Use the WordPress health checker

This feature helps website owners keep an eye on the performance and security issues that may affect their sites

Site Health displays critical information about WordPress settings and other items that require attention, as well as information about the plugins and themes that have been installed. WordPress includes a Site Health tool by default, which allows you to diagnose the status of the website.

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To start using Site Health in WordPress, follow these steps:

  • Log in to WordPress
  • On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Tools, and then click Site Health

The Site Health page has two sections Status and Info

The Status section details critical issues and recommendations for site improvement

The Info section gives you details on information, directories, files, themes, media, server, database and important information about the WordPress site

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The site health feature runs a series of tests to look for common performance and security issues on a WordPress website.

  • Keep WordPress Up to Date
  • Keep WordPress Plugins and Theme Updated
  • Use The Latest MySQL
  • Use The Latest PHP Version
  • Remove Unused WordPress Plugins & Themes
  • Make Sure Required PHP Modules are Installed
  • Install SSL / HTTPS in WordPress

    • Please note:

    Disregard this warning: One or more recommended modules are missing - The optional module, imagick, is not installed, or has been disabled.

    Regarding Latest PHPDo not use the very latest version as it may break your site. The reason being most themes and plugins will take long time to update their products to very latest version of PHP. If your site is not compatible with the latest PHP version, you can downgrade to an older PHP version by just changing it in the settings in Sellcloud panel > WordPress > Web Application > App > PHP settings above easily. No need to worry about losing or corrupting your data in the process.

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