WordPress on App Service is a Microsoft marketplace offering that combines the capabilities of several Azure products to provide you with an optimal WordPress development experience. One of the key Azure products that the offering relies on is Azure App Service – a platform that lets you create and host web applications. To perform advanced tasks for your WordPress website, you need to understand App Service well. In this article, we will explore the Kudu dashboard.
The Kudu dashboard is a web interface that provides various features and tools for Azure App Service. Some of the features that Kudu dashboard offers are:
To learn more about the features visit: Kudu service overview - Azure App Service | Microsoft Learn
Kudu is an open-source project: GitHub - projectkudu/kudu
You can find detailed documentation for Kudu here: Home · projectkudu/kudu Wiki · GitHub
How to access the Kudu dashboard for your WordPress site?
Step 1: Go to your App Service blade in Azure Portal. Go to Development tools under Advanced tools in the left panel. Click on Go.
Step 2: The Kudu dashboard will open in a new tab
It uses the credentials of Azure portal so you do not need to login again.
Quick tip: You can directly start the Kudu dashboard by using this link: https://<web app name>.scm.azurewebsites.net/
Step 3: You can access the new User Interface by appending the URL with ‘/newui’. Learn more: New KUDU UI for App Service on Linux
Now you can see multiple options in the Kudu dashboard left panel.
The Kudu dashboard gives a rich interface for you to carry out advanced operations for your WordPress site. If you need a detailed guidance about any particular operation, please let us know in the comments.
Support and Feedback
In case you need any support, you can open a support request at New support request - Microsoft Azure.
If you have any ideas about how we can make WordPress on Azure App Service better, please post your ideas at Post idea · Community (azure.com)
or you could email us at wordpressonazure@microsoft.com to start a conversation.
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