/golive

Make sure you don't forget anything when it comes to going-live with our handy checklist.

golive

Server

  • Disable Mail within Plesk (if necessary)

WordPress specific

  • Change admin email addresses
  • Generate new admin password and store in 1Password
  • Clear any test data
  • Enable SSL on sensitive areas (if required)

.htaccess

  • 301 redirects
  • Flush permalinks
  • Configure to serve SVG/HTML5 video

SEO

  • Remove robots.txt
  • Integrate (existing) Google Analytics

3rd party services

  • Change payment gateways from test mode

General

  • Favicon, Apple touch icon and win tile icon
  • Check archive pages
  • Check Search page (even if there isn't search field)

Files

  • Check file permissions
  • Change owner to apache/plesk user/group
  • Remove preview files/database/database user(s)

Cleanup

  • Delete staging database and users
  • Delete staging site