18. How to Maintain Your WordPress Website

Are you a teacher seller with a WordPress website? If you are, or are thinking about creating one, I’ve got some important advice for you! Launching a website is a lot of work, and I don’t want you to ever experience the total panic that will ensue if something happens to it. The scary reality is that lots of unfortunate things can happen to your website that we want to avoid. It could be a beautiful blog post that completely disappears, or a plugin that stops working, or even worse…being hacked! This is why it’s so important that you keep up with proper WordPress website maintenance. There are many things that you can do to ensure that security is in place and your site is running smoothly day to day. Tune in to this episode of The Savvy Teacher Seller to hear four things that you should be doing for your WordPress website maintenance to avoid any future website emergencies.If WordPress website maintenance feels super overwhelming to you, or you’re just short on time, you can check out my Worry-Free WordPress Care Plans.1:08: Why backing up your website every single day is number one on my checklist for WordPress website maintenance  3:09 My recommendation to run updates every week (and the why behind it!)7:25 Top tips for keeping your website secure, including usernames to avoid10:40 The importance of having a good quality security plugin11:30 How to set up downtime monitoringFor a free checklist, transcript, and show notes, head here: https://kristendoyle.co/episode18Send us a text! (If you'd like a reply, please share your # in the message)Stop managing your WordPress website and let us handle it! Learn more about our WordPress Careplan at kristendoyle.co/care. Book your FREE Website Gameplan Call: https://kristendoyle.co/gameplanLearn more about my WordPress CarePlan: https://kristendoyle.co/wordpress-care-plan/