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title: Access Security Ninja in MainWP
canonical: https://wpsecurityninja.com/docs/mainwp/how-to-access-security-ninja-in-mainwp-dashboard/
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On your MainWP Dashboard site:

* Select **Security Ninja** in the MainWP left menu, or
* Go to **Extensions → Security Ninja for MainWP**.

![MainWP left navigation with Security Ninja selected and the Overview tab open](https://wpsecurityninja.com/media/2026/08/mainwp/mainwp-security-ninja-menu.png)

## The three fleet tabs

* **Overview:** Fleet attention cards, low scores, vulnerabilities, recent blocks, stale sites, and top incidents.
* **Events:** Search and filter synchronized Security Ninja events across connected Pro child sites.
* **Settings:** Configure optional fleet email alerts and review daily metrics history used by MainWP Pro Reports.

![Security Ninja Overview tab with fleet cards and top incidents](https://wpsecurityninja.com/media/2026/08/mainwp/mainwp-overview-tab.png)

If the overview is empty, connect child sites, install Security Ninja on those sites, then run MainWP Sync. Full setup: [Install Security Ninja with MainWP](https://wpsecurityninja.com/docs/mainwp/install-security-ninja-mainwp/).

Also useful: [Get started with MainWP](https://wpsecurityninja.com/docs/mainwp/get-started-mainwp/) and [Install the free MainWP extension](https://wpsecurityninja.com/docs/mainwp/install-the-mainwp-extension-for-security-ninja/).