WordPress site launch checklist template

Pre-launch WordPress readiness

Assign these items before launch day so access, content, plugins, and ownership are clear.

• Final approver and launch scope are named.
• WordPress admin access is granted through a safe invitation path.
• Hosting, registrar, and DNS owners are identified.
• Final content, images, menus, footer links, and legal pages are approved.
• Plugin and theme license ownership is confirmed.
• Form routing, CRM connection, spam protection, and notification owners are confirmed.
• Redirect map covers changed pages, removed pages, posts, and taxonomy archives.
• Backup, restore, rollback, and launch-window contacts are documented.

Launch-day WordPress checks

• Fresh database and file backup is taken before deployment.
• Staging locks, maintenance mode, and noindex settings are removed only from production.
• DNS, SSL, canonical host, and HTTPS behavior are verified.
• Homepage, priority pages, navigation, footer, search, and conversion paths are tested.
• Every production form is submitted and received in the correct place.
• Priority redirects, sitemap, robots.txt, canonicals, and Search Console are checked.
• Page cache, object cache, CDN cache, and plugin cache are purged.
• Named approver approves launch or records exact blockers.

Post-launch WordPress handoff

• Uptime, SSL, DNS, cache behavior, forms, and analytics are monitored.
• Search Console coverage, sitemap discovery, indexing, and crawl errors are reviewed.
• High-value redirects and 404 logs are checked.
• Temporary users are removed or permissions are reduced.
• Plugin, theme, core update, backup, and security ownership is confirmed.
• Known exceptions and post-launch fixes have owners and deadlines.
• Client receives production URL, support process, and approval record.
• Launch checklist, blocker decisions, rollback notes, and approval are archived.