{"id":1112533,"date":"2022-07-25T15:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.wpdeveloper.com\/?p=1112533"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:55:48","slug":"wordpress-website-launch-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.com\/wordpress-website-launch-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Website Launch Checklist: 30+ Must-Do Things For Success In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whether you are running an online business, an eCommerce store, or you simply want to create your own personal blog or portfolio, you should consider building a website on WordPress if you haven\u2019t already. But where and how should you start? The best way to go about it is by using a comprehensive <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/v2.wpdeveloper.com\/wordpress-website-design-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WordPress website launch <\/b><\/a><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.com\/wordpress-website-design-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">checklist<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, like the one we are sharing in today\u2019s blog post.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/cceeb9da-wordpress_website_launch_checklist_30_must-do_things_for_success_in_2021_1280_720.jpeg\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112534\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/cceeb9da-wordpress_website_launch_checklist_30_must-do_things_for_success_in_2021_1280_720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/cceeb9da-wordpress_website_launch_checklist_30_must-do_things_for_success_in_2021_1280_720-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/cceeb9da-wordpress_website_launch_checklist_30_must-do_things_for_success_in_2021_1280_720-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here, you\u2019ll learn everything you need to know to kickstart your website on WordPress. From how to set up the basic settings for your website, to customizing your web pages and securing your site from cyber attacks, we\u2019ll give you the full rundown on the things you need to do to <\/span><b>launch a WordPress website successfully<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Should You Get A Detailed Website Launch Checklist?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s hard to keep track of all of your ideas and tasks in our heads. We are human after all, and it\u2019s much easier to get things done the right way when we have a checklist or a to-do list. Starting your WordPress website doesn\u2019t have to be difficult, but you can definitely save yourself the headache with a detailed <\/span><b>website launch checklist<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To help you out, we are sharing our own website launch checklist for free, so you can focus your time and energy on getting things done without making any mistakes. Just follow the steps given below, and you will be able to confidently launch your website.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 1: Getting Started With Your WordPress Website<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As with every good thing, getting started with your WordPress website will require a bit of preparation at first. For starters, you\u2019ll need to decide the purpose of your website. Once that\u2019s done, you should pick a <\/span><b>catchy, unique, memorable name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for your website that properly reflects what your website is about.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is one of the most important parts when it comes to launching your website. It\u2019s crucial that your website name is unique and memorable because you will need to find an <\/span><b>available domain name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for your site. Let\u2019s learn a little more about domain names and why you should invest in one below.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Register A Domain Name For Your Website<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like your home has a street address to help people find out where you live, your domain name is the address of your website that people can use to find your site on the Internet. This domain name is unique for every website, and getting one can help you properly establish your site identity and online presence.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to this, purchasing your domain name will give you more credibility and exclusive ownership of your website. So, the first thing on your website launch checklist should be <\/span><b>getting a domain name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for your WordPress site.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Choose A Managed Hosting Provider<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After registering your domain name, you should choose a <\/span><b>managed hosting provider<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. With a managed hosting provider, you will not have to worry about the day-to-day management of your WordPress website. Your hosting provider will take care of these issues for you, and configure your website settings to ensure the best security and performance.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wondering which managed hosting provider you should go for? There are tons of great options out there. Check out our list of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/managed-hosting-elementor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>best-managed WordPress hosting providers<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> here to choose the right hosting provider for your website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Read More: Best Managed <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/managed-hosting-elementor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress Hosting Recommendation<\/a> For Elementor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/9a9f65dd-managed-wordpress-hosting-recommendation-for-elementor-4.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112554\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/9a9f65dd-managed-wordpress-hosting-recommendation-for-elementor-4.png 1280w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/9a9f65dd-managed-wordpress-hosting-recommendation-for-elementor-4-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/9a9f65dd-managed-wordpress-hosting-recommendation-for-elementor-4-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Configure Your Website Basic Setups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, now that you have your own domain and hosting provider, it\u2019s time to get to work. In this step, you need to configure the basic settings of your website to get it up and running properly. Here are the things you\u2019ll need to do.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Set Correct Timezone &amp; Date Format For Your WordPress Website<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First, you need to set the correct timezone for your website. This sounds like a very simple step, but it is definitely an important task to add to your website launch checklist. Setting the right time zone will help you schedule your content at the right time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To do this, you have to navigate to <\/span><b>Settings\u2192 General <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from your WordPress dashboard. There, at the very top of the page, you will see the option to change your timezone. By default, it is set to UTC +0, but you can change it to your preference using the dropdown menu.