WORDPRESS BEST PRACTICES Sh*t You Shouldn’t Do

By: Kai Armstrong / @phikai / kaiarmstrong.com Confession: It’s not WordPress

About Me! I direct customer happiness for I have a degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Central Florida and a Masters in Business Administration from Stetson University. I’ve been supporting WordPress professionally for over two years now and working with it for more than four. When I’m not glued to a monitor or my phone I love this

What are we doing?!? An action packed, crash course, brain dump, question/answer shenanigan filled hour of WordPress. There will be a test, so take notes, listen well, and ask plenty of questions.

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Sweet New Theme?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoonabar/5770429301/

Make a child theme!

http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

Sweet Vacation Photos?

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Courtesy: @nanpalmero

https://github.com/zippykid/smushkid

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-smushit/

Make them smaller! Resize your images before you upload them to WordPress. If you’re not providing high resolution versions of your images, make them as small as the largest place you use them.

Securing WordPress •  Remove Themes •  Remove Plugins •  Secure

Accounts •  Updates •  Updates •  Updates

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Remove Themes Unused themes are a security risk. Delete any that you’re not using, or that aren’t required by your theme.

Remove Plugins Unused plugins are a security risk. Delete any that you’re not using, or that aren’t required by another plugin.

Username •  Change the

default “admin” username

•  Set a strong

password

Updates UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!

There are a variety of reasons to update a site: •  Security •  Bug Fixes •  Features

Backups

Backup your site on a regular basis… WHY? •  Issues with updates •  Malware •  Server Failure •  Move Site

Keep your backups offsite: •  Backup to your local machine •  Use an offsite provider

WordPress Codex http://codex.wordpress.org/

If you need to know anything about WordPress this is the bible. Plugin and Theme development. Basic help for you and how to help the community.

•  http://wordpress.org/support/ •  http://www.wpbeginner.com/ •  http://wp.tutsplus.com/ •  http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/ •  http://www.meetup.com/find/

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https://www.zippykid.com Kai Armstrong / @phikai / kaiarmstrong.com