{"id":44886,"date":"2020-12-01T02:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=44886"},"modified":"2025-12-29T04:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:31:35","slug":"website-launch-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/website-launch-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Launch Checklist \u2014 25 Must-Dos Before A Website Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44886\" class=\"elementor elementor-44886\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82eb2a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82eb2a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa6b120\" data-id=\"aa6b120\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac7599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ac7599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>About the author: Roy Eyal, Elementorist @ Elementor<\/b><\/p><p>Roy Eyal is an expert Elementorist at Elementor and a WordPress <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/what-does-a-web-developer-do\/\"   title=\"What Does a Web Developer Do? 2025 Guide\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"25492\">web developer<\/a> that loves design and working with designers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cc3b64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cc3b64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Getting ready to launch a new WordPress site? Congratulations \u2014 that&#8217;s awesome!<\/p><p>Launching a website is always an exciting time. You&#8217;ve put in all the hard work &#8211; now you get to show it off to the world and start receiving visitors.<\/p><p>However, it can also be a stressful time. How do you know that you haven&#8217;t forgotten some important WordPress setting or task that might cause problems down the line?<\/p><p>With this website launch checklist, you can be confident that you&#8217;ve ticked all the boxes and your site is ready for primetime.<\/p><p>From setting permalinks and timezones to configuring your backup policy, this 25-point checklist has everything you need to be prepared for your website launch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce971ac elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ce971ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-gac=\"CTA_Elements\" data-gaa=\"Link\" data-gal=\"Position_Text_CTA\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/client-expectations\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn How To Set and Manage Client Expectations<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-887d58d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"887d58d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Having a Website Launch Checklist Is Essential<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a52b4db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a52b4db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In my ten years as a freelancer before joining Elementor, I learned that there are a series of common tasks that you need to perform to get every website ready to launch. Basically, the &#8220;best practices&#8221; that every website needs to follow.<\/p><p>Whether you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/create-website-with-wordpress\/\">building your first WordPress site<\/a> or your five hundredth site, remembering all of these tasks can be a chore, which is where a checklist comes in handy.<\/p><p>Instead of trying to remember everything that you need to do, all you need to do is go through the checklist and you can feel confident that your site is ready to launch.<\/p><p>So without further ado, let&#8217;s get into my 25-point website launch checklist for new WordPress sites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55cc49e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55cc49e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7b38bf\" data-id=\"d7b38bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b51431 blog-toc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b51431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Ultimate Website Launch Checklist<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09799f4 blog-toc elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"09799f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Set-Up-Your-Homepage\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">1. Set Up Your Homepage<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Delete-Dummy-Content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">2. Delete Dummy Content (e.g. \"Hello World!\")<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Deactivate\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">3. Deactivate and Delete Unused Plugins<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Set-Your-Permalinks\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">4. Set Your Permalinks<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#double-check\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">5. Double Check Your Admin Email Address \u200b<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#set-your-timezone\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">6. Set Your Timezone<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Make-sure-youre-allowing\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">7. Make Sure You're Allowing Search Engine Indexing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#turn-off-comments\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">8. Turn off Comments (Unless You Really Need Them)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#remove-the\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">9. Remove the \"Just Another WordPress Site\" Tagline<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#set-your-site-icon\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">10. Set Your Site Icon\/Favicon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#create-test-your-forms\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">11. Create\/Test Your Forms<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#create-a-custom-404-page\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">12. Create a Custom 404 Page<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#set-up-301\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">13. Set up 301 Redirects if Needed<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#activate-ssl\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">14. Activate SSL Certificate and Enable HTTPS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#make-sure-all-links\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">15. Make Sure All Links Work Correctly (+ Use Relative URLs)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#set-seo-titles\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">16. Set SEO Titles and Meta Descriptions<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#set-up-web-analytics\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">17. Set up Web Analytics<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#submit-your-sites-xml\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">18. Submit Your Site's XML Sitemap To Search Engines<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#set-up-an-email-sending-service\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">19. Set up an Email Sending Service<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#set-up-an-legal-pages\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">20. Set up Legal Pages (e.g. Privacy