A evolving checklist of what to look when updating plugins in wordpress

Step 1

Read the details about what is being updated and do some basic research. The aim is to detect if it is likely that these updates might jack up customizations or be compatible with all the other plugins we are running.

Plan the sequence that you run the updates. Large core updates to things like WooCommerce may need to be done with a certain sequence in order to avoid disaster.

Step 2

Make a backup. Run the update (s)

Step 3

Go look at the site and check:

• The blog
• All the shop pages
• The tool status page
• The My Account Page

On the dashboard check

• Profiles
• Customer Data