Checklist: one maintenance cycle #

This page is for designers running a maintenance cycle. Copy it into an issue and tick it.

Watch #

• To do: Changelog of the new Exponential release read for theme impact (Reading a changelog).
• To do: Issues and security reports reviewed (Handling security reports).
• To do: Dependencies checked (Keeping dependencies up to date).

Test #

• To do: Test installation updated (An upgrade test environment).
• To do: Page list walked, logs clean (Upgrade testing).
• To do: Overrides compared with the standard templates (Comparing your overrides).
• To do: Oldest and newest PHP checked (PHP version compatibility).

Audit #

• To do: Accessibility (An accessibility audit).
• To do: Content Security Policy (A CSP audit).
• To do: Visual regression in light, dark and zoom (Visual regression checks).
• To do: Performance (A performance audit).

Release and communicate #

• To do: Fixes made; deprecations announced or completed (A deprecation policy).
• To do: Compatibility declared (Declaring compatibility).
• To do: Release published (Checklist: before you publish).
• To do: Customers and community told (Writing release notes).

Related pages #

• The maintenance life cycle: start here
• A maintenance calendar
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.