Checklist
New WordPress website launch checklist (PDF)
A two-page printable checklist covering everything to check before you launch a WordPress site: hosting, settings, design, security, UK privacy and go-live.
Launching a new WordPress website? Print this checklist and tick it off as you go. It covers:
- Domain and hosting: WordPress's recommended requirements, SSL and backups.
- WordPress settings: site title, admin email, time zone, permalinks and the sample content to delete.
- Design and content: your theme, essential pages, menus, images and forms.
- Security: passwords, two-step login, user roles and the file editor.
- Privacy (UK): privacy policy and cookie consent.
- Go live: search engine visibility, sitemaps and a launch-day backup.
Each item links to a step in our guide to starting a WordPress website and settings to change after installing WordPress.
