WordPress has made it very simple and easy to build powerful websites and blogs. Starting a new website is very easy but there are some settings you need to change/update before launching your website. In this infographic, I have listed 20 things to do before New Website Launch.
how to Launch a Website
- This is very important. Go to settings > Permalinks and select SEO Friendly Permalink Structure
- Go to Posts > categories and Rename dafault Category to something related to your niche and delete Default Post/Page.
- Create Welcome Post And About Us Page. Add important informattion about your team, company, business or website.
- Go to User> Your profile page and complete ypur user Profile. Don;t forget to signup for gravatar acocunt and upload your photo.
- Go to General Setting page and add Title, Tagline and set your default Time Zone.
- Choose a perfect and Mobile Friendly Theme
- Widgets And Navigation Menus
- Install Essential Plug-Ins: LH Zero Spam, Jetpack and other essentials plugins
- Install SEO Plugin + Read SEO Basics
- Verify Website And Social Media Account
- Install contact form plugins and create a contact Page
- Optimize Website For Speed
- Install Security Plugins
- Regular Back Ups are very important. There are many free and premium backup plugins available. We are using VaultPress basic plan starting from $5/month.
- Start Collecting Emails: Build Your List
- Turn Off Post Revisions In WordPress
- Disable WordPress Login Hints
- Enable 2-Factor Authentication
- Add Favicon And Mobile Icons
- Remove WP Generator Meta Tag (WordPress Version) Add
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
in functions.php file
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Awesome post Tahir,
Thanks for sharing this checklist. Its a must read for all WordPress users.
To be honest WordPress has made it very simple and easy to build powerful websites. From your content 20 Things To Do Before Launching WordPress Website. Thanks a lot for sharing this content with us.
Thanks for your comment Samdani