You spent months and invested thousands of dollars to have your new website available for the entire world to view, generate visits, leads and hopefully sales of a service or product.<\/p>\n
Once online however the work does not stop there, you have to update content such as news, events, products and services. A lot of effort goes into keeping your visitor\u2019s interest peaked.<\/p>\n
An often neglected aspect of owning a website is maintenance
\nThis is especially true if you use a content management systems (CMS) like WordPress. A neglected site over time will become vulnerable and for the unlucky few, hackers can take control of your site and post whatever they want using your domain name.<\/p>\n
You should at the very least make a full back up of your site once a week. This includes your SQL database as well as all your files and images in your public_html folder.<\/p>\n
If your site has ecommerce or has a large number of visitors on a daily basis, consider installing a plugin that will back up your SQL every 12 or 24 hours. That way you\u2019re certain not to loose any potential leads, subscribers or customers.<\/p>\n
This is not only to take advantage of new features and functionalities, it is also to patch possible vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n
Same reasoning applies here as above. Also don\u2019t forget if you use a framework such as Genesis your must update your parent as well as the child theme. Delete the unused WordPress default themes<\/p>\n
This is by far one of the most overlooked yet important features. Some sites have dozens of plugins running various aspects of a CMS site and the developers are constantly updating features and fixing bugs. Also delete any used plugins.<\/p>\n
Note: You should make a full back up of your database and files before updating so you can revert back in case something goes wrong or a plugin is causing conflicts with your site.<\/p>\n
Cat, pizza or 123456 are not recommended passwords! Opt for a bullet proof password that uses Capital letters, Small letters, Digits and Symbols : KVe-S2l-<_:+F!$9lu\u201dMX=)r8 .This password method applies for all your login entry points, wp-login, FTP as well as your cPanel.<\/p>\n
Although these tips do not prevent a maliciously intended individual for entering your site by infraction, it will make things that much harder and they will probably look for an easier prey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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