Everyone, including the WordPress site owner, sometimes needs a vacation. But what happens to the website when you leave? Eventually the Internet will not shut down. If you are worried about the site or business collapse and feel unable to rest, please do not be afraid. WordPress provides a variety of tools to handle the load. Whether you are on vacation or on a tropical island, you can spend your time without users on the website as long as you make some preparations. The following describes how to continue running a site without managing it. This article introduces outsourcing and automation to keep the site busy, safe and up-to-date. By following these steps, you can leave the holiday without anyone’s knowledge. The
Consider outsourcing. Of course, one of the easiest ways to deal with vacancies is to let others take over your work. There are several possibilities to do this. If you are part of a team with limited functionality, you can easily delegate the work you need to others. This includes the customer’s website, and they want to take on more responsibilities while the customer is overseas. In both cases, the user role editor plug-in is a friend. On a given WordPress site, you can configure exactly who can do what. Only in this way can team members and others be granted access to areas they wish to control. This can reduce the possibility of accidents, and it is easy to regain control after returning home. The
If you are lucky enough to let others take charge of your work, it is also a good idea to give them all the help they can get. Of course, it is good to check the task in advance, but new problems will always be raised, and people may just forget the instructions. For this reason, it might be better to create solid documentation for all site processes. The excellent plug-in that makes this possible is simple documentation. Leave useful information inside the word press backend in the form of links, videos, notes, and files. A popular alternative that hasn’t been updated in a while is WP help. The
Finally, if you have money to spend, you can also get help managing the website. So far, there are many companies that specialize in managing and maintaining WordPress sites. For example, WP curve, WP site management, and WP buff. But there is more. In addition, you can simply outsource certain tasks, such as creating content. This allows you to prepare materials to use when leaving faster to populate the content calendar. Please check below for details. Setting up automatic reply usually sets up \
In particular, it is recommended to notify the person of the consulting service when performing the client task. At present, the person cannot be contacted. Even if you can’t talk in private, you can make a professional first impression. Although you are not with them, thank them for their information and tell them that you will come back when you come back. Here, you can find a tutorial on how to implement automatic response in contact Form7. If you use a different form, view the specific solution for the use case on Google. Content sharing automation content is the core and center of all WordPress blogs. Therefore, the most important thing is to keep the content machine working when you are sitting in a chair by the sea. The
WordPress has a built-in function of booking the post release date in advance, in case you don’t know the booking post in advance. This allows you to use the latest Boolean on the site without pressing the Publish button
You can publish blog posts. The method is as follows: When publishing is complete, navigate to the document options in the upper right corner. Click the date link marked publish. Open a calendar where you can choose to display the date and time of the blog post. In this case, the Publish button will become the schedule. When clicked, the publication is located on the pipeline and the site will automatically publish if time permits. The
Alternatively, you can schedule posts using plug-ins such as edit calendar and coschedule. Both can be implemented by drag and drop. They can also help you work with others if you are part of a team. In both cases, please check the posts again to complete, because they will not be there when they are published. It is not only necessary to keep posts and let social sharing be automatically published to the setting blog, but also to share them throughout the marketing channel. Fortunately, WordPress also has tools for this purpose. The public module of the jetpack automated plug-in family allows you to associate a site with a social account. This will automatically arrive at the corresponding channel when new posts appear (of course, make an appointment in advance). It’s simple. Restore old posts – in addition, there is a plug-in that regularly Posts old posts on social networking sites. It is recommended that you always provide green content and remind listeners of other content you post during your vacation. In addition, you can also recommend buffer to automate the rest of social marketing. The coschedule plug-in mentioned earlier has similar functions. The
Don’t forget your email subscribers! Email lists are one of the most important marketing tools. People who subscribe to press releases are usually one of the most engaged followers. Therefore, keep on the loop even if the distance is very long. Thank goodness, all email marketing services (e.g. MailChimp) offer the ability to book press releases in advance. Rest assured, because you can prepare e-mails for holiday content without sending them separately, and subscribers can hear messages. Manage software updates. Of course, when you sit next to the swimming pool, the last thing you want to worry about is updating the website. However, for security reasons, it is particularly important to keep the latest versions of the core, themes, and plug-ins. The
Thankfully, starting with version 3.7, WordPress will automatically install miner updates. This will always provide the site with the latest bug fixes and security enhancements. Therefore, no action is required unless it is manually shut down. However, you can do the same for major updates, plug-ins, and themes. You can also manually execute or use plug-ins such as easy updates manager. The plug-in can completely control everything related to WordPress website updates. Determine the conditions under which items are updated and who has change permissions related to the update. The
Disclaimer: there is always a risk of error when updating a site. Especially when using many poorly managed plug-ins. Therefore, you must compare the advantages and disadvantages of enabling automatic updates. It is sufficient to turn on security updates and invest in other security measures when you are away. Speaking of security and backup investment, here is how to keep the website safe when drinking Margarita in the sun. This is usually an important issue, so there are many blog posts on the subject. Top 10 tips for solving the most common WordPress security problems WordPress security and activity log methods to help gdpr compliance top 5 WordPress security violations and modification methods
WordPress Theme security – how to ensure that the theme you are using is secure, but security is even more important when you are not involved in daily life. Because it may take a while for you to realize what is closed. The
Site preparation should first ensure that there are good standards in terms of security. For this reason, it is recommended to install the word press security plug-in and refer to the above post to maximize the security of the site. Please check your current security system again before leaving. If applicable, please ensure that the security solution has prepared gdpr (if possible). There is something worrying about this. Also, don’t forget to install a reliable anti spam plug-in. Garbage robots don’t sleep. If you don’t have a defense device, you must fill in hundreds or thousands of spam comments to return after your vacation to find legitimate comments. I personally recommend anti spam bee, a free solution, but there are also all-round Akismet and other solutions. The second line of defense against setting up website horror stories is to develop backup solutions. There are many options, including a free plug-in that allows automatic remote backup. Male again, please confirm that the system is running and back up the site manually before leaving. This ensures that you have a working version in hand. If possible, you can easily roll back to an earlier version of the site using a backup solution. You can solve the problem only if you know the shutdown monitoring considerations. For this reason, if you want to keep the website online during your vacation, you must ensure that your system notifies you of problems. Many of the security plug-ins mentioned earlier have options for notifying potential problems. But what if the site completely disappeared from the site? In this case, the security plug-in triggering the alarm may crash together with the ship. If jetpack is already installed at the site, downtime can be used to monitor the service. There are also external resources, such as uptime robot. Both of them can be used for free. You can browse the website regularly and notify at leisure. Although it’s not the information you want to receive during the holiday, it’s better than going home for a few days or weeks to see the website offline. In short, it’s easy to prepare the WordPress site for your vacation. Vacations should be about rest, sightseeing and suspension. The last thing I want to do is to put one eye on Margarita and the laptop screen in front of me. Through preparation, the site can run smoothly while taking a full rest. The above suggestions are aimed at it. Provide information to listeners and securely back up content, busy social channels and websites to the latest state. By automating the most important part of your online business, you can finally sit down and relax and create memories. Please have a good time and don’t forget to send a postcard! How do I prepare the word press website for my vacation? Are there any other skills or tools to share? Please do so in the comments section below.