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/86afd4c4-pasted-image-0.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112559\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/86afd4c4-pasted-image-0.png 878w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/86afd4c4-pasted-image-0-600x419.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/86afd4c4-pasted-image-0-768x536.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Change Your Website Admin Email Address<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next, you should configure your website admin email address. Usually, those who have just started using WordPress enter their personal email address when setting up their website, or they use the email address provided by their hosting providers. Since the admin email address is used by WordPress to send important notices, as well as for password recovery and changes, it\u2019s important that you change your website admin email address as soon as you can.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can do this easily by navigating to <\/span><b>Settings\u2192 General <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and scrolling down to the <\/span><b>Administration Email Address <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">option. Here you can add your preferred email address to which WordPress will send important notices.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/37e77d7a-chrome_lprhi5ffwg.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112542\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/37e77d7a-chrome_lprhi5ffwg.png 1600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/37e77d7a-chrome_lprhi5ffwg-600x272.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/37e77d7a-chrome_lprhi5ffwg-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/37e77d7a-chrome_lprhi5ffwg-1536x697.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Set Up An XML Sitemap And Submit It To Search Engines<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">XML sitemaps are important to help your website rank higher on search engine results pages. Simply put, they are <\/span><b>a list of all the URLs in your website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that maps out how your website is structured. This map helps search engines to find out which pages contain essential content and index them accordingly.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t worry, you don\u2019t need any technical expertise to create XML sitemaps for your website. There are tons of WordPress plugins and tools available that will automatically generate your website XML sitemap and submit them to search engines for you. We\u2019ll take a look at these tools later in this blog post.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 3: Customize The Appearance Of Your Website<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/f090ee44-how-to-use-elementor-site-settings-for-your-entire-website-1.gif\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112552\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have now set up the basic settings of your website. It\u2019s time to start customizing the appearance of your website to make it stand out from the crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is one of the most fun parts of creating your very own WordPress website. And it\u2019s actually easier than you think. So without further delay, let\u2019s take a look at how you can create a stunning website on WordPress.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pick A Versatile WordPress Theme<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First, you need to pick the right WordPress theme. Of course, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/twenty-twenty-one-theme-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>new default theme Twenty Twenty-One<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is an amazing choice for creating a beautiful website, but if you want other options then you can check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/flexia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Flexia<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This WordPress theme has tons of customization options while still being very lightweight so that your website loads quickly, and is easily one of the most versatile WordPress themes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1594\" height=\"1195\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/055a5ca2-fd2ff8c3b294d867123f075b6cc85542.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112548\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/055a5ca2-fd2ff8c3b294d867123f075b6cc85542.png 1594w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/055a5ca2-fd2ff8c3b294d867123f075b6cc85542-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/055a5ca2-fd2ff8c3b294d867123f075b6cc85542-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/055a5ca2-fd2ff8c3b294d867123f075b6cc85542-1536x1152.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1594px) 100vw, 1594px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This theme is perfectly compatible with the Gutenberg editor as well as other WordPress plugins and tools like the page builder Elementor, and the WordPress eCommerce tool known as WooCommerce. It is also beginner-friendly, so even if you have never used WordPress before, you can tweak around with the settings that come with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/flexia.pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Flexia<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to customize the theme just the way you want.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Set Up Your Website Homepage&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After choosing the right theme for your WordPress website, the next task on your website launch checklist should be customizing your homepage. This is the very first page that site visitors will see when they come to your website, so it needs to be unique and give the right message to your intended audience.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, you can always choose to design your website homepage from scratch or hire someone else to do it for you. But we have an even better method, one that seems to be the trend for 2023. We are going to show you how you can instantly build your website homepage without touching a line of code, using the most popular drag-and-drop visual page builder, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpdeveloper.net\/go\/elementor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Elementor<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/13a1bb26-pasted-image-0-1.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112557\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/13a1bb26-pasted-image-0-1.png 1600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/13a1bb26-pasted-image-0-1-600x302.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/13a1bb26-pasted-image-0-1-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/13a1bb26-pasted-image-0-1-1536x774.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the popular trends that is noticeable in the WordPress community is the rising popularity of <\/span><b>\u201cno-code platforms\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It\u2019s important to remember that \u201cno-code\u201d does not mean completely excluding codes, rather it involves creating tools and solutions that empower those without coding skills to become a part of the WordPress community.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With no-code tools and solutions, the lines between web developers, web designers, and content creators become blurry, so that <\/span><b>everyone can collaborate together<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regardless of their backgrounds, allowing the WordPress community to become truly inclusive and open for all.