Prepare user accounts and site access

Ensure that your team members have the user accounts and the levels of access that they need in order to complete the launch steps that they are responsible for.

VIP Dashboard access

To complete many of the preparation tasks necessary for a site launch a user must have a VIP Dashboard user account with sufficient permissions.

For example, to add custom domains, provision TLS certificates, and perform a site launch a user must have at minimum an Org member role or an App write role for the application of the site that you plan to launch.

To import database files and media files with VIP-CLI, a user will also need a VIP Dashboard user account with at least an Org member role or an App write role for the application.

WordPress Admin dashboard access

At least one member of your team should have a user account for the WordPress Admin dashboard (WP Admin) with an Administrator role for the site you plan to launch. If you are planning a site launch on a WordPress multisite, at least one person involved in the launch should have a Super Admin role in case network-level access is needed.

To prepare for your site launch, other members of your team might need Administrator or Editor user roles to access the WP Admin and manage site content and site settings.

GitHub repository access

Developers on your team must have a GitHub user account with at least Write access to the application’s GitHub repository in order to make code changes like adding the site’s theme or plugins.

Restrict public access to the site

While completing the steps to prepare for a site launch, it may be desirable for security or privacy reasons to ensure that frontend access to the site or environment is restricted to a specific group of people. For WordPress multisite environments, methods are available to restrict access to the entire network or just for a specific network site that is being prepared for launch.

The Maintenance Mode plugin is recommended to temporarily block a site’s content from public traffic until the site is ready for launch. When the Maintenance Mode plugin is enabled, only logged-in users will have the ability to view the site’s rendered content on the frontend. All other users will be served a customizable page template and messaging.

Last updated: November 25, 2024