{"id":93349,"date":"2026-03-16T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/?p=93349"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:37:24","slug":"using-the-raci-matrix-for-wordpress-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/03\/using-the-raci-matrix-for-wordpress-websites.html","title":{"rendered":"Using the RACI matrix for WordPress websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/pro\/hosting\/web-hosting\" data-eid=\"procontent.garage.raci-for-wordpress.product.link.click\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow noopener\">self-hosted WordPress<\/a>, you may know it needs regular maintenance and dedicated resources to take care of the platform. As a site grows, specific roles will be responsible for managing the publishing process, design, and development.<\/p>\n<p>WordPress is popular because it\u2019s free and highly customizable, with tens of thousands of free plugins and themes. However, unlike a closed, proprietary platform, you can\u2019t just set it and forget it.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous tasks, especially for enterprise WordPress installations. With great freedom comes great responsibility&#8230; as well as accountability, consulting, and informing.<\/p>\n<h2>Why use RACI for WordPress?<\/h2>\n<p>With so many tasks, and often many teams or people involved, WordPress management can be unclear and unstructured. A RACI helps define who is responsible for what, and who needs to be involved in decision-making or kept in the loop.<\/p>\n<p>A RACI matrix (or RACI chart) is a simple table of tasks, people, and their level of involvement. Although this sounds like something for enterprise organizations, it\u2019s valuable to any company with a team that requires clarity around how tasks are completed.<\/p>\n<h2>What does RACI mean?<\/h2>\n<p>RACI stands for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R<\/strong>esponsible \u2013 Who is doing the task?<\/li>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>ccountable \u2013 Who has approval authority and owns the outcome? <strong>One per task.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>onsulted \u2013 Who provides input on the task?<\/li>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong>nformed \u2013 Who needs to be kept informed before or after the task is done?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of a simple RACI chart:<\/p>\n<table data-table=\"\" data-tablelook=\"1696\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><strong>Task<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><strong>Website owner<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><strong>IT department<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><strong>Publishing team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><strong>Engineering<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">Maintain plugins<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">A<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">I<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">C<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">Security settings<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">A<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">R<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">I<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">User management<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">C<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">I<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">A\/R<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">Backups<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">A<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">R<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">C<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">Image optimization<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">I<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">I<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">R<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">SSL certificate management<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">A<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">C<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">I<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">\u2026<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">\u2026<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">\u2026<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">\u2026<\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>WordPress management task lists<\/h2>\n<p>The lists below have been broken into rough categories, but your specific use case may vary. The people and teams responsible will vary depending on your unique organization.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you\u2019re an entrepreneur working with a single web developer, then you&#8217;ll only have a few columns. However, if you work for a large company with an engineering team and IT department, there may be several columns to account for all the people involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take this list as a starting point and customize how these tasks show up in your company<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Maintenance tasks for WordPress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Update core, plugins, and themes<\/li>\n<li>QA testing functionality after updates<\/li>\n<li>Security scans and monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Responding to security incidents<\/li>\n<li>Backups<\/li>\n<li>SSL certificate management<\/li>\n<li>Uptime monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Regular image optimization<\/li>\n<li>Regular database optimization<\/li>\n<li>Monitor core files for changes<\/li>\n<li>Finding and resolving 404 errors<\/li>\n<li>Finding and resolving broken links<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring for spam comments<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning up media files<\/li>\n<li>Monitor logins and trusted devices<\/li>\n<li>Review notices for new plugin and theme features for implementation<\/li>\n<li>Enable email notifications for downtime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Platform tasks for WordPress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Database management<\/li>\n<li>File system management<\/li>\n<li>PHP upgrades<\/li>\n<li>Staging servers<\/li>\n<li>Automated testing<\/li>\n<li>Hosting configuration<\/li>\n<li>Web application firewall<\/li>\n<li>CDN<\/li>\n<li>DNS management<\/li>\n<li>Make sure cron jobs are running properly<\/li>\n<li>Keep staging synced with production<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Development tasks for WordPress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Web development<\/li>\n<li>Version control<\/li>\n<li>API integration<\/li>\n<li>Web app development<\/li>\n<li>Automated testing<\/li>\n<li>Bug fixes<\/li>\n<li>Plugin management (add\/remove\/config)<\/li>\n<li>Application monitoring (uptime, performance, errors\/logs)<\/li>\n<li>Access control<\/li>\n<li>Implementing plugins<\/li>\n<li>WP admin settings<\/li>\n<li>Htaccess changes<\/li>\n<li>Functionality and availability tests<\/li>\n<li>Testing the forms, comments and other interactive features<\/li>\n<li>Cross-browser and device testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Design tasks for WordPress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Defining the design<\/li>\n<li>User journey mapping<\/li>\n<li>User experience testing<\/li>\n<li>Widgets<\/li>\n<li>Mockups<\/li>\n<li>Wireframes<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility (a11y) testing<\/li>\n<li>Block patterns<\/li>\n<li>Global styles<\/li>\n<li>Branding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Publishing tasks for WordPress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Image selection and editing<\/li>\n<li>Editorial calendar<\/li>\n<li>Legal review<\/li>\n<li>Publishing process<\/li>\n<li>SEO markup and updates<\/li>\n<li>Taxonomy<\/li>\n<li>Review user access levels and adjust roles as necessary<\/li>\n<li>Review top-performing posts for improvements<\/li>\n<li>Audit older pages for content updates<\/li>\n<li>Review parent\/child page relationships to better organize content<\/li>\n<li>Implementing redirects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Closing thoughts on RACI for WordPress<\/h2>\n<p>Depending on your specific website and team structure, this list may change, edit, and grow to cover your needs.<\/p>\n<p>If you run an ecommerce site or membership site, there are a whole bunch of specific tasks. Depending on the plugins, features, and things most important to your site\u2019s performance, you\u2019ll want to capture everything at a high level to form alignment across your organization.<\/p>\n<p>If you have feedback to improve these lists, please <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/godaddypro\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">let us know<\/a>. 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