Setup
- Turn off comments and trackbacks
- Install SEO Plugin (Yoast SEO)
- Configure SEO plugin for most relevant search terms
- Install Google XML sitemaps plugin and generate sitemap
- Turn on SEO friendly permalinks
- Create and check favicon image
- Set site time to local time
- Install .html on pages Plugin
- Install Gravity Forms and test using your email
- Install Wordfence using key: a746d616496256d41d95329c1e9203074f3d4ca39a69da81bb260b92af52c5d741b041d92ea7907aa3362f0c5e0f7f36ffa461764bcdb322f26a11f8ca3f7829
- Turn off any coming soon pages
- Change email in Gravity Forms to correct email is used for sending form contents
Design
- Mimimize areas of white space
- Make sure that there are logos for mobile and tablet versions of the web site
- Add Gravity form to contact page
- Add a Google Map of the business location to the contact page
Launch
- Re- generate xml sitemap
- Submit xml sitemap to Google Webmaster tools
- Set up 301 redirects from old site pages to appropriate new site pages
- Add and test stats/analytics code
- Remove all unnecessary themes and plugins
- Turn off any coming soon pages
- Turn off any coming soon pages
- Take full backup of site
- Add and test any social media devices or feeds
- Add to https://www.changedetection.com/
Add define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true);to wp-config to stop editing.
Add
add_filter( 'allow_dev_auto_core_updates', '__return_true' ); // Enable development updates
add_filter( 'allow_minor_auto_core_updates', '__return_true' ); // Enable minor updates
add_filter( 'allow_major_auto_core_updates', '__return_true' ); // Enable major updates
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_true' );