With this Awesome Toolkit Vol 1, I intend to provide you with all the basic (and some more advanced) WP management tools AND techniques that will ensure your site is secured, backed-up, and performs at its best.

1. AwesomeToolkitVol.1
WordCampHalifax2017

2. JEAN
FRANCOIS
ARSENEAULT
Web Integrator of the Galaxy
@jfarsen
satellitewp.com
propulsif.com
arseneault.ca

3. “- I have a plan.
- What percentage?
- I dunno... Twelve percent?
-Peter Quill

4. “ I HAVE A PLAN “
➤ Backups
➤ Updates
➤ Security
➤ Performance
Rinse &
Repeat

5. “ OH, I’M SORRY. I DON’T KNOW
HOW THIS BACKUP WORKS…”

6. BACKUPS
➤ Define your backup strategy
• What’s included (ie. full vs differential)
• Where are they stored (hint: offsite is the only valid answer)
• What frequency (based on business risk)
• Restore process
➤ Options
• Plugins : UpdraftPlus, BackupBuddy, BackWPUp, etc
• Services : VaultPress, CodeGuard, etc
• NOT : “my hosting provider”, “FTP once in a while”

7. “ DANCE-OFF, UPDATES! ME
AND YOU! “

8. UPDATES
➤ Define your updates strategy
• What do you update (core, plugin, themes)
• How do you update (dashboard, FTP, remotely service)
• Do you have a validation process (changelogs, staging)
• How often does this need to happen
➤ Options
• Services : MainWP, InfiniteWP, ManageWP, etc
• NOT : “when I go in my site”

9. “ I AM ROOT ! ”

10. SECURITY
➤ Doing it right means thinking of every aspect :
• Web hosting technologies, settings and passwords
• Up-to-date WordPress, plugins and themes
• WordPress usernames and passwords
• Forms settings (comments, plugins)
➤ Options
• Plugins : iThemes Sec., WordFence, All-in-One WP Sec. & FW
• Services : JetPack (Protect), Sucuri, SiteLock, etc

11. “ WE’RE THE FRICKIN’ GUARDIANS
OF THE PERFORMANCE ! ”

12. PERFORMANCE
➤ Perfection is hard, but the 80/20 rule works wonders
• Properly configured web hosting (PHP7, gzip compression)
• Optimized your images’ sizes (2 Mpx, jpg vs. png)
• Caching plugin
• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
➤ Options
• Plugins : WP Rocket, Imsanity, WP Smush, etc
• Services : JetPack (Photon), CloudFlare, Imagify, etc

13. - WORDPRESS, MAN.
- WHO ?

14. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
➤ Website maintenance is a process, be organized
➤ Keep a log of what you did, when and why
➤ Best practices are available, no need to reinvent the wheel
➤ Everyone needs to do the basics, for the rest there’s …
Mastercard, yes… but also experts and services :)

15. NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP ?
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