WordPress has thousands of themes and plugins, so there are millions of ways to use it to shape a website. One of my roles as a web project manager is to choose the best practices for you.
With over 10 years' experience in WordPress creation, helping web agencies in particular, and a never-ending curiosity, I've pushed the boundaries and established my own golden rules.
My 10 golden rules for WordPress site design
- "Less is more. Each site should be as simple as possible in its technical design, so as to increase its reliability, durability, editing and redesign. Essential scripts and plug-ins that are difficult to replace should be chosen to ensure long-term support.
- "Security. All sites are created in HTTPS to ensure the security of site editors, visitors and SEO. In addition, every effort is made to avoid loading external resources, thus complying with the RGPD while protecting visitors' privacy.
- "No Builder. Nor any other tool that runs counter to the native operation of WordPress, slows it down and undermines its reliability and eco-responsibility.
- "Top of the notch. Web hosting must offer the latest versions of PHP (WordPress is coded in PHP and interpreted by PHP) and offer anti-bruteforce, application firewall and server-level security rules specific to WordPress.
- "Durable. Installed scripts must be frequently maintained by their developers, to avoid security breaches and ensure compatibility with future versions of WordPress and PHP.
- "Fast. The site must load quickly. Installed scripts must have the lowest possible impact on performance, both on the server and visitor side; caching plugins are not the solution to a slow site: this must be managed at source, right from the choice of theme and plugins. The performance impact of each script is measured throughout the creation of the site.
- "Free". The use of paid plugins found only outside wordpress.org and not supporting automatic updates should be avoided wherever possible.
- Every message sent and every account created must include an anti-robot system to prevent the site from being a vector for spam.
- All e-mail sent by the site must be sent via an SMTP connection authenticated by the domain's e-mail service provider.
- The end customer needs to own his domain name, his site and his files, and be able to back them up or change host whenever he wants.
The webmastering policy that respects youe
☑ Own your own domain - Stay free by registering your domain name directly.
☑ Own your data - Access your hosting and retrieve an archive of your data on request.
☑ Need to make a change to your site? - Don't worry, it's included up to 4x per month with my webmastering service !
☑ Administrator access - Get full administrator access to modify your site directly.
Maintenance
WordPress site maintenance is included via my webmastering service, please consult the special page.
