Pre-Requisite:
Access to Wordpress admin portal as administrator
Access to Cloudways
Create Clone Site
Prior to performing work in the live site the plugin updates should be checked in a clone version.
1. Login to Cloudways Portal http://www.cloudways.com/
2. Select the 'DoshiiPublicWebsite' app.
3. Select to Clone App/Create Staging.
4. Ensure that Create as Staging is unchecked. If space available, clone onto the same server.
Check Plugins are Compatible
Using the clone site, ensure each plugin that needs to be updated has been tested against the current Wordpress version for Doshii's public website.
For Example:
click on 'View version 3.1.3 details
check compatibility meets Doshii's version of Wordpress.
Test
Update plugins in the Clone site. Then, go through each website page and confirm that there are no visible issues.
- Consider reviewing the Javascript console to ensure no loads have errors post plugin update.
- Consider enabling Wordpress logging in the wp-config.php (https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)
Deploy
Prior to ANY plugin update in the Live website ensure a backup is taken using either CloudWays snapshots or UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore.
Upon checking in the Clone site that the plugins have no adverse affects on the website, proceed to update in the live version.