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/elementor-pro-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Elementor<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is just one example of these no-code platforms. This WordPress page builder comes with tons of free and premium widgets, which you can drag and drop anywhere on your page to build stunning websites quickly without having to bother with codes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/134c18bf-pn95inlzs6.gif\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112560\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, you can choose to experiment with your website homepage in Elementor editor, by dragging and dropping the widgets and seeing how it turns out with real-time preview. But if you want to save time, then we recommend using <\/span><b>ready Elementor templates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to create your website homepage with a single click.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With ready Elementor templates, you don\u2019t have to spend time worrying about the layout and design of your website homepage; it will come pre-designed with ready-to-use content. You just have to insert it on your website, add some small changes if you want to, and it is good to go.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are tons of places out there where you can get stunning ready templates for Elementor, and one of the best among them is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/templately.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Templately<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/23a51752-pasted-image-0-2.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112558\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/23a51752-pasted-image-0-2.png 1600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/23a51752-pasted-image-0-2-600x250.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/23a51752-pasted-image-0-2-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/23a51752-pasted-image-0-2-1536x639.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Templately, you can get access to<strong> over 2000+ ready<\/strong> WordPress website templates, cloud storage to save your design, and a unique cloud collaboration feature to share your designs with your team for faster page building.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Want to find out more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.templately.com\/home\/insert-use-elementor-templates-templately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>how to use ready template packs<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? Check out this video tutorial on how to use &amp; insert ready templates from Templately.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>Add Your Own Content, Tagline, Logos &amp; Site Icons<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After setting up your website homepage, the next task on our website launch checklist is to make sure to <\/span><b>remove the dummy content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the page templates and replace it with your own. Don\u2019t forget to also <\/span><b>add your own site tagline, logos, and site icons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to give your WordPress website its distinctive look.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Add Other Essential Pages Like 404 Page, Contact Page &amp; More<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You should also focus on creating all the other must-have pages for your website. This will largely depend on what kind of website you are running and the purpose of your website. But there are some pages that are needed by every website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, every website needs a contact page so that site visitors can get in touch with you. You should also create a custom 404 page for your website and add relevant links so that site visitors can get out of the error page easily. Here are some examples of some creative 404 pages you can get inspiration from.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/256eddc7-untitled-design.gif\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112610\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having a custom 404 page will also help search engines properly index your website. Usually, if a search engine comes across a 404 error page on your website with no links, they will not be able to continue indexing the rest of your website. So, you should create a custom 404 page to ease user frustration and also to ensure that your website is indexed properly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, don\u2019t forget about creating a friendly and interactive Contact Page either. These pages are crucial for helping site visitors reach out to you. You can make your contact page stand out even more by creating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/essential-addons.com\/elementor\/typeform-elementor-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>interactive contact forms in Elementor<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Check out this tutorial to learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 4: Optimize Your Website For The Best User Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By this stage, you should have a website that is almost ready to go and complete with all the relevant web pages, content, tagline, logos, and more. Let\u2019s do a quick recap before moving on to the next tasks in our website launch checklist.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Quick Recap<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\ud83d\udc49Register for a <\/span><b>domain name <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&amp; pick a <\/span><b>managed hosting provider<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\ud83d\udc49Configure the <\/span><b>basic settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of your website<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\ud83d\udc49Choose your <\/span><b>website theme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and build web pages with <\/span><b>ready templates<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now if you are done with these steps, and you are happy with how your website looks, it\u2019s time to <\/span><b>optimize your website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the best user experience. This includes making sure your website loads quickly, can be accessible on different browsers and devices, and can be easily read by people from all over the world.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Check Your Website Responsiveness &amp; Browser Compatibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responsive websites are not optional anymore, with more than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hubspot.com\/marketing-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>87% of internet users <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">relying on more than one device when going online. This means that your website visitors might want to access your site from mobile phones, tablets, or laptop computers. So, you have to make sure that your website and content loads properly on all of these devices.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Elementor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lets you quickly check your website responsiveness directly from inside the editor, and all the website templates from Templately are fully responsive on all devices. All you have to do is click on the <\/span><b>\u2018Preview\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> icon in Elementor Editor to check our website looks on mobile phones and tablets.