5 important facts in WordPress web maintenance

WordPress is one of the most used platforms on the internet to create web content. It is easy, it is accessible and does not require much knowledge in the field of programming to use it, which is a blessing for those who are starting in this world. But if there is something that has played a significant role in this topic and that has not always been given much emphasis is WordPress web maintenance.

WordPress maintenance is essential, but many people tend to ignore it because they simply don't have much knowledge of the subject.

In case you want to have a better understanding of the topic and maybe even try it on your own, here are multiple interesting elements about WordPress web maintenance and what you should do to make the most of the situation.

1. First of all, the reason for its importance, Why do WordPress web maintenance?

It's easy to say that it's important to do maintenance on your WordPress platform and not give any explanation. The reality is that having a better understanding of the reasons will give you more motivation to do things right and some of the reasons why you should do WordPress web maintenance are as follows:

• Maintain a degree of security through constant updating processes.
• The existence of any feature or tool that is damaged or not functioning to its full capacity.
• Lack of performance at the Search Engine Optimization level, commonly known as SEO.
• A general lack of quality in the website and the different features and elements it may have.

Generally speaking, you want to do WordPress maintenance to get better results with the project at hand and to avoid any problems that can actually become perceived as unnecessary if you do the relevant care processes. And among the best WordPress web maintenance strategies we have the following.

2. Check the loading time

This is something that many people don't consider, but it can have many ramifications on the success or failure of your WordPress website and is one area where a little maintenance could be very effective on many different levels.

If your website is taking a long time to load, this is something that could discourage your customers or potential audience from giving your content and what you have to offer in general a chance. In that sense, this leads you to analyze the reasons why it is taking so long to load and what you could do to make the website a little lighter and more bearable for users.

3. Database revision

As you can imagine, as you use your WordPress website, there will be a considerable increase in the amount of data that you will be accumulating and that can have multiple consequences on it, such as it may become slower to load (what we mentioned in the previous point), you have a lot of data that are no longer needed and different situations of this nature.

That is why it is recommended that you do weekly reviews of your database and do a cleanup, if necessary. There is a very good plugin, called Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions, that can help you automate this process.

4. Update your plugins

Plugins are tools that you can add for free or, sometimes, having to pay to complement what you do with your WordPress website. But it is worth noting that there are many occasions where we see sites with some functions that do not perform properly and this is due to a lack of WordPress maintenance.

Do periodic reviews (say every two or three weeks) to make sure that all your plugins are being functional and that everything is running smoothly. This way you make sure that the situation is going smoothly.

5. Broken links

This is something extremely common in this theme and you've probably been through this at some point if you've tried to do WordPress web maintenance. There are usually times where, either because of X or Y, your website has some links that no longer work, either because they changed the name of the link, because that link has been removed from the internet or any other reason, so you have to deal with that situation.

As in previous cases, you can make revisions to the links and check that they are active. This will help you in terms of web traffic, consistency in the content you are offering and generally being a much more functional and efficient website in a wide variety of circumstances.

Conclusion

These are some of the measures that you can execute to do WordPress web maintenance, but we urge you to seek professional help because it will help you to have a higher percentage of effectiveness and at the same time have the perspective of a connoisseur in the field that can give you several guidelines for the future. Whether it is me or any other professional, I strongly encourage you to do so.

If you find this a bit complex, it is something that is understandable, you should consider the help of a professional and in that aspect I have you covered with several plans, such as the following:

• Basic Maintenance: WordPress update, theme, plugins, database cleanup and backup.
• Premium Maintenance: The same as the basic one and I add one hour of development time for small tasks that need to be done on the web: modify styles, upload content, update products, etc.
• Online shop maintenanceThe same as Premium, but orders are monitored, and a backup scheme that depends on the movement of that store. The more sales, the more backup copies.

WordPress web maintenance is a significant step towards the success of your project and another sign of progress towards the goal you have set for it, so that is something you should always keep in mind.

If you are thinking of creating a website, or you need a WordPress web developer for your agency, do not hesitate to contact me and I will make you a non-biding quotation.