{"id":10747,"date":"2019-07-16T15:36:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T22:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?page_id=10747"},"modified":"2019-07-16T15:37:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T22:37:57","slug":"wordpress-site-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?page_id=10747","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Site Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I decided to utilize the new WordPress &#8220;Site Health&#8221; tool on my web\/blog. This tool is self-descriptive: it is a tool that gauges WordPress site health. Easy enough! I logged into my WP-ADMIN dashboard. Under Tools, you can find &#8220;Site Health&#8221;. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth1.jpg\" alt=\"Site Health 1\" class=\"wp-image-10743\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply opening the tool shows 1 critical and 1 recommended action items, per below.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth2.jpg\" alt=\"Site Health 2\" class=\"wp-image-10734\" width=\"570\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth2.jpg 671w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth2-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It turns out that I did not have WordPress updates set to autoinstall. In addition, I do not have the latest version of PHP installed on my hosting server. These are 2 different tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, to get WordPress updates to install automatically, &#8220;php-config.php&#8221; needs to be edited. Locate it in your hosting file manager. <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth3.jpg\" alt=\"Site Health 3\" class=\"wp-image-10735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth3.jpg 760w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth3-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make a copy before doing this simple edit! This is mandatory. Not really, but really \u2026 I go into my hosting file manager. In my case, it is Go Daddy, and located under the default &#8220;public_html&#8221; folder. <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth4.jpg\" alt=\"Site Health 4\" class=\"wp-image-10736\" width=\"223\" height=\"188\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right-click &#8220;php-config.php&#8221;, then copy, naming it &#8220;php-configCOPY.php&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth5.jpg\" alt=\"Site Health 5\" class=\"wp-image-10737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth5.jpg 501w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth5-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now it is safe to edit the original file. Right-click, edit. Note: this is the same file that contains any MYSql login and password information, so best not to keep it open in a coffee shop for too long. Edit the &#8220;true&#8221; to &#8220;false&#8221;, then save. That is all for the automated WP updating!<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth6.jpg\" alt=\"Site Health 6\" class=\"wp-image-10738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth6.jpg 549w, https:\/\/riguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SiteHealth6-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEXT Task, <a href=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?page_id=10754\">update PHP Version: Part 2<\/a> &#8230;<br><br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to utilize the new WordPress &#8220;Site Health&#8221; tool on my web\/blog. This tool is self-descriptive: it is a tool that gauges WordPress site health. Easy enough! I logged into my WP-ADMIN dashboard. Under Tools, you can find &#8220;Site Health&#8221;. Simply opening the tool shows 1 critical and 1 recommended action items, per below. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riguy.com\/?page_id=10747\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WordPress Site Health&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":681,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10747","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10747"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10758,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10747\/revisions\/10758"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}