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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