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/bbae9085-rhno0tcaed.gif\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112561\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You should check whether your website loads properly on different web browsers. This includes Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Brave, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2b50 Check &amp; Improve Your Website Loading Speed<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After checking your website responsiveness and browser compatibility, you should add checking the loading speed to your website launch checklist. There are several ways you can test the loading speed of your website. For instance, you can use the online tool GTmetrix to see how quickly your website loads on different browsers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to improve your website loading speed, there are several steps you can take. Here are some tips below:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>\u2b50 Optimize Images On Your Website<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More often than not, your website speed will go down if you use images whose file sizes are larger than what is recommended. So, you should optimize your images to make their size smaller before adding them to your website content.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>\u2b50 Reduce Redirect Links<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using a lot of redirect links on your website, then it will slow down your website as the HTTP request-response cycle will be longer. So your visitors will have to wait longer for the web page to load. By reducing your redirect links, you can improve the speed of your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>\u2b50 Enable Caching On Your Website<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You may already know this, but caching is essentially the way your website data is stored in temporary storage so that the content of your website can be quickly retrieved and displayed to the site visitor. Enabling caching on your WordPress website is another trick you can use to improve your website speed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2b50 Improve The Accessibility Of Your Website<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last, but not least, you should focus on <\/span><b>improving the accessibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of your website. It\u2019s important to understand what accessibility means in this context; in the WordPress community, when we speak of accessibility, we mean creating content that is readable and usable for people from all walks of life to ensure that our community is always inclusive and promoting diversity.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keeping this in mind, you should know that improving the accessibility of your website isn\u2019t something you should only do when launching your website; it\u2019s a <\/span><b>continuous process<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. While it\u2019s definitely one of the most important tasks in your website launch checklist, you will find that you have to regularly check and improve your website accessibility over time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To get started, here are some easy tips and tricks for creating accessible websites:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2714\ufe0f Structure your website content with headers<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2714\ufe0fUse contrasting colors to make your content more easily readable<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2714\ufe0f Add proper alternative text to your images&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2714\ufe0f Use link text for hyperlinks properly<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2714\ufe0f Make sure your website is navigable with just the keyboard<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These are just the basic steps for improving the accessibility of your site. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution for making your website more accessible, you can always check the latest web accessibility standards to see if your WordPress site is conforming to these given guidelines.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> \u2b50 Proofread Your Website Content&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This step may seem obvious, but you should always add proofreading to your website launch checklist. Having typos or grammatical errors in your website content will make you look careless and unprofessional to your site visitors. So always proofread your site content before launching your WordPress site.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 5: Secure Your WordPress Website<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have designed and customized your website, and optimized and improved the content and loading time, but what about your website security? As you may already know, cyberattacks can completely take down your website and steal your personal, valuable information. But don\u2019t worry, there are precautions you can take to prevent this from happening. Here are the things you can do to secure your WordPress website from cyber threats and attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Invest In A WordPress Backup Tool Or Solution<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1112543 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/03a88587-cloud-hosting-concept-illustration_114360-730.jpeg\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/03a88587-cloud-hosting-concept-illustration_114360-730.jpeg 626w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/03a88587-cloud-hosting-concept-illustration_114360-730-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First, and foremost, you should <\/span><b>backup your WordPress website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> so that no matter what happens, you do not lose all the content you worked so hard on. This is something you have to do on a regular basis to make sure you have the most recent and updated backup of your website.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are tons of WordPress tools you can use to create backups of your site, such as BlogVault, UpdraftPlus, and more. Or, you can choose to manually backup your WordPress data and files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Want to find out more? Then make sure to read our guide on the best ways to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/backup-wordpress-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>backup a WordPress website<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> here.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Make Sure To Enable SSL Certificate<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, is a protocol that encrypts the data transfer between your website and the user\u2019s browser. This way, it will be harder for hackers and cybercriminals to steal personal information from your website. When you enable the SSL certificate, your website URL will change from HTTP to HTTPS and will display a padlock sign in your browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of hosting companies provide free SSL certificates for your website, but if your hosting provider does not offer one then you may have to invest money in it. It is definitely a worthwhile investment when you consider the risks of not having a secured website, which is why you should add getting an SSL certificate to your website launch checklist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Protect Your Website From Spammers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spammers are one of the biggest nuisances to deal with when running a WordPress website. Even if you have just created a website, spammers will try to reduce your SEO score on search engines by leaving spam comments on your posts and pages.