Domain Monitor

MainWP Domain Monitor Extension lets you keep a watchful eye on your domains. It alerts you via email when monitored domains are nearing expiration.

What You’ll Learn

• Checking domain expiration dates across all sites
• Entering domain info manually for unsupported TLDs
• Scheduling automated domain checks
• Using Pro Reports tokens for domain data

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Supported TLDs

Extension Add-on - This add-on provides standalone functionality within MainWP Dashboard. No third-party plugins required.

Domain lookup may fail or return incomplete data for some TLDs due to restrictions or a lack of available information from RDAP or WHOIS services.

TLD lookup support

Domain Monitor attempts lookups through RDAP first. If RDAP does not return usable domain data, the extension falls back to its built-in WHOIS server map for TLDs with a configured WHOIS server.

For current TLD lookup references, use these maintained external sources:

• IANA RDAP DNS bootstrap data - Current RDAP service coverage by TLD.
• IANA Root Zone Database - Current TLD registry records, including WHOIS server details where available.

If the extension cannot retrieve your domain information automatically, you can enter it manually as described below.

Install and Set Domain Monitor Extension

1. Go to your MainWP Dashboard
2. Go to Add-ons > Manage Add-ons
3. Click the Install Add-ons button

   
4. Locate the Domain Monitor extension and select it
5. Click the Install button
6. Once the installation process is complete, click the Activate Add-ons button

   Once the installation process is complete, click the Activate Add-ons button

7. After successful installation, proceed to the extension settings
8. Set your preferences, Save Settings, and you are ready to audit your sites.

Check Domains

1. Go to Add-ons > Monitoring > Domain Monitor > Dashboard
2. Locate the Check All Sites Domains button

   
3. Click it, and wait until the extension completes the process.

Alternatively, you can use the Bulk actions menu to check selected sites, or use the Check Domain action from the site Actions menu to audit just one site.

Enter Domain Info Manually

If your domain is not on the list of supported TLDs, you can add information manually by following the steps below.

1. Go to Add-ons > Monitoring > Domain Monitor > Dashboard
2. Choose Domain Info from the site's Actions menu
3. Open the Settings tab
4. Toggle on the Manual Domain information entry option and click Save Settings

   Toggle on the Manual Domain information entry option and click Save Settings

5. Open the Edit Domain Info tab
6. Enter or change the desired information, and click Save Settings

See Domain Info

1. Go to Add-ons > Monitoring > Domain Monitor > Dashboard
2. Locate the site or domain and choose Domain Info from the Actions menu

   Locate the site/domain you want to check in the list and use the Domain Info action from the Actions menu.

   
3. Once redirected to the report page, you can review all details

Schedule Automated Checks

1. Go to Add-ons > Monitoring > Domain Monitor > Settings
2. Locate the Automatically check domains option and enable it
3. Locate the Automated domain checks frequency option and set how often you want checks to run

   Choose Once a Day, Once a Week, Twice a Month, or Once Monthly.

4. Click Save Settings

Domain Monitor Settings

• Notifications threshold - Set the threshold for notifications. If the domain expiration is less in the set number of days, an email will be sent.
• Automatically check domains - If you want the extension to automatically run checks, enable this feature.
• Automated domain checks frequency - If automated checks are enabled, here you can set how often you want them to run.

Check Sites via WP CLI

Check one or more sites:

wp mainwp-domain-monitor check 129
wp mainwp-domain-monitor check 129,130

Check all sites:

wp mainwp-domain-monitor check --all

View saved domain profiles for one or more sites:

wp mainwp-domain-monitor results 129
wp mainwp-domain-monitor results 129,130
wp mainwp-domain-monitor results --all

Domain Monitor REST API

MainWP REST API calls, including Domain Monitor endpoints, full documentation, and examples, are available in the MainWP Postman workspace. Refer to our REST API documentation for more details on enabling REST API and managing API keys.

Available Reports Tokens

• [domain.monitor.domain.name] - Displays the domain name.
• [domain.monitor.registrar] - Displays the domain registrar.
• [domain.monitor.updated.date] - Displays the domain updated date.
• [domain.monitor.creation.date] - Displays the domain creation date.
• [domain.monitor.expiry.date] - Displays the domain expiry date.
• [domain.monitor.expires] - Displays the number of days left before the domain expires.
• [domain.monitor.status] - Displays the domain status.
• [domain.monitor.last.check] - Displays the last check timestamp.

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Related Resources

• Monitoring Add-ons - Browse all monitoring tools
• SSL Monitor - Monitor SSL certificates
• Pro Reports Extension - Include domain data in reports