Managing WordPress Updates - How To Update WordPress The Right Way

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How many times have you pressed this button

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And this happens...

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Or this...

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How can we avoid this?

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Updating the live site is risky

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We need a safer approach

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How do we make sure this doesn’t happen

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Set up a local environment

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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

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Local by Flywheel localwp.com

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WP Migrate DB Pro deliciousbrains.com/wp-migrate-db-pro

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UpdraftPlus wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus

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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

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Demo time!

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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

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Free and premium WordPress plugins Best known for the Mongoose Page Plugin. Used on 30,000+ websites mongoosemarketplace.com Mongoose Marketplace

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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