A Quick checklist for WordPress setup
- Setup WP on https. Save installation details.
- Clean up Your WordPress Dashboard and setup dashboard as per user role.
- Setup Your Website’s Title.
- Setup Your Site’s Tagline.
- Set Date and Time Settings.
- Setup Language Preferences.
- Setup Your Website’s Menu and their respective locations.
- Setup Permalinks
- Setup Media Sizes
- Create Appropriate Taxonomies
- Create and Connect a Google Analytics Account
- Verify your website with all Search Console including google.
- Update Your WordPress Profile and add Other Users on Your Website
- Setup Your Reading Settings
- Install a Caching Plugin
- Install a Security Plugin
- Install an Anti-Spam Plugin
- Install an SEO Plugin
- Install Jetpack
- Create and Submit a Google Sitemap
- Install an Optimization Plugin
- Block Access to WordPress folders
- Stop WordPress Core Files from being Indexed
- Remove Meta Information from WordPress Header
- Disable HTML in WordPress Comments
Most useful and reliable Plugins for basic functionality –
- Akismet – safeguard comments from spammers
- Wordfence Security – keep hackers out.
- Loginiser – Safety from Brut force.
- WP-Optimize – Optimize database
- Jetpack Jetpack
- Autoptimize
- WP easy SMTP
- Google XML Sitemaps
- The SEO Framework (Optional)
- WPS Hide Login
- Disable Theme Editor
- Hash-Bar – WordPress Notification Bar (Optional)
- Max Mega Menu
- Notification (Optional)
- Nav Menu Roles
- WooCommerce (For eCommerce)
- WooCommerce Product Table Lite (Optional – For eCommerce)
- WPB Product Slider for WooCommerce (Optional – For eCommerce)
- YITH WooCommerce Wishlist
Security/htaccess and Functions files
- Enable hot-linking and leeching of content.
- Turning off pingbacks and trackbacks
- Disabling XML-RPC
- Disable Directory Browsing
- Remove un-wanted codes loading in the head.
- robots.txt
- 403/403/503 file Customisation
- Htaccess file
3rd Party Services and Signup
- Gmail Account (domainname@gmail.com)
- Google Analytics, Webmaster, Sitemaps, indexing
- Setup Google map and API (O)
- Sucuri (3rd party tool) to monitor security
- SMTP services for Transactional Email (O)
- Setup/Link social accounts – Facebook (O), YouTube (O), Twitter (O), LinkedIn (O) etc.
User Experience
- Responsive design (LS, Laptop, Tab, Mobile)
- signup, Login, Forget password,
- Newsletter subscription (O)
- Social share buttons
- Restricted Content (O)
- Download Manager (O)
- Image/Video Gallery
Performance
- Enable Caching
- Optimize Images (Image Name, alt and Caption)
- Disable Hotlinking
- Enable Gzip Compression
- Decrease http Requests (via function)
- Minify Files
- Load Scripts in the Footer
- Test website for speed, performance, Load time.
- Check performance on various devices.
- Check performance on all OS and browsers.
SEO
- Content optimization (Keyword centric content)
- Clean page titles, remove unwanted Divs.
- Use of keywords and tags in content
- Alt and title tags in images
- Use keywords in the addresses (Page URL & Name)
- Well placed navigation – at the top and bottom
- All sitemaps,.txt,.xml and .gzip
- Block duplicate content with robots.txt
- Creating contents around keywords
- Broken links check and fix
- Hreflang Tags (O)
- Blog post, keyword-based category and tags
- Localized Pages (O)
Website Design test, Validation, Code Check, performing testing tools
- W3C
- Google Page Speed Online
- Site-perf.com (Site Performance)
- Websiteoptimization.com (Website Optimization)
- Whichloadsfaster.com (Which Site Loads Faster)
- tools.pingdom.com/fpt/
- Life Hacker
- Alexa
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