Policy)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#optimize-your-sites-performance\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">21. Optimize Your Site's Performance<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#put-a-backup-policy-in-place\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">22. Put a Backup Policy in Place<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#secure-your-site\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">23. Secure Your Site<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#activate-plugin\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">24. Activate Plugin\/Theme Licenses for Automatic Updates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#test-test\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">25. Test, Test, Test (and then Test Again)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e5e921 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e5e921\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b74fdb\" data-id=\"9b74fdb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c365755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c365755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Set-Up-Your-Homepage\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3945003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3945003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Set Up Your Homepage\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e4f2f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e4f2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because WordPress started as a blogging platform, its default behavior is still to show a list of your latest blog posts on the homepage of your site. That might be ok if you&#8217;re creating a blog, but most sites are better served with a static homepage.<\/p><p>To design your homepage, you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elementor<\/a> (and maybe even import one of the many templates to save time).<\/p><p>Then, to set your design as the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-homepage-for-your-business-with-elementor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homepage<\/a>, go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Reading <\/strong>and use the <strong>Your homepage displays<\/strong> setting to choose <strong>A static page<\/strong>. Then, select the page that you want to use from the <strong>Homepage<\/strong> drop-down.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re still planning to publish blog content, you&#8217;ll also need to specify a new <strong>Posts page<\/strong>, which is where your blog posts will appear. You can just create a blank page named &#8220;Blog&#8221; and assign that as the posts page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be3f3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2be3f3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/static-homepage-r4q70fbpm9levvxlq358h5ghby1b0y0ey5uiou3ize.png\" title=\"static-homepage\" alt=\"static-homepage\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-116fd1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"116fd1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Delete-Dummy-Content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5095e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5095e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Delete Dummy Content (e.g. \"Hello World!\")\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce3723e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce3723e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By default, WordPress comes with its own dummy content such as the infamous &#8220;Hello World!&#8221; post and &#8220;Sample Page&#8221; page. Some popular hosts also add their own dummy content on top.<\/p><p>None of this content is useful to your site, so you&#8217;ll want to make sure you delete it all before you go live. Browse through the <strong>Posts<\/strong>, <strong>Pages<\/strong>, and <strong>Comments<\/strong> areas and delete anything that shouldn&#8217;t be there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c29e1c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c29e1c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Deactivate\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd4c04a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd4c04a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Deactivate and Delete Unused Plugins\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6968c69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6968c69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Having unnecessary plugins on your site is bad for both <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/how-to-speed-up-wordpress-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">site performance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security<\/a>, so you&#8217;ll want to make you&#8217;ve deactivated and deleted any plugins that you aren&#8217;t planning on using on your live site.<\/p><p>These could be plugins that you tried and didn&#8217;t like, as well as default plugins that your host installed but you&#8217;re not planning on using.<\/p><p>To get rid of them, go to the <strong>Plugins<\/strong> area in your dashboard and deactivate any plugins that you don&#8217;t need. If you&#8217;re not sure whether or not you need a plugin, just try deactivating it and then testing your site. If nothing is broken or missing, that probably means you don&#8217;t need the plugin.<\/p><p>Once you&#8217;ve deactivated all the plugins you don&#8217;t think you need and verified that your site still works, you can go ahead and safely delete them.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bf6e9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"8bf6e9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Set-Your-Permalinks\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5e9be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a5e9be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Set Your Permalinks\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d391b7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d391b7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your WordPress site&#8217;s permalinks control the structure of your site&#8217;s URLs. For example, should a blog post be <strong>yoursite.com\/2020\/post-title <\/strong>or just <strong>yoursite.com\/post-title<\/strong>? Permalinks let you choose what works for your site and it&#8217;s important to choose them before you launch (because changing them later on will mean all the URLs on your site change).