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Audit your WordPress plugins before adding another one.
Every plugin should have a job you can explain in one sentence. When several tools solve the same problem, the maintenance cost becomes harder to see.
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Review a WordPress theme beyond its demo homepage.
A beautiful demo can hide an awkward publishing experience. A useful theme evaluation starts with your own content and the people who will maintain it.
Compare form plugins using one realistic enquiry form.
Feature lists make form tools look similar. A single, well-chosen test form often reveals more about whether a tool fits your work.
Turn a plugin changelog into a practical update plan.
A changelog is an input to a decision, not a complete deployment plan. The useful question is what the release might change for your site.
Build a typography checklist for a content-heavy WordPress site.
Typography is a reading system. The title that looks impressive at the top of a demo may become exhausting when every page uses the same scale.
Decide whether a feature belongs in a theme or a plugin.
The useful distinction is whether the behavior should survive a visual redesign. Presentation and persistent site behavior have different lifetimes.
Hand over a WordPress site with a usable publishing guide.
A handover document should help an editor finish a task. A tour of every dashboard screen rarely achieves that.
Free or paid WordPress theme: compare the ownership cost.
The purchase price is only one part of a theme decision. Setup effort, renewal terms, and future maintenance can matter more over time.
Keep a WordPress maintenance log that explains decisions.
A useful maintenance log tells the next person what changed and why. A list of version numbers alone cannot explain the state of a site.
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