Setting Up a WordPress Site

Clean up pop ups.

Get rid of any data we don’t need such as Sample Posts and Sample Pages. Keep the Privacy Policy because we will use that.

Elementor Plugin

Post Types: Post Pages
Using Data Sharing: Become a super contributor

Select the Advanced Tab

Select Google Fonts Load to Swap

Select No under Load Font Awesome 4 Support

Go to Elements Settings

Select Follow the Link to envatoelements to verify a token.

Get credentials from LastPass

Copy Token Generated and Verify

Go to Happy Addons

Turn off in Happy Addons

-Caldera Forms

-Contact Form7

-WP Forms

Go to Essential Addons

Select Elements and Turn Off

All Forms Except Gravity Forms

Go to Appearance

Delete Excess Themes leaving one extra theme for backup.


Go to WordFence

Enter support@vitalitysouth.com and check box to Agree to Terms

Go to Settings

Add Title

Remove Tagline

Enable Auto Updates

Go to the top of the page and click here to configure Wordfence Web Application.

Continue

Go to Settings

Discussions

Remove Allow People to Submit a Comment on Posts

Under Settings Go to Permalink

Select Post Name under Common Settings

Privacy Settings Use This Page

Nginx Save all Changes Screen

Make Sure Redis Status is Connected

WPRocket

WPRocket – Select File Optimization

WPRocket – Select Remove JQuery Migrate and Load Deferred

WPRocket – Select Media

Enable for iframes and videos, Replace YouTube iframe with preview image, disable emoji and disable WP videos

WPRocket – Select Database

Trash Posts, Trash Comments, Spam Comments, Trashed Comments, Expired Comments, and Scheduled Automatic Cleanup

RPRocket – Database

Control Heartbeat

Change Reduce activity Behavior in backend to Do no Limit and Do Not Limit Behavior is post editor

EWWWImage

Select I know what I’m doing leave me alone.

EWWWImage – Under Remove Metadata Select This will remove ALL metadata and Select Under WP Conversion Select Convert your images to the next generation format.

Go to Local Tab and Select Premium Plus for JPG and PNG Optimization Level. Select High compression for PDF Optimization.

EWWWImage – Select the Advanced Tab

Select Include Media Folders

Select Optimize the Original version of images that have been scaled down by WordPress

Select the Resize Tab

Check, Highlight images that need to be resized because the browser is scaling them under Resize Detection,

Check, All resizing of existing Media Library Images

Go to WPSEO

Note: Select Activate License may give message you are not authorized to view this page. May need to Deactivate and then Reactivate. How to License section at the end.


Select Get Started to Setup

Select Next if no data to migrate

Enter the Separator |

Continue

Again Continue

Activation of License may require to Deactivate and Reactivate. WPSEOPro will require download Plugin zip file. Upload file Plugin.

Go to SEOPress

Select Manage Sites

Enter Site under all the managed sites.

Clear Cache

Go to SEO

Select the Advanced Tab

Check Add TINYMCE editor to term description under Add WP Editor to taxonomy

Check Remove WordPress meta generator in source code under Remove WordPress generator meta tag

Check Remove comment author URL to comments under Remove author URL

Check Remove website field from comments

Check Remove WordPress short links meta tag

Check Remove Windows Live Writer

Check Remove Really Simply Discovery

Finish Setting Up WordFence

Under all Options

Open up Basic Scan Type Options

Select Limited Scan

Go to Settings under General and make sure Administrative Email is set to support+something.intheworks.link@vitalitysouth.com or support+domain.com@vitalitysouth.com