Pre-Launch Website Checklist .


1. Technical Checks

2. SEO Essentials

    • ✅ **Meta Tags**: Unique titles/descriptions for all pages.
    • ✅ **XML Sitemap**: Submit to Google Search Console.
    • ✅ **Robots.txt**: Allow crawling (example below).

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
        

3. Content Review

  • ✅ **Grammar/Spelling**: Use Grammarly.
  • ✅ **Placeholder Text**: Remove "lorem ipsum" or dummy content.
  • ✅ **Forms**: Test contact/subscription forms (e.g., email notifications).

4. Security Checks

  • ✅ **Firewall**: Enable (e.g., Cloudflare).
  • ✅ **Backups**: Schedule automated backups (e.g., UpdraftPlus).
Note: Share this checklist with your team/client for final sign-off! ✅

Did you find this article useful?



  • Post-Deployment Verification Steps

    1. Immediate Checks ✅ **Homepage**: Load speed and responsiveness. ✅ **Forms**: Submit test entries (e.g., contact form). ✅ **Anal...

  • Security Audit Checklist

    1. Server Security ✅ **Firewall**: Enable (e.g., UFW for Linux). ✅ **SSH**: Disable root login (use sudo). ✅ **File Permissions**:...

  • Client Handoff Documentation

    Client Handoff Documentation 📄 1. Access Credentials Service URL Username Password Hosting https://hostinger.com client@domain.com encryp...