Very few will not agree that WordPress is the best blogging platform currently available on the web. With its multitude of features, you will be spoilt for choice regarding how to optimally use the content management system. One thing that makes WordPress quite infamous is its slow loading time and the tendency to create problem when it has too much data. But if there is a problem, there has to be a solution. For WordPress blogging, the solution is right in front of your eyes. It isn’t difficult or cumbersome if you make it a point to keep servicing the platform regularly. Many bloggers will tell you to compare WordPress blogging with an automobile and remind you to service the blogging platform like you regularly service your car. The comparison is pretty apt considering the fact that servicing increases the longevity of your site.

5 Steps on How to Maintain Your WordPress Blog

1. Regular Backups: There is so much that can happen to your blog if you do not keep regular backups. You will find many bloggers sharing their woes of how they lost a month’s data due to a malware or an external threat to the site all because they didn’t create backups of the blog. Make it a habit to regularly create backups as this is a must. WordPress experts suggest creating a backup at least once a week. You will find appropriate plugins for this purpose too.
2. Update WordPress Versions: The WordPress community keeps on releasing new versions of the blogging platform now and then. It is advisable to make it a point to regularly upgrade into such new versions. You may be thinking that every new version will not have much different to offer that is actually true. But by upgrading you will ensure that the security improves. With an old version, the risk to threats increases that is something you wouldn’t want.
3. Update Plugins and Delete Unwanted Ones: It doesn’t matter how many or which plugin you use. The fact remains that they need to be updated regularly so that they function well. When you start using WordPress, numerous plugins must have impressed you and you may have installed several plugins. But as time goes by, you realize that you don’t really need all of them. If you ever feel that a plugin is unnecessary, immediately delete that plugin. Please note that you have to ‘delete’ it and not ‘deactivate’ it.
4. Delete Spam: Make it a habit to check the spam folder and delete all spam. Do this at least once a week to control unwanted utilization of space. You could also install plugins to help delete spam, such as Akismet and Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin.
5.  Update Themes: If you have bought a premium theme for your blog, make it a point to update it regularly. Always be in touch with the theme developer and see that you update the theme as soon as the developer makes some change in the theme. This will once again ensure that your WordPress blog is free of external threats.

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