Go through this list as you are preparing to launch a website
- Lower TTL in preparation for DNS switch
- Cross-browser testing complete
- Multiple device testing complete
- 301 redirects added
- 404s addressed
- Get GTM code specific to client account and add to
footer.php - Favicons added
- Content migration complete
- Ensure WP/plugins up to date
- Forms working
- Load times within acceptable parameters
- Accessibility audit
- WAVE Evaluation Tool errors within acceptable limits
-
alttags on all images
- Concatenated, minified scripts, styles
- Images compressed
- Security audit completed
- File permissions, owners
- Caching
- Varnish? Memcache?
- Broken links addressed
- DNS setup
- Backups in place