Checklist to Ship a WordPress Site to Production in 1 Day

Initial concise version. Add deeper technical appendices only if needed.

1. Base & Access

• Domain DNS propagated
• Hosting ready (PHP 8.2, HTTPS enabled)
• Admin user + strong password

2. Minimum Security

• Core + plugins updated
• Remove unused plugins/themes
• Set permalink to “/%postname%/”

3. Performance Baseline

• Page cache (LiteSpeed or similar) on
• Self-hosted WOFF2 fonts
• Images compressed (prefer WebP)

4. SEO & Structure

• Rank Math configured (sitemaps OK)
• Clean robots.txt
• Coherent title + meta description

5. Minimum Content

• Home + About + Contact (ES/EN)
• First post (ES/EN) with excerpt
• Legal pages (privacy, cookies)

6. Final Verification

• Sitemap clean (no hello-world)
• Lighthouse mobile ≥90
• Contact form works

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Executable within 24h if visual scope is constrained and stability + measurement are prioritized.