My WordPress Setup

Software platform setup

1. Hosting panels like CPANEL, PLESK,  VESTACP, WEBMIN with APACHE, NGINX, PHP, MYSQL or MARIADB installed

Hardware platform setup

1. for small project – 2 CPU, 4GB RAM, 10GB SDD
2. for medium project – 4 CPU, 8GB RAM, 40GB SDD
3. for big project start from – 8 CPU, 16GB RAM, 100Gb SDD

WordPress site setup

1. Used open source wordpress from wordpress.org
2. Used the classic bootstrap 5 template and adapt it to different projects depending on the design I’m doing.
3. Used wordpress hooks to configure the dashboard and remove message boxes installed by plugins I use often.
4. Used set of plugins that I use on each project, around 30, which allow me to optimally configure the work for the administrator and editor who uses the site.
5. I don’t use the standard WordPress Gutenberg page builder.
6. Used 2 builders depending on the project WP bakery https://wpbakery.com/ or  Elementor https://elementor.com/
7. Used the classic HTML editor and classic widgets
8. Used set of security plugin for WP – All In One WP Security – https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/  or Wordfence – https://www.wordfence.com/
9. For SEO used YAST seo https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ or SEO SIMPLE PACK https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-simple-pack/
10. For Multilanguage site I used QTranslate-X – https://qtranslatexteam.wordpress.com/about/ for WPbakery and  Polylang Pro – https://polylang.pro/   for Elementor
11. For Survey Platform – https://totalsuite.net/product/totalsurvey
12. For form generator I used Contact form 7 or WP gravity https://www.gravityforms.com/
13. For custom fields and Data Registers I use Advanced custom fields plugin https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/
14. Enhance classic editor functions plugin Advanced Editor Tools (previously TinyMCE Advanced) https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/
15. Sharing info in social networks – AddToAny Share Buttons plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-any/
16. Transliteration Latin and Cyrillic characters plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/cyr3lat/
17. Download attachments plugins for post and pages http://dfactory.eu/products/download-attachments/
18. Admin Disable notice plugin – The WordPress admin notices can be very annoying. We will introduce easy method to get rid of them once and for all. https://clearfy.pro/disable-admin-notices/
19. Ultimate WPbackery modules plugin Addons for visual enhance module https://ultimate.brainstormforce.com/
20. Duplicate Menu – Admin function to create fast submenu https://github.com/jchristopher/duplicate-menu
21. Duplicate Page – Admin function to create fast pages https://github.com/jchristopher/duplicate-menu
22. Easy Image Gallery plugin Post types mini gallery https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-image-gallery/
23. Responsive Dropdown Menu Widget plugin Zone area for menu presentation https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-sidebar-menu-widget/
24. Easy Updates Manager plugin – Admin fusions to manage WordPress updates https://wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/
25. Embed Any Document – Embed Any Document WordPress plugin lets you upload and embed your documents easily. The plugin lets you choose between Google Docs Viewer and Microsoft Office Online to display your documents. https://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-any-document/
26. Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed – Google analytics WordPress dashboard presentation https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-site-kit/
27. SSL Insecure Content Fixer plugin Clean up your WordPress website’s HTTPS insecure content and mixed content warnings. Transform http links to https links https://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/
28. User role editor plugin Manage and create user role access to WordPress modules https://www.role-editor.com/
29. WP Mail SMTP plugin – Manage email notifies for all WordPress modules https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
30. WP Fastest Cache or Litespeed or WP super Cache – Create cash zone with featured tools like Minify Html, Minify Css, Enable Gzip Compression, Leverage Browser Caching, Add Expires Headers, Combine CSS, Combine JS, Disable Emoji https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache or https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/ or https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/
31. Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP plugin to security and cache browser header https://wordpress.org/plugins/headers-security-advanced-hsts-wp/ for https://securityheaders.com/
32. Simple plugin that show you the pages and posts #id number https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-posts-and-pages-id/
33. For GDPR Cookie Compliance used https://wordpress.org/plugins/cookie-notice/ or https://wordpress.org/plugins/gdpr-cookie-compliance/
34. For security enhance used Disable XML, REST API https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-xml-rpc-api/  https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-json-api/
35. For image optimization used Imsanity plugin – https://wordpress.org/plugins/imsanity/
36. For backup used UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin – https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/