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    • Syncing Servers

    Once your Forge account is connected, WPHammer can sync servers and their WordPress sites into your dashboard. Syncing is the process that pulls current server and site data from the Forge API and stores it locally so WPHammer can monitor, manage, and report on your infrastructure.

    What gets synced

    Server data

    For each server, WPHammer pulls:

    • Identity — name, IP address, Forge ID
    • Infrastructure — provider, region, PHP version
    • Status — whether the server is active or revoked in Forge
    • Services — Nginx and MySQL availability
    • Disk usage — total and used storage, collected via server health checks
    • Onboarding state — firewall configuration, sudo access, WP-CLI availability

    Site data

    For each site on a synced server, WPHammer pulls:

    • Identity — site name, domain, Forge site ID
    • Configuration — root directory, web directory, site user, PHP version
    • SSL status — whether HTTPS is enabled
    • Database — database name, user, and Forge database IDs (resolved via WP-CLI when needed)
    • Application type — typically php for WordPress installs

    WordPress inventory

    After sites sync, WPHammer can collect WordPress-specific data — core version, installed plugins and themes, and available updates. This inventory powers the WordPress dashboard tab and bulk update workflows.

    How syncing works

    Manual sync

    You can trigger a sync manually from the servers page. Click Sync to pull the latest data from Forge for a specific server, or sync all servers at once from the team level.

    Scheduled sync

    WPHammer runs server syncs on a schedule to keep data current. Syncs are queued as background jobs, so they do not block your session. Each sync respects Forge API rate limits — if the API returns a throttle response, WPHammer pauses and retries automatically.

    Tag filtering

    If you configured Forge tags in your team settings, only servers matching those tags will be included in the sync. Servers without matching tags are skipped entirely.

    After the first sync

    Once servers and sites appear in WPHammer, you can:

    • Review server health and disk usage from the server overview
    • Complete onboarding checks (firewall, sudo, WP-CLI) to unlock full functionality
    • Begin configuring individual WordPress sites

    The data WPHammer stores is a working copy. It does not modify anything on your Forge servers during a read sync.

    Next steps

    With servers synced, you are ready to add your first site.

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