I got tired of manual WordPress maintenance across 8 client sites - so I automated all of it
A freelancer automated the maintenance of eight WordPress client sites to save time and reduce costs. Previously, manual updates took six hours each month, costing nearly $4,700 annually. The automation process uses WP-CLI and SSH to streamline updates and generate reports for clients.
- ▪The manual maintenance of eight WordPress sites took approximately six hours each month.
- ▪By automating the process, the freelancer significantly reduced the time spent on updates and maintenance.
- ▪The automation includes a security audit and generates monthly HTML reports for clients.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3942708) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } devautomation Posted on May 20 I got tired of manual WordPress maintenance across 8 client sites - so I automated all of it #wordpress #automation #bash #freelance If you manage WordPress sites for clients, you know the drill. Every month, you log into each site, click "Update All Plugins," wait, check if anything broke, run a backup, scan for issues, repeat. For one site it's fine. For eight sites it's 6 hours of your life gone - every single month.
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