Hi all.

Short introduction
I’m a volunteer at a Danish football club. The club’s website were setup in 2020 and haven’t really been maintained since. Now I’ve taken over the responsibility of the website. I do have some experience in WordPress but this is a monster I been given.

The current situation
Old PHP version (7.4 as I recall), 145 pages, 1.912 posts, nearly 50.000 images (plus all the extra sizes), 55 plugins (29 active), contact formulas in three different plugins, template from Elementor Pro on some pages, theme templates on other. SportsPress plugin installed to handle players and games, custom code in the plugin Snippets, etc.

Next step(s)
Now I want to do a thorough cleanup (which I most definitely will regret 😆) but where to start?

I was thinking of installing LocalWP and have the site locally to be able to use Codex (have a subscription through my regular job) to run through the site.

But what exactly should I look for?

— UPDATE —

Progress

1. Local environment set up with the same settings as the website before switching to a newer PHP version later on.

2. Backup created. Currently downloading the backup. Size: 76.7 GB(!).

3. Created a spreadsheet to document all current plugins with Name, Status (Enabled/Disabled), Current version, Needs update, Action (Keep, Remove, Consolidate and remove).

Hi all.

Short introduction
I’m a volunteer at a Danish football club. The club’s website were setup in 2020 and haven’t really been maintained since. Now I’ve taken over the responsibility of the website. I do have some experience in WordPress but this is a monster I been given.

The current situation
Old PHP version (7.4 as I recall), 145 pages, 1.912 posts, nearly 50.000 images (plus all the extra sizes), 55 plugins (29 active), contact formulas in three different plugins, template from Elementor Pro on some pages, theme templates on other. SportsPress plugin installed to handle players and games, custom code in the plugin Snippets, etc.

Next step(s)
Now I want to do a thorough cleanup (which I most definitely will regret 😆) but where to start?

I was thinking of installing LocalWP and have the site locally to be able to use Codex (have a subscription through my regular job) to run through the site.

But what exactly should I look for?

— UPDATE —

Progress

1. Local environment set up with the same settings as the website before switching to a newer PHP version later on.

2. Backup created. Currently downloading the backup. Size: 76.7 GB(!).

3. Created a spreadsheet to document all current plugins with Name, Status (Enabled/Disabled), Current version, Needs update, Action (Keep, Remove, Consolidate and remove).