SOP - Basic Site Updates

1. Login to WPUmbrella
2. Login to the admin of the site to be updated
3. Update Software in the following order (if updates are available):
   • WordPress Theme
   • WordPress Plugins, in batches of 5 or by "related plugins"
   • WordPress Core
   • Update high-risk plugins alone if possible
4. Clear the sites caches
5. Review the homepage + 1 other page in an incognito browser to check for major layout issues or critical website errors. **Specific pages may be listed in the task
6. If there are no issues:
   1. Mark the task complete for this site; it will automatically create a task for the following month.
7. If there are major issues:
   1. Restore the most recent backup available with the following considerations:
      • Local backups will restore faster. Check if these are as recent as Backblaze\
      • Notify team of update error