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The solution? Well, there are many ways you can stop spammers and protect your website. For example, you can use the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/plugins\/disable-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Disable Comments WordPress plugin<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to get completely overall comment-related settings on your website to stop the spammers. You can also use the Akismet Anti-Spam plugin, turn off pingbacks, and much to prevent the spammers from attacking your website.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to learn more, make sure to check out our complete guide on the 10 proven ways to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/how-to-stop-spam-comments-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>stop spam comments on WordPress<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 6: Get Essential Tools And Plugins For Your WordPress Site<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you are decided to launch your website using WordPress, you must then be aware of <\/span><b>essential tools &amp; plugins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to uplift your website building experience. That you have to find out and add to the website launch checklist to be successful in 2023. Let\u2019s have a look at it in detail below:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Optimize Your Website With A WordPress SEO Plugin<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/32240e03-wordpress-site-seo-checklists-10-tips-to-boost-your-website-traffic.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112582\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/32240e03-wordpress-site-seo-checklists-10-tips-to-boost-your-website-traffic.png 1280w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/32240e03-wordpress-site-seo-checklists-10-tips-to-boost-your-website-traffic-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/32240e03-wordpress-site-seo-checklists-10-tips-to-boost-your-website-traffic-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever site you may run, you have to <\/span><b>manage your site SEO score <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to be on your customers\u2019 website search results at first which is the main target for any online business owner. So to do that make sure WordPress websites scores top on search engines like Google, Bing, or more.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For that, you have to get a complete <a href=\"https:\/\/v2.wpdeveloper.com\/best-wordpress-seo-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WordPress SEO <\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.com\/best-wordpress-seo-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plugin<\/a><\/strong> that will help you to optimize your site SEO in advance. Consider using <b>Rank Math<\/b>, <b>Yoast SEO<\/b>, or <b>All in One Schema Rich Snippets<\/b> as your complete SEO plugin. All of these SEO plugins will help you to manage your overall site content SEO, meta descriptions, build your full SEO structure to rank top on search results, and more to be on your customer searches with ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These SEO plugins will also <\/span><b>create XML sitemaps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for your website and submit them for indexing. As we mentioned earlier in our blog post, XML sitemaps are important for helping you rank higher on search results pages, so with these SEO plugins, you will not have to worry about creating your XML sitemaps by yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among all these three advanced SEO plugins, the <\/span><b>Rank Math SEO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> plugin comes entirely<\/span><b> free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the other two have their free &amp; pro versions. You can check this blog out to know which one will be fit for your site SEO maintenance.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Schedule And Manage Your Posts With Content Planning Tools<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Content marketing is one of those <\/span><b>marketing essentials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that you must maintain to be top of your custom search. Where your customer can easily know about your product &amp; service in detail. You can create starting blogs, announcement posts, achievements, important notices, and more. Having a WordPress website, you can easily do these using advanced content planning tools.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can schedule your posts on a <\/span><b>great visual calendar, auto-publish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> your schedule blogs, reschedule your missed schedule blogs, auto social share facility in multiple profiles, groups, and more. You can get all of these exclusive facilities on the recently rebranded<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/plugins\/wp-scheduled-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WordPress content management plugins<\/b> <b>SchedulePress<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which is now revamped and more flexible to handle exclusively your entire WordPress website content. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/rebranding-wp-scheduled-posts-is-schedulepress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Check Out this blog<\/strong><\/a> to get all the latest updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/schedulepress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>SchedulePress<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1544\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/7facdea0-schedulepress_banner.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112563\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/7facdea0-schedulepress_banner.png 1544w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/7facdea0-schedulepress_banner-600x194.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/7facdea0-schedulepress_banner-768x249.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/7facdea0-schedulepress_banner-1536x497.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Provide 24\/7 Support System To Get Connected With Customers<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to run any product or service-related business, and for this, you are creating a website, then you should have to <\/span><b>give 24\/7 support<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to your online customers. It will help you to gain your customers&#8217; trust in an instance, add credibility to your business and can collect your customers\u2019 reviews in the initial stage providing complete support to them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Manage Your Online Support<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpscout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Help Scout<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to maintain your online support tickets, and for an online instant, documentation supports to reduce your random support tickets, use the best <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/betterdocs.co\/blog\/instant-answer-wordpress-betterdocs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>BetterDocs Instant Answer ChatBot<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Set Up Your WordPress Knowledgebase Or Documentation Pages<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you are sorting your pre-website launch checklist, you have to get acknowledged about <\/span><b>creating a<\/b> <b>fully functional WordPress knowledge base<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;or documentation pages in advance. If you create one, you can then easily get a backup repository for all your important step-by-step guidelines to enlighten your customer about your product features, updates, and services in detail there.