WordPress Website Launch Checklist
1. Test Your WordPress Forms
Test your all forms by completing them. make sure your validation are working properly and easy to use.
2. Create and Test Your 404 Page
Create 404 Page and Test it works. It is good for Search engone and Visitors.
3. Test The CheckOut Process
By Using Checkout Process, you should;ld make sure about your payment gateways and confirmation emails
4. Check Your Website In All Major Browsers And Devices
Your website must be user-friendly on a mobile device. Simply try viewing your website on as many different devices and is as many different browsers as you can.
5. Test Everything Is Up To Date
It’s vital to keep your plugins, themes and your version of WordPress up to date to prevent vulnerabilities that can be taken advantage of by hackers.
6. Secure Your Website With SSL
Add an SSL certificate to your site.
7. Check Downloadable Files
If you have added files to your site that can be downloaded, make sure you proofread them, make sure the links work and most importantly, make sure they can actually be downloaded.
SEO & MARKETING
8. Change Your Settings to Encourage Search Engines
Whilst you were building your WordPress website you might have gone into Settings > Reading and checked the box that says, ‘Discourage search engines from indexing the site’.
9. Implement Google Analytics
Understanding your site’s visitors is really, really important. Google Analytics shows you how much traffic your website gets, where that traffic is coming from, and how visitors interact with your site once they arrive. If you’re building the site for a client, then it’s vital you install Google Analytics. It’s free and so easy to install.
10. Set Up Google Search Console
If you’re not familiar with the Google Search Console, it is a collection of tools and resources that will help you monitor the performance of your website in the Google search results.
11. Submit A Sitemap To Google
You need to get your site listed in Google and submitting an XML sitemap will enable that to happen.
12. Do A Site Speed Test
No one likes a slow website, including search engines. make sure your website all pages open quickly.
13. Check All Of Your SEO Settings
Make Sure All of your Post and pages have a Unique title and description. Also sure about Image Quality.
14. make Sure Your 301 Redirects Are In Place
If you have redesigned your website or have built a client a new website, you will need to redirect traffic from the old URLs to the new ones. A 301 redirect tells the search engines and browsers that a page has moved permanently. This is considered best SEO practice and will ensure that you don’t lose any existing rankings.
CONTENT & DESIGN
15. Check Your Content
make sure that your content looks nice and is easy to read and navigate. Use nice paragraphs and remember to use headings and sub-headings.
16. Check Your Images, Video and Sliders Work
If you are using images and video, make sure they link to the correct place or that they work.
17. Check All Your Links
Make sure all your links work, link through to the right place and that external links open in a new tab. Don’t forget to include your social media and RSS feed when you’re testing your links.
18. Add A Favicon
It sounds like a trivial matter, but your favicon is a powerful little thing. First of all, it makes it easier for your users to distinguish your website when they have several tabs open. It adds credibility to your site – visitors will notice it and appreciate it and it will ultimately help build your brand awareness
LEGAL
19. Are You Processing Payments?
Check with your hosting provider that you have a suitable firewall on the server, that if you save credit card information, it is protected, that you have a suitable SSL certificate, your server has anti-virus software on it and that all of your systems are secure and can only be accessed by a limited number of people.
20. Cookies
You must tell your users what cookies you use and get them to consent to their use.
21. Data Protection
You also need to tell people who they go about finding out what personal information you hold about them
22. Accessibility
By making your website more accessible to anyone with a disability, you are making your website more accessible to everyone, and that can only be a good thing. And it’s not as hard or as specialist as you think.
23. Don’t Forget Your Terms & Conditions
If you are a registered business, you must display your company details on your website. As well as that you need a set of Terms & Conditions that lay out the legal rights and obligations between you and the users of your website.
24. E-Commerce Policies
If you are running a shop, you must set out your store policies carefully. By setting out the rules that you are your customers must follow when a purchase is made through your site, you could be legally protecting yourself if any conflict arises. Include a disclaimer of liability, warranties, returns and refunds, delivery and any payment terms.
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