your hosting dashboard, open its Websites → Dashboard, find WordPress Overview (or search for WordPress under Website), select the correct domain or subdomain, and click Detect. Allow up to 10 minutes, then refresh.
What the WordPress Overview section does
WordPress Overview is a management area for an existing site. It displays important site information and lets you manage basic settings without signing in to that site’s wp-admin. Detecting a site makes an existing WordPress installation visible in the dashboard; it does not install WordPress or replace the WordPress admin area.
Manually enable WordPress Overview
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Sign in to your hosting account and open Websites.
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Find the website you want to manage and click Dashboard.
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In the sidebar, click WordPress Overview. If it is not listed, search for WordPress under the Website section and open it there.
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If a domain selector appears, choose the domain or subdomain where WordPress is installed. Click Detect.
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Wait up to 10 minutes, then refresh the page.
These steps follow the current guidance in the help center article on manually enabling WordPress Overview. The dashboard guide also identifies Overview as a WordPress-specific sidebar item: the dashboard guide.
If WordPress Overview or your site is missing
The Overview option is not in the sidebar
Search for WordPress under Website and open the WordPress area from there. The label or placement may vary with account configuration, so use the dashboard search if the sidebar does not match these steps.
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Check that the WordPress files are in the directory assigned to the selected website. Typical locations are public_html or the domain’s root directory. Use File Manager or another site-management method to verify the installation location, then run detection again.
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You selected the wrong domain or subdomain
When a domain selector is available, choose the exact site that contains the WordPress files before clicking Detect. The dropdown appears only when subdomains have been created.
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WordPress installed automatically
A WordPress site installed through the Auto Installer should have Overview enabled automatically. Manual detection is mainly for a site installed manually or migrated into the account.
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Agency Hosting does not have a separate WordPress Overview page. Some applicable site tools are available from the website’s main Dashboard instead; do not expect the detection steps to create a separate Overview page. See the WordPress Overview guide for its overview of the feature and dashboard tools.
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