Managing & Maintaining Multiple WordPress Websites

GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
MANAGING & MAINTAINING
MULTIPLE WORDPRESS WEBSITES
GEOFF MYERS PRESENTS

BEFORE WE BEGIN…
THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE:
simdex.org/multiple
Get In Touch: 
geoff@simdex.org 
simdex.org 
414.455.6675

BEFORE WE BEGIN…
ABOUT GEOFF MYERS
▸ Founded SimDex in 2004
▸ Web Solutions for Small + Medium Sized Businesses
▸ Digital Marketing Consultant + Strategist
▸ 10+ Years as Full Stack Web Designer + Developer
▸ 5+ Years of WordPress Development Experience
▸ 50+ WordPress Sites Built, Maintained + Marketed
▸ Academic Background in Computer Science
▸ Get In Touch: geoff@simdex.org or simdex.org or 414.455.6675

BEFORE WE BEGIN…
WP MAINTENANCE PLAN
How You Beneﬁt:
▸ We Do Everything For You
▸ Unlimited Minor Changes + Revisions
▸ 24 Hour Response Time Guaranteed
▸ Your Total Peace of Mind
▸ Monthly Phone Consultations
▸ No Hourly Fees or Additional Costs

BEFORE WE BEGIN…
WP MAINTENANCE PLAN
Features + Services Included:
▸ Backups
▸ Monitoring
▸ Speed
▸ Changes
▸ Reports
▸ Support
▸ Consulting
▸ Security
▸ Updates

MANAGING & MAINTAINING MULTIPLE WORDPRESS WEBSITES
WHO MIGHT WANT TO BULK MANAGE WORDPRESS WEBSITES?
▸ You manage or maintain multiple websites for your clients
▸ Your company has many separate WordPress installations
▸ You run a network of independent blogs
▸ You want to create a custom blueprint for 
bulk deploying new WordPress websites
▸ You own several WordPress websites
▸ You want to save time

WHAT BULK WORDPRESS MANAGEMENT FEATURES ARE THERE? (PART 1)
▸ Add, edit, and remove users
▸ Apply custom admin branding
▸ Check website analytics
▸ Create and save backups
▸ Generate automated reports
▸ Install plugins and themes
▸ Manage SEO settings

WHAT BULK WORDPRESS MANAGEMENT FEATURES ARE THERE? (PART 2)
▸ Monitor website uptime and downtime
▸ Publish posts and pages
▸ Run performance scans
▸ Run security scans
▸ Save custom plugin and theme settings
▸ Scan for and identify broken links
▸ Update core, plugins, and themes

SOLUTIONS FOR BULK MANAGING WORDPRESS WEBSITES
▸ CMS Commander
▸ iControlWP
▸ InﬁniteWP
▸ iThemes Sync
▸ MainWP
▸ ManageWP
▸ WP Pipeline
▸ WP Remote
▸ WP-CLI
= Personal Recommendation

ONE OPTION: INFINITEWP (PART 1)
▸ Features Included in Free Version:
▸ One Master Login
▸ One Click Update
▸ Backup and Restore
▸ Manage Plugins and Themes
▸ Self Hosted and Secure
▸ Free for Life

▸ Features Available in Paid Addons:
▸ Schedule Backups
▸ Manage Users
▸ Publish Posts, Pages & Links
▸ WP Maintenance
▸ Broken Link Checker
▸ Staging

▸ Cloud Backup
▸ Client Plugin Branding
▸ Client Reporting
▸ Google Webmaster
▸ Wordfence Security
▸ Vulnerability Updates

▸ Install/Clone WordPress
▸ Google Analytics
▸ Sucuri Malware Scanner
▸ Google Page Speed
▸ iThemes Security
▸ Code Snippets

▸ Manage Comments
▸ Uptime Monitor
▸ File Uploader
▸ Duo Security

ANOTHER OPTION: MAINWP (PART 1)
▸ Features Included in Free Version:
▸ Manage Plugins and Themes
▸ Install and Automate Upgrades
▸ Generate and Schedule Backups
▸ Publish and Manage Content
▸ Create and Manage Users
▸ Self Hosted and Hidden

▸ Features Available in Paid Extensions:
▸ Advanced Uptime Monitor
▸ Article Uploader
▸ BackUpWordPress
▸ BackWPup
▸ BlogVault
▸ Boilerplate

▸ Branding
▸ Broken Links Checker
▸ Bulk Settings Manager
▸ Clean and Lock
▸ Client Reports
▸ Clone

▸ Code Snippets
▸ Comments
▸ Favorites
▸ File Uploader
▸ Google Analytics
▸ InMotion Hosting

▸ iThemes Security
▸ Links Manager
▸ Maintenance
▸ Page Speed
▸ Piwik
▸ Post Dripper

▸ Post Plus
▸ Rocket
▸ Spinner
▸ Sucuri
▸ Team Control
▸ UpdraftPlus

▸ URL Extractor
▸ WooCommerce Shortcuts
▸ WooCommerce Status
▸ WordFence
▸ WordPress SEO
▸ WP Fix It Extension

ANOTHER OPTION: MAINWP (PART 8)FREE VERSION ALSO AVAILABLE

LIVE DEMONSTRATION
InﬁniteWP

LIVE DEMONSTRATION
MainWP

DIFFERENT OPTION: WP-CLI (PART 1)
▸ Manage the object cache.
▸ Manage user capabilities.
▸ Get information about WP-CLI itself.
▸ Manage comments.
▸ Download, install, update and otherwise manage WordPress
proper.
▸ Manage WP-Cron events and schedules.

▸ Perform basic database operations.
▸ Execute arbitrary PHP code.
▸ Load and execute a PHP file.
▸ Export content to a WXR file.
▸ Get help on WP-CLI, or on a specific command.
▸ Import content from a WXR file.

▸ Manage attachments.
▸ List, create, assign, and delete menus
▸ Manage options.
▸ Manage WP-CLI packages.
▸ Manage plugins.
▸ Manage posts.

▸ Manage post types.
▸ Manage rewrite rules.
▸ Manage user roles.
▸ Generate code for post types, taxonomies, etc.
▸ Search/replace strings in the database.
▸ Launch PHP's built-in web server for this speciﬁc WordPress
installation.

▸ Interactive PHP console.
▸ Manage sidebars.
▸ Perform site-wide operations.
▸ List, add, and remove super admins from a network.
▸ Manage taxonomies.
▸ Manage terms.

▸ Manage themes.
▸ Manage transients.
▸ Manage users.
▸ Manage sidebar widgets.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES (PART 1)
▸ How To Manage Multiple
WordPress Websites Effectively
▸ Managing Multiple WordPress
Sites: The Ultimate Guide
▸ 8 Tools for Managing Multiple
WordPress Sites
▸ How to Efﬁciently Manage Multiple
WordPress Sites using ManageWP

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES (PART 2)
▸ How to Run Multiple WordPress
Sites from a Single Dashboard
▸ WordPress Management Software
Comparison
▸ Which WordPress management
software should you use?
▸ Tools and tips for managing
multiple WordPress sites

THAT’S IT FOR NOW…
THANK YOU!
Questions?
Get In Touch: 
geoff@simdex.org 
simdex.org 
414.455.6675

THAT’S IT FOR NOW…
THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE:
simdex.org/multiple
Get In Touch: 
geoff@simdex.org 
simdex.org 
414.455.6675

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