<\/p><p>To set your permalinks, go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Permalinks<\/strong>. Most sites should use the <strong>Post name<\/strong> structure, but you can use a different structure if it fits your needs. Personally, I think to include the category name in the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/url\/\"   title=\"What is a URL? Structure, Syntax &amp; Best Practices\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"25490\">URL<\/a> structure, which you can set up by choosing the <strong>Custom Structure<\/strong> option and entering the following:<br \/><br \/>\/%category%\/%postname%\/<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7afd78c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7afd78c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/permalinks-settings-r4q70edvffk4k9yyvkqlwnp0qk5xt8wom1717k4x4s.jpg\" title=\"permalinks settings\" alt=\"permalinks settings\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2992637 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"2992637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"double-check\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bfa80a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bfa80a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Double Check Your Admin Email Address\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121e607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"121e607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Having an accurate admin email address is important for receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/troubleshooting-wordpress-errors\/\">error notifications from WordPress<\/a> Site Health and also resetting your password if you accidentally get locked out of the WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <strong>Users \u2192 Profile<\/strong> and scroll down to the <strong>Email<\/strong> box under <strong>Contact Info<\/strong>. Make sure that it&#8217;s the actual email address that you want to use for your admin account.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-663ea64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"663ea64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"set-your-timezone\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6484b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c6484b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6. Set Your Timezone\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c36b38a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c36b38a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your WordPress site&#8217;s timezone plays an important role in various scheduling and administrative tasks. Your timezone affects the timestamps on posts\/comments, the time when you schedule posts to go live, and more.<\/p><p>The simplest solution is to set the timezone to your local timezone (or your client&#8217;s timezone). This will make it easier to perform administrative tasks, like scheduling posts.<\/p><p>However, if your target visitors are in a significantly different timezone, you might want to use that timezone instead so that your visitors see comment timestamps and publish dates that are relevant to them.<\/p><p>To set your timezone, go to <strong>Settings \u2192 General<\/strong> and use the <strong>Timezone<\/strong> drop-down:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61939b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61939b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/set-timezone-r4q6xf89sbhfsqam9af50eqh0mu3fr3a7atoi0juma.png\" title=\"set-timezone\" alt=\"set-timezone\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be2130 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"8be2130\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Make-sure-youre-allowing\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce897bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce897bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7. Make Sure You're Allowing Search Engine Indexing\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38d71dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38d71dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While you&#8217;re working on a <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-staging-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">development site<\/a>, it&#8217;s a good idea to disable search engine indexing to prevent Google from indexing your work-in-progress website. However, when you go live, it&#8217;s important to turn off this behavior so that you don&#8217;t accidentally block Google from indexing your live website.<\/p><p>Go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Reading<\/strong> and make sure that the <strong>Search engine visibility<\/strong> box is <strong>not<\/strong> checked.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee43653 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee43653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/search-engine-r4q6xf89sbhfsqam9af50eqh0mu3fr3a7atoi0jr6y.png\" title=\"search-engine\" alt=\"search-engine\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33d8ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"f33d8ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"turn-off-comments\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f02e93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f02e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8. Turn off Comments (Unless You Really Need Them)\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f8f6c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f8f6c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While comments can be useful for some sites with an active community, most &#8220;regular&#8221; WordPress sites are better off disabling comments because they&#8217;re just going to attract spam.<\/p><p>For example, if you&#8217;re creating a brochure website for a local business, that local business almost certainly doesn&#8217;t need blog comments.<\/p><p>To disable comments, go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Discussion<\/strong> and uncheck the boxes for <strong>Allow link notifications from other blogs<\/strong> and <strong>Allow people to submit comments on new posts<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b05dfba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b05dfba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/comment-settings-r4q6zp08awldusztzrrojc3kp5n11f3xijkx936ios.png\" title=\"comment-settings\" alt=\"comment-settings\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0cc166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0cc166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;re disabling comments, you can also get rid of Gravatar, which is the default service that powers avatars in comments. To turn it off, go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Discussion<\/strong> and uncheck the <strong>Avatar Display<\/strong> box.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d556083 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"d556083\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"remove-the\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6687a7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6687a7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">9. Remove the \"Just Another WordPress Site\" Tagline\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac43961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac43961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Beyond the default posts and pages that WordPress adds, it also adds a generic tagline that some themes still display (though not all do).<\/p><p>To avoid confusion, you should remove this default tagline or change it to something relevant to your site. You can make this change by going to <strong>Settings \u2192 General<\/strong> and editing the <strong>Tagline<\/strong> box.