Server Maintenance

Please help maintain a healthy web server by implementing the following.

  • delete unused resources
    • unused subdomsains
    • unused files & folders
    • unused Wordpress installs
    • non-web files i.e. .mov, .psd, .ai etc
    • check disk usage
    • check log files. Error can create huge files
  • updates
    • php
    • Wordpress !!!
      • set up automatic updates
      • delete unused themes & plugins
  • optimize
    • image sizes (max display size! i.e. 1600px x 900px)
    • move videos to CDN, YouTube, Vimeo
  • security
    • change Plesk & FTP passwords
    • change database (mysql) passwords
    • remove .vscode/sftp.json from server!!
    • configure ignore to not upload sftp.json files (and other non-needed files)