Common mistakes while working with WordPress
1 min readMay 6, 2021
Although WordPress is super simple but there can be some unknown mistakes that you can be unknowingly doing. So here is the list that you would be doing which as follows
- Using too many free plugins — : Although free plugins are easy to install and you can download as many as you want but sometime it slows up your page loading speed and also some plugins can be contradict with each other so many feature are not shown because two or more plugins of same type are contradict with each other.
- Not using a cache cleaner — : You should always use a cache cleaner it will speed up your website reloads
- Two much random codes in your function.php files — : Keep your function.php clean too much random functions will slow up your pages reload. It should only contain require and include functions.
- You should have a proper folder structure — : You must have a proper folder structure which contains your index and function files properly.
- Keep sensitive information out of version controller — : Best way to do is by using composer and dotenv
- Use a asset compiler — : Should Always use a asset compiler because during slow internet connection many of your images don't shows up.Tools like -Minify CSS,Minify JS,Minify SVG etc will help you to achieve this goal.
- Always Keep a backup what you do !