Why and how to do a Site Health Check

Maintenance of your website is important but can be confusing, especially when you are not a developer.

During the talk, Jenny will be sharing with us why site health checks are important to everyone. She will go through the consequences that can happen with an un-maintained website, and how you can perform a review yourself.

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2. Why and how to do a Site Health Check Jenny Wong | Human Made | @miss_jwo
5. What is your home made from?
6. What kind of home do you live in?
7. • Flat - shared server - shared wiring, plumbing etc • House - stand alone server - plumbing, wiring self contained • Building managers - managed hosting • Rentals - hosting companies - letting companies / landlords • Owned - self hosting - have to do all the work yourself. • House keeping - Maintenance
8. What is WordPress made from?
9. wordpress.org/about/requirements
10. PHP The bricks that your digital home is built with.
11. PHP 7.1, 7.2, & 7.3 Current supported versions of PHP
12. Supported Versions http://php.net/supported-versions.php
13. Supported Versions http://php.net/supported-versions.php
14. What PHP version are people running WordPress on?
15. What PHP versions are people running WordPress on? WordPress.org/about/stats 18th May 2019
16. What PHP versions are people running WordPress on? WordPress.org/about/stats 18th May 2019 20th March 2019
17. What PHP versions are people running WordPress on? WordPress.org/about/stats 18th May 2019 Out of Date Supported versions
18. WordPress works on all the supported versions of PHP
19. PHP 5.6.20+ minimum PHP requirement
20. What PHP versions are people running WordPress on? WordPress.org/about/stats 18th May 2019 Less than the minimum Current minimum
21. What PHP versions are people running WordPress on? WordPress.org/about/stats 18th May 2019 Less than the minimum
22. PHP 5.6 31 December 2018
23. What PHP versions are people running WordPress on? WordPress.org/about/stats 18th May 2019
24. What PHP versions are people running WordPress on? WordPress.org/about/stats 18th May 2019 5.3 5.4 5.6 7.0 5.5 5.2
25. Do you have a zombie PHP on your site?
26. Value
27. What do you get from doing building maintenance?
28. What do you get from updating PHP?
29. wordpress.org/support/upgrade-php
30. PHP 7+ Speed improvements
31. Speed improvements Less resources used Cheaper hosting ( Depending on your hosting provider)
32. Speed improvements Less resources used Better for the environment
33. Photo by Andy Brunner on Unsplash Save a polar bear
34. PHP 7.1+ Security Updates
35. • Photo by Gabriel Jimenez on Unsplash Team Effort
36. • Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash What you can do
37. 1. Check 2. Back up 3. Update • Photo by Katie Moum on Unsplash
38. 1. Check with Site Health Check 2. Back Up 3. Update with your hosting providers • Photo by Katie Moum on Unsplash
39. 1. Check
40. What PHP version are you running WordPress on?
41. WordPress 5.2
42. Site Health Check
49. Supported Versions http://php.net/supported-versions.php Newest Version
50. Recommendations are exactly that – recommendations.
51. Site Health Check is to help you make conscious decisions.
52. 2. Back up
53. Before things go wrong
54. If in doubt, Back up.
55. Back Up your site • Database • Uploaded media • Code base
56. PHP Error Protection
57. Make sure it is a real address
58. 3. Update
59. Migration Time
60. Contact your hosting provider
61. Move hosting provider if they can’t help you upgrade your PHP version
62. • Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash Notes
63. Currently only available on non-multisite installations
64. If you care about keeping WordPress up to date, you should care about keeping your digital home maintained.
65. The community is here to help WordPress.org/support/forums
66. The community is here to help pt.wordpress.org/support/forums Portuguese
67. What about Plugins & Themes?
69. Conclusion
70. We can get rid of zombie PHP
71. We can get rid of zombie PHP together
72. The power is in us all
73. Questões? Jenny Wong | Human Made | @miss_jwo
74. Ask me later: @miss_jwo | jenny@humanmade.com