How To Maintain A WordPress Website – 50+ Tips For Beginners [Infographic]

For a new blogger or a website owner, having a website that is easy to use, update, manage and maintain is very important. Here, WordPress is the ideal solution as it meets all these criteria to the T, making it extremely simple to run a website. Moreover, there are ample WordPress guides available that can help you get started with the WordPress dashboard explaining each function and how to use them.

WordPress is the most popular Content Management System and if you are using this CMS to power your website then here is an infographic that has listed the 50+ best practices all beginners must undertake. These WordPress maintenance tips cover all areas of website maintenance right from security and SEO to content, social media and more. By following this checklist and implementing the suggestions you would be able to optimize your website for users and search engines. And this, in turn, will enable you to garner more traffic and boosts your site’s ranking in the search result.

A well-optimized website is one of the important factors that ensure visitors have a superior browsing experience. It also helps keep malicious harms like viruses, spam and malware at bay. More importantly, it helps you steer clear from Google penalty, which ensures that your site’s traffic and ranking is not affected in any way.

Maintaining a WordPress website is made easy through the extensive list of WordPress plugins. This ensures that your site is running smoothly, performing at a faster speed and is protected from all hacking attempts. A well-maintained website is a key to grow your business in this competitive online market. Thus, take a look at this guide on how to maintain a WordPress website and get started on optimizing your site in order to earn a higher ROI.

WordPress Website Maintenance Checklist (Infographic) – 50+ Essential Tips & Practices by the team at Bigrockcoupon.in

REPAYMENT PLAN

How does the repayment plan work?

Upon acceptance of the quotation, we require a 50% deposit payment before the start of the project. The balance or outstanding amount has to be paid after we have completed the project.

With the repayment plan, you are able to repay us the balance or outstanding amount over 3 months. However, failure to make payments will result in immediate suspension of your account.

WEBSITE HOSTING

What is Web Hosting?

When you design a website and want other people to see it, you will need to publish (or upload) it with a web hosting service.

Web hosting services work by storing your website files in high-powered computers (web servers) connected to a very fast network. When someone types in your web address (such as www.advertisingsolutions.co.za), the Internet connects to the web server holding your website files and then transfers your website information back to their computer. From there they can surf and view the pages of your website.

DOMAIN NAME

What is a Domain Name?

A domain name (www.yourcompanyname.co.za) is essentially your company’s Internet address; the same way your company’s street address is used to find your offices, a domain name is used to find your website. Consider this: Pick a domain name that’s memorable and relevant!

NUMBER OF STOCK PHOTOS

Stock photos are professionally taken photographs that we can buy online to use commercially, without having to stress over copy-right issues. It can be used to enhance your website or in marketing material.

Stock photos can save you quite a bit of time and money, as you do not have to hire a photographer just to have some quality images for your website. While stock images cover a broad range of applications, it can be difficult to acquire pictures for a certain niche, or a specific product.

NUMBER OF SLIDES

What is a slider?

A banner slider is comprised of images and text on multiple slides, allowing you to rotate content on a single space on your website. It’s most commonly the first thing you see (apart from the logo and menu) on a website’s home page. The purpose of the slider is to catch the attention of the viewer while being visually appealing and easy to read. It can be used to display selected information, such as promotions or highlighting specific products or services, and can also be used to easily navigate your site.

How many should I use?

This is dependable on the amount of content you have on your website. Small websites that do not have much information 1-2 sliders will be enough. Websites with more pages and content to market will require more sliders to make the navigation of the site easily digestible for the viewer, while promoting certain products or content. We do not recommend more than 5 slides, as we find that most viewers spend a few minutes on your home page before moving on to another page and won’t view more than 5 slides.

WEBSITE TYPE

Standard Website Design

This design is for the general purpose of getting your company’s information out on the internet and reaching potential customers. This does not include an online store/eCommerce, directories or custom development. As we use WordPress, you will also have the option of logging in to your website and doing some small changes yourself if you choose.

Online Store/eCommerce

This design option is for selling your products online, as well as having your information online and reaching potential customers. This includes payment gateway integration such as Payfast and EFT and also includes up to 50 individual products. If you have more products you can simply load them in yourself by logging into the backend of your website, where you can also manage your inventory and take stock. If you have a large selection and would prefer us to do it, we can assist you with loading all your products for an additional fee.

NUMBER OF PAGES

Most websites are comprised of 4 pages, eg: Home, About, Services/Products and Contact.

Your Home page welcomes the viewer, with a general summary of your company and what you have to offer. It also helps the viewer easily navigate your site. Your About page may list company history, your mission and vision, team members, company values or any information regarding your company.

Your Products or Services page is where you expand on the products or services you have. Your Contact page lists all your contact details, such as your physical address, contact number and email address. It is also good to have an enquiry form so potential clients can easily get in contact with you.

These are just the most common pages used, the amount of pages will depend on the amount of information you have.