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef6a005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef6a005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/general-settings-r4q6xeaflhg5h4bzes0ifwz0f8yq81zjv6670ql6cg.png\" title=\"general settings\" alt=\"general settings\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d61b919 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"d61b919\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"set-your-site-icon\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e11e72d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e11e72d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10. Set Your Site Icon\/Favicon\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13122d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13122d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your site icon\/favicon is what appears next to your site title in visitors&#8217; browser tabs, bookmarks, etc. It will also be used as the &#8220;app&#8221; icon if someone saves your site to their mobile device.<\/p><p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/favicon-complete-guide\/\">set your favicon<\/a> from the WordPress Customizer. Go to <strong>Appearance \u2192 Customize<\/strong>. Then, find the <strong>Site Identity<\/strong> section and upload your favicon to the <strong>Site Icon<\/strong> setting:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8359ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8359ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=584,h=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/site-icon-584x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44910\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=584\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/site-icon-584x1024.png 584w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=171\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/site-icon-171x300.png 171w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=650\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/site-icon.png 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a13435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a13435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your favicon should be square, ideally 512&#215;512 px. Keeping it basic, such as a single letter or simple symbol, will help make it legible even on a user&#8217;s browser tab.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe7a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6fe7a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"create-test-your-forms\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8065df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8065df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">11. Create\/Test Your Forms\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cee1a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cee1a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Almost every WordPress site will have some type of form. You can either create forms using <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/form-builder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elementor Pro&#8217;s Form builder<\/a> or a separate contact form plugin.<\/p><p>Before going live, you&#8217;ll want to make sure that your form is working as expected:<\/p><ul><li>Does it accept new submissions?<\/li><li>Have you set up a custom confirmation message?<\/li><li>Have you configured notification emails for new submissions? Do those notifications go to the correct email address(es)?<\/li><\/ul><p>Make sure to send a few test form submissions to really make sure your forms are working properly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51ecf46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"51ecf46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"create-a-custom-404-page\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2acf2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2acf2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">12. Create a Custom 404 Page\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b1794c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b1794c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/404-not-found\/\"   title=\"How To Fix \u201c404 Not Found On Your Site\u201d Error\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"25491\">404<\/a> page is what visitors will see if they try to visit a page on your site that doesn&#8217;t exist (which will happen fairly often as your site grows). It&#8217;s an important page to have because it gives you a chance to help those visitors find what they need and keep them on your site.<\/p><p>To easily create a custom 404 page, you can use Elementor Pro \u2014 just <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/create-custom-wordpress-404-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aea510 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"3aea510\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"set-up-301\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e037a93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e037a93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13. Set up 301 Redirects if Needed\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f25da8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f25da8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A 301 redirect lets you automatically &#8220;redirect&#8221; visitors to a different page. For example, let&#8217;s say you change the URL of a post from <strong>yoursite.com\/old-title <\/strong>to <strong>yoursite.com\/new-title<\/strong>. A 301 redirect lets you automatically redirect people who visit <strong>yoursite.com\/old-title <\/strong>to <strong>yoursite.com\/new-title.<\/strong><\/p><p>If you&#8217;re creating a brand new website, you probably won&#8217;t need any 301 redirects at the beginning. However, if you&#8217;re working on relaunching an existing site, you might need to set up 301 redirects to account for any changes that you&#8217;ve made.<\/p><p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/redirect-url-wordpress\/\">set up 301 redirects<\/a> by editing your site&#8217;s .htaccess file or you can use a free plugin like Redirection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3166fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"d3166fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"activate-ssl\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fc47a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23fc47a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14. Activate SSL Certificate and Enable HTTPS\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efa45ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efa45ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2020 and beyond, every website needs an SSL certificate to boost security and user trust.<\/p><p>Most web hosts let you install a free SSL certificate &#8211; you usually just need to click a few buttons in your hosting dashboard. If not, you can reach out to your host for help.<\/p><p>Once you&#8217;ve done that, make sure to enable HTTPS by going to <strong>Settings \u2192 General<\/strong> and updating your <strong>WordPress Address<\/strong> and <strong>Site Address<\/strong> to use <strong>https:\/\/<\/strong> instead of <strong>http:\/\/<\/strong>.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re adding SSL\/HTTPS to an existing WordPress site, you might also need to set up redirects to make sure all your existing content uses HTTPS as well. Or, you can have <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/really-simple-ssl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Really Simple SSL plugin<\/a> do that for you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f81db elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"13f81db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"make-sure-all-links\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dad4d0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dad4d0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15. Make Sure All Links Work Correctly (+ Use Relative URLs)\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff256d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff256d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To limit 404 errors and improve user experience, it&#8217;s important that all of your links are working as expected. However, you&#8217;ll often run into broken link problems if you&#8217;re moving a site from staging\/local development to the live version.