WordPress is probably the most-used blogging framework on the internet, with millions of people publishing multiple articles daily and a very active community building extra functionality through plugins and themes, making WordPress the best tool for small businesses to get started with their online identity. But this popularity comes with a price: it becomes target to spammers and even worse: hackers.
In this session I will explain how you can harness your WordPress setup and use automated tools to keep your WordPress site (or sites) protected and up-to-date, especially when you can not use the automated update features WordPress has build-in. Stop worrying about failing plugins and keep your WordPress application up-to-date in a continuous, automated, secure way.
7. PRO Easy for end users
PRO Huge contributor base
PRO Support numerous PHP versions
PRO Active updates
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8. CON Auto update for core only
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CON Manual update of plugins & themes
CON Support numerous PHP versions
CON Prime target for hackers
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Continuous Monitor, Test and Update Your WordPress sites
Default target:
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build Run automated WordPress Updater
Main targets:
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build Run automated WordPress Updater
catalog Create a catalog of sites under control
dbupdate Update the WP database if there’s new version
inventory Make an inventory of site core, plugins and themes versions
plugin-check Check if WordPress Plugins require updates
prepare Get all configuration settings
theme-check Check if WordPress Themes require updates
wpbackup Make a backup of the WordPress site
wpcore-check Check if WordPress Core requires updates
wpplugins-check Check local WP Plugins version
wpthemes-check Check local WP Themes version