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eventually, <\/span><b>online knowledgebase support<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will help you to scale your future random support tickets that you might get after launching your website can easily be now handled using the power of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/betterdocs.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>best WordPress knowledgebase plugin<\/b> <b>BetterDocs<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can create and manage unlimited documentation, and multiple knowledgebase sites for different products or services with this all-in-one complete online documentation tool. Get advanced <\/span><b>Table of Contents, Sticky Table of Contents, Instant Answer Chatbot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Analytics supports<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to measure your site performance and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/a7587a90-betterdocs-image.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112541\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/a7587a90-betterdocs-image.png 846w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/a7587a90-betterdocs-image-600x196.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/a7587a90-betterdocs-image-768x251.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Use WordPress Embedding Tools To Easily Embed Multi-Media Content<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Getting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/embedpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>complete embedding solutions<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can easily help you to embed any type of interactive content on your WordPress website without coding. You just have to copy &amp; paste your preferred source link on your WordPress site and make the changes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/embedpress.com\/docs\/install-embedpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Install &amp; active<\/b> <b>EmbedPress<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the powerful embedding solutions for WordPress with <\/span><b>1.7million+ happy clients<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>embed over 100+ content sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Sounds amazing right?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Integrate Google Analytics With Your WordPress Website<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To check out how your website will perform after launching, you have to make sure your website launch checklist got Google Analytics integration support. That you can easily measure your customers\u2019 activities and site your marketing plan according to this. You can easily be one step ahead of your competitors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Get Google Kits Plugin For WordPress&nbsp;<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This Google Kits solution for WordPress is a combined all-in-one solution that will help you to track and analyze your customer involvements in advance and help you to improve your site performance on search consoles to boost sales. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/google-site-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>grab the plugin<\/b><\/a> following this link.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1544\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/f80df1f0-banner-1544x500-1.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112539\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/f80df1f0-banner-1544x500-1.png 1544w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/f80df1f0-banner-1544x500-1-600x194.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/f80df1f0-banner-1544x500-1-768x249.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/f80df1f0-banner-1544x500-1-1536x497.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 7: Grow Your Email Subscribers List &amp; Social Media Followers<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Email marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>social media exposure, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and collecting<\/span><b>&nbsp;social proofs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">are essential for running any type of business website to content marketing platforms. You have to get along with the best email service provider and smartly integrate your social networking sites on your website to get vast exposure after getting launched. Those are the places where your customers going to knock you, and help you to get a long list of your customers at the initial stage. Get to know in detail:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>\u2b50 Create Interactive Contact Forms To Get More Email Subscribers<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have to insert <\/span><b>interactive contact forms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on your website to create a proper direct communication channel among customers and buyers. That whenever customers want to share anything about your products, services, or content, they can easily use the contact form to be your email subscriber. You can easily communicate and collect data from your customers or active readers. You can use <\/span><b>Contact Form 7<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Fluent Forms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>MailChimp Forms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, or others to increase your website engagements and conversion rates.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>\u2b50 Choose An Email Marketing Service Provider<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you are setting up your <\/span><b>beginner marketing strategies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>email marketing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the must-have part that you have to do to become successful also in 2023. can use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchimp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>MailChimp<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as your email marketing service provider, and integrate your MailChimp email subscription form plugin into your WordPress site to improve your subscriber lists.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this <b>complete Email marketing service provider<\/b> <b>MailChimp<\/b>, you can create, and schedule interactive email templates, run A\/B testing campaigns, and more in advance. No need to get any extra support to create an email template or anything, with one complete email marketing service provider, you can do the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>\u2b50 Add Links To Your Social Media Accounts<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Insert your <\/span><b>social media account links<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on your WordPress site. You can add links on the footer section of your WordPress, embed social networking channels on your preferred pages, posts, or others, and integrate any on your website. This will help you to get enough social media followers at the beginning of your website launch. Because your website visitors will surely visit your social media profiles the time they land on your website. So with one place, you can do multiple tasks at a time. You just have to get those ideas and make them listed on your website launch checklist.