There are several items listed under Settings, if you see something in WordPress that is not mentioned here, we never mess with that particular setting (general and writing are two such items).
Reading
Since we don’t build new sites in a staging environment, we want to make sure search engines aren’t indexing our site as we build it out.
Under the Reading Settings
Check the box at the bottom
Click “Save Changes”
Be sure to uncheck this after the site is live
Password Protected
We have a few sites that are restricted to a select audience. The Password Protected plugin is used to configure this status on an entire site.
We do not have the ability to password protect a single page or sections of a site, it’s the entire site or nothing.
Check the Enabled box
Enter a password
Reenter password
Click “Save Changes”
Google Analytics
The Google Analytics + Tag Manager plugin allows you to enter either a GA Tracking or Google Tag Manager ID into the site. We use Google Tag Manager and our ID is GTM-KN96MT9. This ID is configured with the latest version of the Google Analytics property GA4. The GTM should be entered whenever a new site is created.
Frontback
The Frontback plugin allows users to send feedback to the developers. A feedback button is displayed at the bottom right side of the screen. Feedback is sent to NewCity’s GitLab repository. Currently only displayed for logged-in users. This feature was really only used during pre-launch and for a few months post-launch. We tend to post Issues directly to GitLab.
WP Media Folder
This is the settings area for the WP Media Folder. We typically configure the plugin with the default settings.
