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WordPress / CMS governance checklist

A structural checklist for keeping a WordPress or CMS-driven site consistent and maintainable once more than one person is editing it.

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Roles & ownership

  • Is there a clear owner for each section or page of the site?
  • Do editor permissions match actual responsibility (not everyone needs publish rights)?

Content structure

  • Are there standard templates for recurring page types (e.g. course pages, staff profiles)?
  • Is there a shared, documented taxonomy for categories and tags?

Workflow

  • Is there a review step before content goes live?
  • Is there a documented process for requesting a new page or content change?

Maintenance

  • Is there an approved plugin list, and a process for retiring unused plugins?
  • Are core, theme and plugin updates on a regular schedule?
  • Is there a backup schedule, and has restoring from it actually been tested?

Content lifecycle

  • Is there a policy for archiving or retiring outdated pages?
  • Is there a recurring audit (e.g. annually) to catch content drift?