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>\u2b50 Pick A Complete Social Proof Plugin To Add Credibility<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we have already mentioned all the general forms of marketing tactics in detail above, but what will make you stand out from others or be ahead of your competitors? Get a <\/span><b>complete social proof plugin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on your WordPress site that will help you to display your real-time customer purchases, download stats, reviews, comments, and more through social proof popups.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For that, you have to <\/span><b>install &amp; activate<\/b> <b>the best marketing plugin for WordPress <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which will lift up make your pre-website launch lists more than others for sure, and undoubtedly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/notificationx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>get NotificationX<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and instantly add credibility to your website after launching your website.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 8: Some Easy Steps To Speed Up Your WordPress Website&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prepare your pre-website<\/span><b>&nbsp;launch checklist <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with all the basic, advanced essentials, you have to now make sure your website will perform well after getting live. For this reason, you have to go through some easy steps to speed up your WordPress website. Get along with the simple steps below:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Regularly Check And Fix Broken Links<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have to regularly check, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.com\/how-to-fix-a-400-bad-request-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><b>fix your broken links <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">before and after launching. It\u2019s a mandatory task to accomplish to provide a seamless user experience on your website to create an unbreakable relationship at the beginning to get actual customers and endure your site speed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To do your online business successfully in the long run, you have to make sure your website doesn\u2019t get any broken links, if so then you can get the acknowledgment right away and fix the issues. Besides, customers will have the impression that your WordPress site is unreliable. This will also affect badly in your site&#8217;s SEO ranking.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Activate A Powerful Broken Link Checker Solution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is why you can use any <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/betterlinks.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Broken Link Checker plugin BetterLinks<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to get notified before you have a problematic link and solve it right away.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/5d3e8606-introducing-betterlinks-broken-links-checker-guide-for-wordpress.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112604\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/5d3e8606-introducing-betterlinks-broken-links-checker-guide-for-wordpress.png 1280w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/5d3e8606-introducing-betterlinks-broken-links-checker-guide-for-wordpress-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/5d3e8606-introducing-betterlinks-broken-links-checker-guide-for-wordpress-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Set Up Uptime Monitoring Service In WordPress&nbsp;<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you set up your <b>uptime monitoring service<\/b> on the WordPress website, you can easily get notified if anything goes wrong on your website. Best WordPress hosting service providers ensure this facility to let you know and solve this problem immediately to enrich your site performance on search engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is also needed to assure to provide a smooth user experience for your website visitors. Otherwise, you can use the best-performing uptime monitoring service like <a href=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Uptime Robot<\/b><\/a> in case your hosting server doesn\u2019t function for some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Consistently Check And Resolve WordPress Site Errors<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are so many errors you can face creating a WordPress website like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/wordpress-locked-out-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WordPress Locked Out Error<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/http-error-uploading-image-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>HTTP error uploading image<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/502-bad-gateway-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>502 bad gateway erro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">r<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and more. You have to be aware of this and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/manually-update-wordpress-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>update your plugins<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">regularly. This should be checked and fixed in a continuous process before and after launching your website. It is a major task that you must have to include and ensure in your website launch checklist.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdeveloper.net\/wordpress-maintenance-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get A Complete Site Maintenance Guide&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/383b4550-top-5-wordpress-maintenance-super-tips-to-keep-your-site-running-smoothly.png\" alt=\"WordPress Website Launch Checklist\" class=\"wp-image-1112605\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/383b4550-top-5-wordpress-maintenance-super-tips-to-keep-your-site-running-smoothly.png 1280w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/383b4550-top-5-wordpress-maintenance-super-tips-to-keep-your-site-running-smoothly-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.wpdeveloper.com\/2022\/01\/383b4550-top-5-wordpress-maintenance-super-tips-to-keep-your-site-running-smoothly-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As this blog is almost at its end. This blog helps those effectively who want to start creating their WordPress site for the first time. If you follow these pre-WordPress<\/span><b>&nbsp;website launch checklists with 30+ must-have things, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">you will definitely get succeeded in 2023 by providing your website visitors with a great experience to boost engagement, conversions, and sales immediately.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you find this blog helpful, let us know your thoughts below. 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