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When you logon to www_mysite_aaa/admin-wp, you go the <b>Dashboard </b>menu item in the WordPress admin panel, you see 2 sub-menus: <b>Home </b>(default when you logon) and <b>Updates</b>.
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if there is a red dot with a number on <b>Updates</b>, this indicates the total number of updates available (WP + plugins).<br />
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If there is a red dot with a number on the <b>Plugins</b> menu item, that means that you have plugin updates available.
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When you logon to www_mysite_aaa/admin-wp, you go the Dashboard menu item in the WordPress admin panel, you see 2 sub-menus: Home (default when you logon) and Updates.
if there is a red dot with a number on Updates, this indicates the total number of updates available (WP + plugins).

If there is a red dot with a number on the Plugins menu item, that means that you have plugin updates available.

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Jason,<br />
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I had checked out wordfence but could not find any settings that would send out email alert when plugin was out of date. &nbsp;Maybe I missed it on first blush. &nbsp;I will have to check it out again.
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Jason,

I had checked out wordfence but could not find any settings that would send out email alert when plugin was out of date.  Maybe I missed it on first blush.  I will have to check it out again.

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Hi Jason - no, I was referring to a free <b>ManageWP</b> account 
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Hi Jason - no, I was referring to a free ManageWP account


;-)

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Ah, then yes...those instructions are also correct.
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Ah, then yes...those instructions are also correct.

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is there a setting in wordpress that will alert us when a plugin (NOT WORDPRESS) needs updating?
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is there a setting in wordpress that will alert us when a plugin (NOT WORDPRESS) needs updating?

plugin to alert of plugins needing updating

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