How To NOT Break Your WordPress Website

Keeping your WordPress website fully functional, secure, safe and as speedy as possible is really pretty simple. It’s about keeping an eye on the following 4 things.

-WordPress Core Version Updates
-PHP Version Updates
-Plug-in Compatibility
-Theme Compatibility

Now, most theme developers are on top of any WordPress Core Releases. That’s their main job, other than adding features to their themes. When you see a Theme update from the backend of your WordPress website, it’s your Theme Developer doing one of two things (telling you that their getting ready to be compatible with the next upcoming WP Core version, or telling you that they’ve added new features to the theme that may enhance your experience as a content manager / designer).

Same goes for Plug-in updates, but Plug-in updates are more critical than Theme updates, mainly because Plug-ins can conflict with one another, and they can conflict with themes. This is magnified when a WordPress Core version or PHP version is updated.