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    Best practices for agencies to manage WordPress websites

    By Olly | 11 Feb 22

    1. Introduction
    2. The development workflow process
    3. Security
    4. Speed
    5. Hosting
    • Introduction
    • The development workflow process
    • Security
    • Speed
    • Hosting

    As an agency that develops and manages a large scale of WordPress websites, we know you will always be looking to improve internal processes. After all, streamlining allows you to become more efficient so that you can deliver the best results for your client. Continue reading to learn some of the best practices you may have missed that could rock your agency.

     

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    The development workflow process

    When designing any website, the development process is the most crucial. You want to get it right in the beginning so everything operates smoothly later on down the line. Here are the four best practices to help perfect your development process:

    1 Get your environments right

    his means making sure you have a development, staging, and production area.

     

    Having a development area means you never commit the deadly sin of developing directly onto the live site. While having a staging area, that’s a 90% replicated version of the development or production area, allows your account or QA team to do their thing. They will be able to add content or test how the site performs under actual use, without disturbing your team working in the development area.

    2 Having your code history

    Being able to maintain your code and managing your development team’s code submissions is essential. Software like Git will allow you to back up your code and manage your teams’ code edits by keeping a record of which users made which edits and when.

    3 Use a framework like Roots

    Roots allows you to bootstrap your development processes; such as theme development, plugin management and deployment.

    4 Communicate your progress to your clients

    Frequent communication clarifies project goals, manages expectations, establishes boundaries and makes onboarding easier. Most importantly, regular and consistent communication builds trust with your clients.

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    Security

    Security is everything and should be your top concern. Without developing a secure website, clients will never fully trust your business. That’s why you need to follow these practices to ensure your client’s website is secure:

    1 Invest in a reliable WordPress host

    You want to invest in a reliable WordPress host that you can trust to protect your client’s business. A secure hosting provider will protect servers against common attacks and keep the software up to date. If you go with a managed provider they could offer automatic WordPress updates, keep your network infrastructure in ship shape and help ensure you never experience downtime.

    2 Regularly update plugins, themes and PHP versions

    This will keep a website secure by bringing new patch updates that help prevent hacks. It’s important to remember that things can sometimes go wrong with these updates. Set aside some time to do this, so that there is an allocation planned for fixing issues that could arise.

    If you’re an agency that doesn’t handle the website maintenance side of things. Or if you perform maintenance as an ongoing service that is billed as part of the initial website build. Educate your client on the security importance of making these updates. Make sure they understand the complication of these updates if not handled by a developer. You can then offer this as an extra service that is dedicated to maintenance.

    3 Put security measures in place

    Harden your WordPress by using and installing security measures. Encryption software, SSL certification, HTTPS and firewall and malware plugins are all examples.

    4 Incorporate login and allow features

    For instance, limit login attempts allowed to enter a system. Likewise, automatically log out idle users on WordPress after a specific amount of time. You can also incorporate two-factor authentication and disable file editing.

    Speed

    When your client’s WordPress site is up and secure, you want it to be fast. Long load times can deter potential customers and annoy existing clients, which is why speed is so essential. Here are the best ways to optimise speed:

    1 Optimise all images on your site

    All websites require images, and having unoptimised ones is the most common way to slow a website down. You want to ensure every image on your client’s site uses the minimum amount of resources to operate correctly.

    2 Implement WordPress caching

    Caching your site’s content increases the speed of WordPress websites by making previously viewed pages load quicker. You can increase quickness by installing cache plugins such as NimCache, server-side caches, or content delivery networks.

    3 Optimise your database

    Review how your database tables can be optimised, so that WordPress can take the data and understand it quickly.

    Hosting

    As stated in the security section, hosting is a powerful tool you can utilise to support your clients WordPress websites. Here is how you can get hosting right:

    1 Take regular backups

    You know it’s essential to back up your server and database, but how much ‘backing up’ do you have in your process? Choose a hosting provider that gives you automatic onsite backup, but also make sure you have an offsite backup too.

    2 Use a managed hosting service

    They will configure your server for you, meaning you can crack on with delivering the website to the client.

    At Nimbus, manage the maintenance of your servers, take extra-secure offsite backups and give you exceptional uptime, all the time. So you can focus on proving why you’re a superhero to your clients – running fast, secure, reliable websites through our intuitive hosting platform.

    3 Pick a reliable and trustworthy host.

    Do they have proof of providing a quality service through reviews?

    Can they provide you with 24/7 support that’s based right here in the UK?

    Knowing this means you can make sure as an agency you won’t be wasting time constantly fixing problems.

     

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    I’m Olly, the Sales Manager at Nimbus. I lead the team that onboards new agencies and keeps our clients growing.

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    I’m a keen Photographer 📸 Tech enthusiast 💻 My heart’s in Cornwall 🏴‍☠️

    Olly Headshot

    POSTED BY Olly

    I’m Olly, the Sales Manager at Nimbus. I lead the team that onboards new agencies and keeps our clients growing.

    3 quick facts:
    I’m a keen Photographer 📸 Tech enthusiast 💻 My heart’s in Cornwall 🏴‍☠️

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