September 2024 CarePlan Report
For September, it’s been a steady month without any major updates. We’ve continued to closely monitor and maintain your site to keep it running optimally.
Brad has continued being busy behind the scenes testing the Alpha release of the Divi page builder rebuild and reporting any bugs he finds getting it ready for the release in December. This is a major update as Divi runs on every site, and we’re ensuring everything is in top shape for a seamless transition when the time comes.
Backups
- Daily cPanel backups of website stored to Cloud.
- Weekly internal backups of your entire website to ensure data safety, stored locally and Cloud.
Security / Firewalls
- Security Firewall blocked all attacks successfully.
- Security scans successfully completed.
- No malicious code, backdoors, and malware found.
- No Suspicious Admin Logins.
- No Core, Theme, and Plugin File Changes: files on your site compared with the originals in the WordPress repository to detect changes.
Software
- Premium Licence Management: We ensure that all your premium (paid) licences are verified, renewed, and up-to-date, ensuring you have uninterrupted access to advanced features and premium support. This includes essential tools and plugins that enhance your website’s functionality and security.
- Standard Licence Management: All standard (free) licences are also checked and updated. Keeping these components current ensures your website remains secure, functional, and compatible with the latest WordPress updates.
- Site Integration Maintenance: We perform thorough checks on all site integrations to confirm they are functioning correctly. This includes integrations with third-party services, APIs, and any other external systems that your website relies on. Ensuring these connections are stable and efficient assists with the performance of your website.
WordPress Core Updates
- WordPress to version 6.6.2 (minor update).
Major updates tested – pre-update on sandbox sites to ensure compatibility, post-update to ensure all functionalities are working.
Theme Updates
- Updated your website’s theme to version 4.27.1.
Tested – pre-update on sandbox sites to ensure compatibility, post-update to ensure all functionalities are working.
Core Plugin Updates
- Security Plugin – No update version 7.11.7
- Backup Plugin – Minor update version 2.24.6.1
- Carousel Plugin – Minor update version 2.4.4
Tested – pre-update on sandbox sites to ensure compatibility, post-update to ensure all functionalities are working.
Optional Plugin Updates
- SEO Plugin – minor update version 23.5
- SMTP Mail – no update version 4.1.1
- Calculated Forms – minor update version 5.2.38
- Premium Carousel – no update version 2.0.26
- Contact Form to Database – minor update version 1.7.5
- Import / Export Plugins – no updates
Tested – pre-update on sandbox sites to ensure compatibility, post-update to ensure all functionalities are working.
WooCommerce CarePlan - Plugin Updates
- WooCommerce – Minor update version 9.3.3.
- All required updates for WooCommerce associated plugins – minor updates
Tested – pre-update on sandbox sites to ensure compatibility, post-update to ensure all functionalities are working.
Advanced CarePlan - Plugin Updates and Tasks
- Site health check and optmisation.
- Run optimisation of website performance by clearing cache and unnecessary data, post revisions and compacts and defragments MySQL tables to improve database performance.
- SEO Plugin – Minor update version 23.5
- Cache Plugin – Minor update version 1.3.1
All Updates on this plan patched within 24hrs of release.
Please Note: If there are any exceptions on your specific site you will recieve a detailed email.