<\/p><p>You&#8217;ll want to test key navigation items, widgets, etc. to make sure that there are no issues.<\/p><p>One tip to avoid problems is to use <strong>relative URLs<\/strong> instead of absolute URLs. For example, let&#8217;s say your site is <strong>https:\/\/yoursite.com <\/strong>and you want to link to <strong>https:\/\/yoursite.com\/example-page<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Absolute URL <\/strong>&#8211; &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/yoursite.com\/example-page&#8221;&gt;<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Relative URL<\/strong> &#8211; &lt;a href=&#8221;\/example-page&#8221;&gt;<\/li><\/ul><p>Basically, with relative URLs, you can change the base URL of your site (<strong>https:\/\/yoursite.com<\/strong>) without breaking any of your links.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2a7a0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a2a7a0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"set-seo-titles\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3ae36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d3ae36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16. Set SEO Titles and Meta Descriptions\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40eb4c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40eb4c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Search engine optimization (SEO) titles and meta descriptions are important for helping your site rank in search engines. They can also help you increase your organic search clickthrough rate (CTR) by helping you catch searchers&#8217; attention.<\/p>\n<p>Before you can set them, you&#8217;ll need to make sure you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/best-wordpress-seo-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using an SEO plugin<\/a> like Yoast SEO or Rank Math. Then, you can set up SEO title tags and meta descriptions from inside the editor for each piece of content.<\/p>\n<p>Pay special attention to the SEO information for key pages, like your homepage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f5ebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"64f5ebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"set-up-web-analytics\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98e6339 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98e6339\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">17. Set up Web Analytics\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0696a27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0696a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web analytics are a useful tool that lets you see how many visitors your site gets, what content they like, where they come from, and lots more. You&#8217;ll want to have website analytics installed from day one so that you can start understanding your site&#8217;s visitors right away.<\/p><p>The easiest way to get started with web analytics is to use the free Google Analytics tool &#8211; check out <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/google-analytics-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our guide on how to add Google Analytics to WordPress<\/a> to learn how to set it up. Then, make sure that the tracking code is working and you see data in your Google Analytics dashboard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c5188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c2c5188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"submit-your-sites-xml\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e2bdab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e2bdab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">18. Submit Your Site's XML Sitemap To Search Engines\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09fbdc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09fbdc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your XML sitemap is a list of all the content on your site in a special format. It helps search engines like Google discover all of your content and include it in the search results.<\/p><p>As of WordPress 5.5, WordPress creates an XML sitemap by default &#8211; you can access it by appending <strong>\/wp-sitemap.xml<\/strong> to the end of your site (e.g. <strong>yoursite.com\/wp-sitemap.xml<\/strong>). Most WordPress SEO plugins also include their own features to help you create a sitemap.<\/p><p>All you need to do is submit the sitemap to search engines. Here&#8217;s where to do that:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Search Console<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/toolbox\/webmaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bing Webmaster Tools<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c30332d elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c30332d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"set-up-an-email-sending-service\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15ae3ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15ae3ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">19. Set up an Email Sending Service\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61212ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61212ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By default, your WordPress site will try to send its transactional emails (password resets, form notifications, etc.) via your web host. Unfortunately, this method isn&#8217;t very reliable and some hosts will completely disable sending emails from the server.<\/p><p>A much more reliable option is to use a dedicated sending service like <a href=\"https:\/\/sendgrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SendGrid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/best-smtp-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a WordPress SMTP plugin<\/a>.<\/p><p>Make sure that you&#8217;ve set everything up and also send some test emails to ensure that there aren&#8217;t any issues with deliverability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c660d7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c660d7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"set-up-an-legal-pages\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdb365a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdb365a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">20. Set up Legal Pages (e.g. Privacy Policy)\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e8e0ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e8e0ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/website-legal-requirements\/\">Legal pages<\/a> will depend on your jurisdiction and what your site is about. But in general, all websites should have at least a privacy policy. WordPress includes a built-in privacy page tool that you can access by going to <strong>Settings \u2192 Privacy<\/strong> &#8211; make sure that you&#8217;ve set it up and it&#8217;s accessible on your site (usually in the footer).