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Back me Up
How will your back up get created? Where will it be stored? How will you restore from that backup?
How to Back Up
Let your host take care of it Learn how to do it manually (for those of us who are technical) !Install (and use) a WordPress backup plugin Pay someone to do it for you.
Backup Plugin Options
1. VaultPress - $5-$15 monthly
2. Backup Buddy - $80USD (annually if you want to
be able to update it)
3. WP Backup to Dropbox - Free with paid extensions
regular backupsSchedule
credit:photosteve101 https://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/6812481635/"
Stay up to Date
WordPress core Allow auto updates Update your Plugins Update your Themes (a word of caution re child themes)
Take Out the Trash
Delete extraneous revisions !Delete draft posts WP Clean up (plugin) Delete unused plugins and themes
credit: epSos.de - https://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/5575089139/
Keep on top of Broken Links
Google Webmaster Tools - Web based !Broken Link Checker (plugin) !Screaming Frog - Desktop Tool
Stay up to Date
WordPress core Allow auto updates Update your Plugins and Themes Delete unused themes and plugins
Avoid Defaults
Don’t have a user called admin (or siteadmin, webadmin, administrator etc.) When you install WP, change the database table prefix from wp_ to anything else
Change DB Prefix (plugin)
Keep the Doors Locked
Use a strong key - enforce strong passwords for all users - passwords like this (note: this is not my password)AgDBJpxfcid7BnaTi9Eg !Use a password keeper 1Password, Last PassPro tip: Don’t use the same password for everything
Use a Security Screen - (plugin)
1. WordFence - Free (has a Pro option) !2. iThemes Security - Free (has a Pro option)
3. Sucuri Malware scanner - Free to scan, (but cleanup and real time scanning - annual subscription)
Get an SSL Certificate for your Site
Transfer of data is secure and encrypted !Particularly useful on login pages and contact forms where customer data, sales information and passwords are being transferred !Google is starting to give sites with an SSL certificate a better ranking
Spam, Spam, Spam
1. Akismet - Spam Plugin Free for personal sites - $5 p/m if you make any money i.e. advertising/affiliate !2. WP SpamShield - Free !3. Disqus - alternate comment system and plugin !4. Registration Honeypot - for those with open registration on their sites
The Need… for Speed
1. Bounce rate
2. Search ranking
3. Conversion
4. Page views
5. Reader satisfaction
6. Revenue
http://www.copyblogger.com/website-speed-matters/
How to Test your Site Speed
1. http://webpagetest.org
2. http://tools.pingdom.com/
3. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
4. http://gtmetrix.com/
How to Read Results
1. DNS redirection - Pink
2. Server Response - Blue
3. WordPress/Application response - Yellow
4. Content download
Page Speed Performance
1. Read the Recommendations
2. Find solutions that help remedy these issues
3. P3 Profiler is a useful WP plugin to see which plugins are slowing your site down
How to Improve Results - in WP
1. WordFence - has a caching engine built in to store static pages of your site.
2. Other caching plugins include WP Super Cache, Hyper Cache, W3 Total Cache
3. Page Speed - will help sort out a couple of the top recommendations from tests like Enable Compression and Leverage Browser Caching
How to Improve Results - on the Server
1. Add a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to serve your static content.
2. Consider a service like Cloud Flare - a lot of hosts offer free Cloud Flare integration with your site.
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Image Credits - (Mostly found via Photo Pin photopin.com)
Insurance - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhilowitz/4560586060/ - David Hilowitz
Backup - https://www.flickr.com/photos/moionet/3752752293/ - moionet
Server Room - https://www.flickr.com/photos/traftery/4773457853/ - Tom Raftery
Lego Postman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stavos52093/12361203415/ - stavos
Restore - https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolner/753867268/ - Wooly Matt
Calendar - https://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/6812481635 - photosteve101
Maintenance - https://www.flickr.com/photos/75905404@N00/7126146307/ - OZinOH
Trash Bins - https://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/5575089139/ - epSos.de
Shreddings - https://www.flickr.com/photos/didmyself/7685630558/ - Daniel Kulinski
Security Locks - https://www.flickr.com/photos/josemanuelerre/11434605616/ - josemanuelerre
Avoid Defaults - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/5181464194/ - Kaptain Kobold
Door Locks - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pizzagirl/4578900453/ - jainaj
Security Screen - https://www.flickr.com/photos/donut2d/36831870/ - donut2D
Pests - https://www.flickr.com/photos/uncoolbob/8405718181/ - uncoolbob
Speedometer - https://www.flickr.com/photos/thibaud_saintin/13441220173/ - Thibaud Saintin
Tunnel - https://www.flickr.com/photos/w4nd3rl0st/12491208355/ - w4nd3rl0st
Other uncredited royalty free images purchased from Bigstock Photo, or created by the author
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