Common WordPress Installation Steps

• Install WordPress

• Install the Theme => Create Child theme then activate it

• Protect the website by Basic Authentication while the website under construction

• do all your modification

• you can now change the theme name into any name 'xxx' then modify the child them to put 'xxx' as parent theme

• Install some important plugins

  • WPS Hide Login or Change wp-admin login

  • Advanced noCaptcha & invisible Captcha (v2 & v3)

  • WP Super Cache

  • Heartbeat Control – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org 

  • WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

• setup the htaccess

  • https://www.wikicoode.com/wordpress/wordpress-htaccess-configuration

  • https://www.wikicoode.com/wordpress/prevent-execute-php-file-wp-contentuploads-directory

  • https://www.wikicoode.com/wordpress/tips-install-secure-wordpress