Managing WordPress Updates - How To Update WordPress The Right Way

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1. Managing WordPress Updates - How To Update WordPress The Right Way
2. How many times have you pressed this button
3. And this happens...
4. Or this...
5. How can we avoid this?
6. Updating the live site is risky
7. We need a safer approach
8. How do we make sure this doesn’t happen
9. Set up a local environment
10. What do we need Local by Flywheel WP Migrate DB Pro plugin WP Migrate DB Pro Media Files Addon WP Migrate DB Pro Theme & Plugin Files Addon UpdraftPlus
11. Local by Flywheel localwp.com
12. WP Migrate DB Pro deliciousbrains.com/wp-migrate-db-pro
13. UpdraftPlus wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus
14. Our new process Set up a local site Pull down a copy of the live site Run updates locally Check for issues Backup live site Run updates on live site
15. Demo time!
16. I'm a professional WordPress developer, founder of the plugin store Mongoose Marketplace, maintainer of the official Ko-fi plugin and developer at Pixel Palace. Originally from Brisbane’s western suburbs, I now live in Victor Harbor, South Australia, about 80kms south of Adelaide. cameronjonesweb.com.au @cameronjonesweb on all the things Cameron Jones
17. Free and premium WordPress plugins Best known for the Mongoose Page Plugin. Used on 30,000+ websites mongoosemarketplace.com Mongoose Marketplace
18. Leading People. Growing Brands. Pixel Palace is a human-driven web, digital and brand growth agency. We help brands become magnetic and meaningful to the right people. From strategy to execution, we lead people and grow brands within a non-traditional agency model that produces powerful outcomes day after day, year after year. Pixel Palace