How to update our wordpress site

Plugins need to be updated fairly regularly.

We also have customized bits and pieces as well as a good number of integrations. There is a github

Steps to running plugin updates

  1. Announce your intentions on the site channel
  2. Research the updates in question… look for fails and recommendations in the documentation before you decided to move forward
  3. Port production back to staging
  4. Update the required plugin one at a time. (this is a right pain with woo plugins. See their documentation for more info)
  5. After each update test to make sure shit is not crazy broken
  6. Once you have verified the plugins updates are not likely to jack things up it is time to update production
  7. Go to production
  8. Make a back up
  9. Announce your activity on channel
  10. Make the plugin updates one at a time based on what you learned during testing (some plugin’s are interconnected and need to be done in order)

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