Ep.4: DIY WordPress Maintenance

Category: Podcast
September 21, 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minute

Do you prefer a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to build, grow, and maintain a business and its website using WordPress? It’s all fun and games in the beginning, but as soon as something goes wrong or functionality needs to be added, that’s when most challenges arise and people start to struggle or get stuck. In this episode, we talk to Lee Rickler from Point and Stare, a London-based WordPress agency. Lee shares some of the basics of looking after your own WordPress website properly and building a business website that works.

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Episode Highlights and Topics:

WordPress: Changed from hand-coding everything to a content management system
Assumptions/Perceptions: WordPress is really simple, but in reality, it’s more complex
Downsides to WordPress: Maintenance, security, and potential problems afterward
Misconception: WordPress is free, cheap, and easy, but functionality/features add up
Best Practices: How to build a WordPress website for a business to not get hacked
Free vs. Paid: Limitations and restrictions of WordPress.org or WordPress.com
Hosting: Ask questions, get advice, search Google, and conduct due diligence
Current Content: Make sure backups, SSL certificates, plugins, and themes are updated
Pure Luck and Transparency: Be honest about what you can/can’t do and outsource
Networking: Everyone likes to buy something, but no one likes to be sold to

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