Website development is a never ending process but taking the first steps is always seems harder than the rest of the way. This simple checklist helps us making sure we have a sound foundations to build upon.
- Register domain
- Add domain to hosting
- Create redirects on hosting if neccessary
- Set up email in cPanel and forwarders if applies
- Install wordpress
- If installed through softaculus then set updates and upgrades automatically and backup times and frequency.
- Select theme
- Install plugins
- Contact form
- Image optimizer
- Cache
- Backup
- GDPR
- Yoast
- Download some stock images
- Create pages
- About us
- Contact us
- Privacy policy
- Home page
- Wordpress settings
- Copyright for footer
- Change Home to site name
- Add search box and important links to sidebar
- Set permalink structure in Settings > Permalinks to post name
- Set commenting according to needs in Setting > Discussion
- Register on Cloudflare and change DNS to cloudflare dns in case of "Full zone type"