Why is WordPress maintenance important? What can happen if you don't maintain? What are the benefits of proper maintenance? How is maintenance done? What are useful plugins, tools, processes, and services? How often should maintenance tasks be done? When should each task be done? What if I hate maintaining WordPress? I covered these questions in a presentation on WordPress maintenance to the Greenville, SC WordPress Meetup Group on Nov. 7, 2017. I also gave this presentation to WordCamp Greenville 2018 on March 10, 2018.
Below are the video, slides, and notes. At the end of this post is your challenge !
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Chad Warner speaking about WordPress maintenance at WordCamp Greenville 2018. Photo credit JoAnn Johnson . Chad Warner speaking about WordPress Maintenance to WordPress Greenville meetup Video
Slides Why Is Maintenance Important? Why is car maintenance important?You want to keep driving your car Invest in keeping it running smoothly and reliably Be a responsible car owner Same concept applies to your websiteYour business depends on your website Keep site secure and running smoothly Be a responsible website owner What If You Don't Maintain? Site gets hackedSucuri : 61% of hacked WordPress sites are running outdated softwareWordfence : “plugin vulnerabilities represented 55.9% of the known entry points reported by respondents.” Site runs slowly Site breaks due to incompatibility Visitors stop using your site Google ranks your site lower (reducing traffic, leads, sales) Benefits Of Maintenance Site more secure Site faster Site runs smoothly Have backup in case of issues Better SEO More traffic, leads, sales How Is Maintenance Done? Manually Plugins Host may do some, at least partially (backups, Core updates, some security) OptimWise can help!Plugins, Tools, Processes, Services Management tools Updates Backups Uptime Security Speed Find Outdated WordPress Plugins Optimize Images OptimWise can help!Maintenance Schedule DailyBack Up Monitor Uptime Monitor Security WeeklyInstall Updates Moderate Comments MonthlyReview Front End Review Back End Check Backups QuarterlyReview User Accounts Test Speed Find Outdated WordPress Plugins Declutter Plugins Declutter Themes Declutter Media Test Forms As Needed Get the Ultimate WordPress Maintenance Schedule !
Hate Maintaining WordPress? You don't need to do it yourself! Have a teammate do it Have OptimWise do it Challenge Audit your site. Are any maintenance tasks undone? Catch up on incomplete maintenance. Review your maintenance processes. Are there any gaps? Improve your maintenance processes, using your internal team or outside help (such as OptimWise !). 
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What a blog buddy, you cover up all important points that occurs generally in A WordPress site and you describe all required solutions by plugins and Tools and your all instructions are very grate and useful to maintain and Secure any WordPress website. Keep up the good work.
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