{"id":7597,"date":"2026-09-15T05:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T05:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=7597"},"modified":"2026-09-15T06:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:10:33","slug":"how-to-tell-if-your-website-needs-an-update","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/fr\/resources\/how-to-tell-if-your-website-needs-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell If Your Website Needs an Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Outdated&#8221; rarely means broken. Here are the specific, concrete signs worth checking rather than guessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Compare Against Two Competitors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open your site next to two direct competitors&#8217; sites. Note your honest first impression of each, side by side, not in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Check for the Security Padlock<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at your browser&#8217;s address bar. No padlock icon, or a &#8220;Not Secure&#8221; warning, means your site isn&#8217;t running HTTPS, which affects both visitor trust and search ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.opte.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/browser-address-bar-showing-the-padlock-https-indicator-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/browser-address-bar-showing-the-padlock-https-indicator-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/browser-address-bar-showing-the-padlock-https-indicator-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/browser-address-bar-showing-the-padlock-https-indicator-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/browser-address-bar-showing-the-padlock-https-indicator-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/browser-address-bar-showing-the-padlock-https-indicator-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/browser-address-bar-showing-the-padlock-https-indicator-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Check When Your Site Was Last Updated<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In your WordPress dashboard, go to Dashboard &gt; Updates. A long list of pending plugin, theme, or WordPress core updates is a reliable sign the site hasn&#8217;t been maintained recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.opte.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/wordpress-updates-screen-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/wordpress-updates-screen-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/wordpress-updates-screen-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/wordpress-updates-screen-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/wordpress-updates-screen-1536x992.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/wordpress-updates-screen-2048x1322.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3178\/2026\/09\/wordpress-updates-screen-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Check Your Mobile and Load Time Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <em>How to Check Your Website&#8217;s Load Time<\/em> and <em>How to Test Your Website on Mobile<\/em>, since an outdated site is very often also a slow one.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","kb-category":[40],"class_list":["post-7597","resources","type-resources","status-publish","hentry","kb-category-website-conversion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/7597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalcreativealliances.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-category?post=7597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}