Critical WordPress settings before a site goes live

There are a few critical WordPress settings that must be checked before taking a site live. They are the following:

Under Settings -> Reading - be sure that the box next to " Discourage search engines from indexing this site" is unchecked
Under Settings -> General
- Make sure the site title is correct
- Make sure the Tagline is either blank, or has a good description of the nonprofit in it
- Be sure that the nonprofit's email address is listed in the Email Address field
Under Settings -> Permalink - be sure that the "Day and name" radio button is selected
Under Settings -> Privacy - be sure the Privacy Policy page is selected
Click on Users and locate the nonprofit's username
- Make sure that user is set as an Administrator

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