Here are some recommendations and tips to use when building a WordPress site:
- Backup your database every couple of hours (WP-DBManager plugins
- Optimize your database every day (WP-DBManager plugin)
- Backup your files every day
- Your the debug queries plugin to check for bad plugins
- Run Akismet for spam comments
- Use pingdom or another tool to know when your site is down
- Use 404 notifier plugin
- Remove unneccessary meta info
