Wpwatercooler - Weekly Wordpress

Today's topic is Future proofing your WordPress website. The topic was suggested to us by Julie Kuehl. How do you keep a website up to date? It’s a misconception that once the website is built it’s done. A website is not set it and forget it. It’s a relationship that you have to nurture and take care of it. You need to articulate to your customers that the expectation is they need to invest not only in their content, but consider a refresh in the future be it a month, a year or several years. With WP it isn’t just about content upgrades, but security updates. It’s like a car, you have to get the oil changed or even a new car. The 1st rule of future proofing a site is Don’t Touch Core! Se: It’s not possible to future proof a website. you can upgrade the website, you can add in new coding, you can revise some things, build a whole new theme… but it’s not possible to make a set it and forget it website that will withstand upgrades. If you make a themes, you’re going to have to revisit that code in a year or 2. J