A WordPress website can power content and product delivery for all kinds of businesses and individuals
1 – Slow loading times
Nothing infuriates web users more than a slow website load, which is why Google is now incorporating load times into its search algorithms.
2 – The white screen of death
Every WordPress user has experienced this. It can happen for any number of reasons, as simple as leaving extra space at the end of a configuration file
3 – Gateway of Database connection errors
At least, in this case, your visitors get something when they come to your website. But you still look silly, and you cost yourself traffic.
4 – The Just another WordPress Tagline
This is the default tagline that’s loaded in your WordPress. If you don’t change it or have a theme that overrides it this will be visible in your header and possibly even your homepage search results.
5 – The site was de-indexed because you set it to private
If you use WordPress as a CMS, you might launch a blog after launching your main website. In doing this, you might think it a good idea to take advantage of WordPress options to make your site private, which will keep search engines away, such as Google. Don’t
6 – Running an old version of WordPress
The incredible group of developers who work on WordPress is constantly working to make it better in performance, usability, and security.
7 – Keeping deactivated plugins
One of the most common ways that hackers infiltrate WordPress is through a backdoor in plugins. This is why using discretion when installing plugins in the first place is so important and why inactive plugins should be deleted.
8 – Keeping a messy admin section
The best wp-admin sections are neatly kept up-to-date and uncluttered.
9 – Post that spans the entire front page
WordPress has a very simple built-in way to keep your main blog page looking neat and organised: the “Read More” button
10 – Your sidebar shows your content
Sidebar widgets make it super simple to customise your sidebar. The flip side is that it can be easy to make a mistake, such as one extraneous <div> or </div> that makes part of all your sidebar seemingly disappear
11 – Phantom homepage gobbledygook
Sometimes when you activate (or change) the settings of a plugin, it can have unintended consequences.
12 – The dreaded /WordPress blog subdirectory
If you are installing WordPress to power a blog attached to your website, installing it in a subdirectory like yoursite.com/blog is perfectly acceptable.
13 – index.php in your URLs
Speaking of being installed incorrectly, that is exactly what happens. If you see a URL like yoursite.com/index.php/hello-world and do you know this is a silly mistake?
14 – Local and/or visible backups
What’s worse than looking silly? Looking silly while severely compromising your security.
15 – Visible server information
Speaking of hackers, who we’ve already spoken about a lot and with good reason. You’re giving them an easy starting point for their nefarious activities if you’re providing detailed PHP info on the version of WordPress you are running
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