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e5f78a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e5f78a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/privacy-page-r4q74nlkdfdv4psf0wysp315kd6rnwsxj3j6fntrd0.png\" title=\"privacy-page\" alt=\"privacy-page\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2d064d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2d064d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If your site targets visitors from the EU, you also might need to take steps to comply with EU laws like cookie consent and the GDPR. Plugins like <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complianz<\/a> can help simplify the compliance process for you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d5262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"72d5262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"optimize-your-sites-performance\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e82d231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e82d231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">21. Optimize Your Site's Performance\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9715691 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9715691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How quickly your site loads will affect everything from user experience to SEO, conversion rates, and more. For that reason, it&#8217;s an essential ingredient if you want your website to be successful.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/test-website-speed\/\">test your site&#8217;s current performance<\/a> using tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webpagetest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WebPageTest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTmetrix<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastorslow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fast or Slow<\/a>. In general, you want your site&#8217;s main content to be visible within ~2.5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t meet that standard, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/how-to-speed-up-wordpress-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our guide on how to speed up WordPress<\/a> to improve your speeds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba1889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"2ba1889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"put-a-backup-policy-in-place\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e36d872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e36d872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">22. Put a Backup Policy in Place\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a3daa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13a3daa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every website needs a strong backup policy to ensure your data is always safe and secure in case something bad happens. If you use premium managed WordPress hosting, your host might already offer secure off-site backups. Otherwise, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/backup-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow our guide on how to back up WordPress<\/a> to set everything up.<\/p><p>Make sure that:<\/p><ul><li>Your backup schedule is working.<\/li><li>Your backups are stored <strong>off-site<\/strong>. That is, you don&#8217;t want your backup files to be on the same server as your site.<\/li><li>You know how to restore your site from backup.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-505e50b elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"505e50b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"secure-your-site\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aae3e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aae3e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">23. Secure Your Site\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9dc471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9dc471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Securing your site is one great strategy to help make sure you never need to use the backups from the previous checklist item.<\/p><p>One easy way to secure your site is with <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-security-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a WordPress security plugin<\/a>. You should also make sure you&#8217;re following all of <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the other WordPress security best practices<\/a> before you go live and expose your site to potentially malicious actors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75bd46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a75bd46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"activate-plugin\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c7346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3c7346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">24. Activate Plugin\/Theme Licenses for Automatic Updates\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea7d12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dea7d12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Updating your plugins is important to keep your site secure and avoid compatibility issues. For free plugins from WordPress.org, you&#8217;ll receive update notifications in your dashboard and can update with a single click.<\/p><p>However, for any premium plugins that you&#8217;re using, you&#8217;ll need to add a valid license key to enable automatic updates.<\/p><p>Before you launch, go through each premium plugin on your site and check to see if you&#8217;ve activated it with a license key \u2014 otherwise, it&#8217;s far too easy to forget about updates.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3208acf elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"3208acf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"test-test\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2d8fb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2d8fb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">25. Test, Test, Test (and Then Test Again)\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f478ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f478ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Finally, the last step in your website launch checklist is to test your site. Then, you can test it again. And then maybe one more time for good measure.<\/p><p>Click around to different pages and make sure everything is working. Check for broken links, missing content\/images, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/what-is-css\/\"   title=\"What Is CSS? How to Use it in Web Design (2025)\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31661\">CSS<\/a> issues, etc.<\/p><p>Pay extra attention to important actions, like forms or registration\/purchase flows. Additionally, remember to test on different devices, like both your desktop and smartphone.<\/p><p>If nothing breaks, you should feel confident that you&#8217;re ready to launch your website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41670c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41670c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Launch Your Website With Confidence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7446a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7446a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you&#8217;re launching a WordPress site, there are a lot of little things you need to remember. 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