Maintenance & updates
Update plugins one by one
Update all plugins with updates waiting, one at a time, checking the site after each. Stop and tell me if anything breaks.
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Maintenance & updates
Updates, clean-ups and the routine work that keeps a site healthy.
10 plays. Tap “Copy prompt”, fill in the [highlighted] parts, and send it to PressHelm.
Maintenance & updates
Remove an unused plugin
Deactivate and delete the plugin [name]. Make sure nothing on the site uses it first.
Maintenance & updates
Install a plugin
Find a well-rated plugin for [need], tell me why you chose it, and install it (inactive until I say activate).
Maintenance & updates
Compare plugins for a job
Compare the 3 best plugins on WordPress.org for [need] by rating, installs and last update.
Maintenance & updates
Empty the trash
How many posts and pages are in the trash? Delete the ones older than 30 days for good.
Maintenance & updates
Monthly health check
Do a health check: updates waiting, errors in the log, slow pages, email setup, and unused plugins. Summarise in 5 lines.
Maintenance & updates
Stop spam comments
Hold every comment with links for moderation and block these words: [words].
Maintenance & updates
Turn off comments everywhere
Turn off comments for new posts and close them on all existing posts.
Maintenance & updates
Check scheduled WordPress tasks
List WordPress’s scheduled tasks (cron) and tell me if any look stuck or broken.
Maintenance & updates
Fix the time zone
Set the site time zone to [city] and the date format to [format].