Once your website is complete, conducting the necessary tests with WordPress and Elementor to ensure a successful launch is of critical importance. This process should be carefully planned to enhance the user experience and identify potential issues from the outset. Below, I want to highlight the testing and launch steps you should follow before and after going live with your WordPress and Elementor website.

Device Testing: A Must for Success

1. Understand the Importance of Responsive Design: Recognize that mobile and desktop views play a vital role in user experience.Prioritize responsive design to ensure accessibility and usability across all devices.
2. Access Elementor’s Responsive Mode: Open your page or section in Elementor. Locate the “Responsive Mode” button in the bottom toolbar.
3. Preview Your Design on Different Devices: Switch between mobile, tablet, and desktop views within the “Responsive Mode.”Review the layout, text, images, and overall appearance for each screen size.

Speed and Performance: The Launch Essentials

Speed and performance tests play a critical role in user adoption of your website. To improve your site’s speed on WordPress, you can use tools like Google PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix to measure page load times and make recommendations for improvement.

To optimize the loading time of pages designed with Elementor, make sure to remove unnecessary plugins and optimize your images. Tools like TinyPNG or Imagify can help compress your images and shorten load times. Also, using caching plugins such as W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache can significantly boost your page speed.

The WebPageTest tool provides a detailed examination of your site’s load times, showing how long each component takes to load. Using a Content Delivery Network (CDN) like Cloudflare can further speed up page load times and enhance user experience.

Pre-Launch Checks: Links and Pages in Focus

Ensuring that all pages and links on your website function properly is a critical step in enhancing the user experience. You can use SEO analysis tools like RankMath to detect broken links. These tools check your site’s links and provide SEO recommendations. Fixing broken links or setting up proper redirects positively impacts your SEO performance.

Don’t forget to verify that redirects work correctly on pages created with Elementor. Additionally, creating a sitemap and submitting it to search engines is important; the RankMath plugin can assist you with this. These steps will improve your site’s visibility in search engines and help it reach more users.

Launch Day Checklist: Final Publishing Steps

After successfully completing all tests, you are ready to publish your website on WordPress. Once the site is live, tracking user feedback is critical.

You can continuously monitor your site’s performance using Google Analytics and Google Search Console. Collecting and analyzing user feedback is essential for continuous improvement. After launch, continue performance tests and make updates as needed to constantly enhance the user experience.