Plug-in updates:

• Asgaros Forum 2.9.0 –> 3.0.0
• Better Messages 2.5.16 –> 2.6.7
• CoBlocks 3.1.12 –> 3.1.13
• Contact Form 7 5.9.6 –> 6.0.1
• Easy Footnotes 1.1.6 –> 1.1.12
• Front End PM 11.4.3 –> 11.4.4
• HootKit 2.0.14 –> 2.0.15
• TablePress 2.3.2 –> 3.0.1
• Testimonial Slider and Showcase 2.3.11 –> 2.3.14
• Total Upkeep 1.16.3 –> 1.16.7
• User Registration 3.2.1.3 –> 3.3.5.2
• W3 Total Cache 2.7.3 –> 2.8.1
• WordPress Importer 0.8.2 –> 0.8.3
• WP Crontrol 1.16.3 –> 1.17.1
• WP Mail SMTP 4.0.1 –> 4.3.0
• WP Recipe Maker 9.5.3 –> 9.7.2
• Zotpress 7.3.10 –> 7.3.14

Theme updates:

• Blossom Recipe 1.3.0 –> 1.3.2
• Catch Sketch 2.1.1 –> 2.1.2.
• Fotografie 2.4.2 –> 2.4.3
• Twenty Twenty-Four 1.1 –> 1.3.
• Twenty Twenty-Three 1.4 –> 1.6.
• Unos Publisher 1.0.16 –> 1.0.18

Upgraded this theme:

• Catch Sketch 2.1 –> 2.1.1

Upgraded the following plug-ins:

• Better Messages 2.5.12 –> 2.5.16
• CoBlocks 3.1.10 –> 3.1.12
• Contact Form 7 5.9.5 –> 5.9.6
• Testimonial Slider and Showcase 2.3.10 –> 2.3.11
• Total Upkeep 1.16.2 –> 1.16.3
• User Registration 3.2.1.1 –> 3.2.1.3
• W3 Total Cache 2.7.2 –> 2.7.3
• WP Recipe Maker 9.5.0 –> 9.5.3

• Asgaros Forum 2.8.0 –> 2.9.0
• Better Messages 2.4.36 –> 2.5.11
• CoBlocks 3.1.8 –> 3.1.9
• Contact Form 7 5.9.3 –> 5.9.5
• HootKit 2.0.13 –> 2.0.14
• Postie 1.9.68 –> 1.9.69
• TablePress 2.3 –> 2.3.1
• Testimonial Slider 1.3.2 –> 1.3.3
• Testimonial Slider and Showcase 2.3.9 –> 2.3.10
• Total Upkeep 1.16.0 –> 1.16.2
• User Registration 3.1.5 –> 3.2.0.1
• W3 Total Cache 2.7.1 –> 2.7.2
• WP Crontrol 1.16.2 –> 1.16.3
• WP Recipe Maker 9.3.1 –> 9.4.3
• Zotpress 7.3.8 –> 7.3.10

Themes:

• Blossom Recipe 1.2.8 –> 1.2.9
• Unos 2.9.25 –> 2.10.0

WordPress upgraded to 6.5.3.

A full back-up was performed from cPanel.

WordPress

WordPress was updated from 6.3.2 to 6.4 (EN-GB British English).

Plug-ins

Updates

The following plug-ins were updated:

• Coblocks 3.1.4 -> 3.1.5
• Postie 1.9.65 -> 1.9.66.

Installations

The W3 Total Cache Total Upkeep back-up plug-in was installed, but not yet activated pending further research.

Themes

Twenty Twenty-Three was updated from 1.2 to 1.3.

Network

The network was updated to propagate database changes across sites.

Blossom Recipes has been brought up to date.

Plug-ins

The following have been updated:

• Asgaros 2.6.0 -> 2.7.2
• Coblocks 3.11.3 -> 3.1.4
• Contact Form 7 5.8 -> 5.8.2
• Front End PM 11.3.9 -> 11.4.3
• Table Press 2.1.7 -> 2.2.2
• Test Slider and Showcase 2.3.3 -> 2.3.4
• W3 Total Cache 2.4.1 -> 2.6.0
• WP Recipe Maker 8.9.2 -> 8.10.3
• ZotPress 7.3.4 -> 7.3.7

The following plug-in was installed:

• User Registration 3.1.0: this allows for the sending of customized WordPress messages, e.g., to new users, etc. The confirmation email for the Nisaba site was set up to help on-board new collaborators.

Various things were suggested; so far, I have implemented the recommendations listed below.

Clean up themes

The following unused themes were deleted from the system: Astra, Book Publisher, Culinary, Digital Books, Dulcet, Fotografie Blog, Full Page, Hestia, Keenshot, Leftside, Minimalist Blogger, Minimalist Writer, Music, Music Lite, OceanWP, Publish, Publishers, Restaurant Zone, Totomo, Twenty Fifteen, Twenty Fourteen, Twenty Nineteen, Twenty Seventeen, Twenty Sixteen, Twenty Twenty, Twenty Twenty-one, Twenty Twenty-two, Verlex, Vilva, Writ, Yummy Recipes.

The following were then updated: Bloom Recipe, Unos.

Clean up plug-ins

The following unused plug-ins were deleted from the system: Akismet, bbp Style Pack, bbp Press, GD bbpress Tools, Image Upload for bbPress, KaTeX, weForms.

The following were then updated: Asgaros Forum, Coblocks, Contact Form 7, Front End PM, HootKit, TablePress, Testimonial Slider, Testimonial Slider Showcase, Updraft Plus, Word Press Importer, WP Recipe Maker, ZotPress.

The following was added, network activated, and auto-configured to improve performance: W3 Total Cache.

WordPress core

WordPress core (British English version) was updated to 6.3.

UpdraftPlus maintenance

Back-up frequency was checked to ensure it was running weekly.

All back-ups prior to the most recent six (6) were deleted to save space.

To be continued

More suggested configuration changes will be made soon.

• Blossom Recipe 1.1.9
• Chique Music 1.0.1 (uses Chique 1.5)
• Culinary 1.4
• Music 1.5
• Music Lite 1.4.3
• Restaurant Zone 0.2.5
• Yummy Recipe 1.0.0