To make the process smooth I follow the excellent guide Going self-hosted: my step-by-step guide for wordpress.com users.
The extra details I would add are the plugins I have installed. Being a newbie to wordpress I'm going with the basic plugins I've been recommended. If you are like me I though this would be helpful. Most of these were recommended by the majority of people, books and blogs I consulted.
Plugins
- Jetpack: An amazing plugin that seems to do everything
- All In One SEO Pack
From the book word press for beginners
- Google XML Sitemap
- wp dbmanager
- contact form 7
- wp policies: Pages are hidden by default. Add them to the theme footer. The Plugins main page tells you how
Security
Wordpress isn't very secure by default. A friend suggested these plugins to lock it down.
Wordpress isn't very secure by default. A friend suggested these plugins to lock it down.
- BulletProof Security
- Look-See Security Scanner
- WP-Sentinel
Promotion
What I still have to do is tell the world my blog has moved
- Add to blog lovin and the other blog sites I have registered with
- Submit the site xml through Google webmaster if the plugins haven't already done this.
No comments:
Post a Comment