By default, the main dashboard area shows you a broad overview of your site and its activity, as well as some information about upcoming WordPress events and news:
Honestly, you probably won’t spend that much time in this interface. Instead, you’ll spend most of your time using more specialized parts of your WordPress admin dashboard.
Still, this overall look is helpful for seeing things “at a glance”, and some plugins will add helpful “widgets” to this screen.
One area that is especially important is the Updates submenu. If you need to update your WordPress software, plugins, or themes, a red number will pop up indicating how many updates you need to perform:
To automatically update your site, you can click on the Updates link and run updates directly from that dashboard area:
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