The Quick Wins bucket is small one-shot operations that don’t fit cleanly into the other categories but customers ask for often.
What’s in here
- wp_search_replace — find-and-replace across post content. Asks for confirmation; supports dry run.
- wp_set_site_icon — favicon.
- wp_set_site_title / wp_set_tagline — Settings → General fields.
- wp_set_homepage — pick a static page as the home, or set “Your latest posts.”
- wp_set_permalinks — change permalink structure (will flush rewrite rules).
- wp_clear_cache — purge whatever page-cache plugin is active.
- wp_flush_rewrite_rules — fix “page returns 404” after structural changes.
- wp_export_xml — generate a WordPress eXtended RSS export for migration.
- wp_import_xml — import a WP eXtended RSS file.
- wp_send_test_email — verify wp_mail / SMTP is working.
- wp_regenerate_thumbnails — rebuild image sizes after a theme change.
Common prompts
- “Change every mention of ‘old company name’ to ‘new company name’ across all posts and pages, dry-run first.”
- “My contact form isn’t sending — fire a test email so I can see if SMTP is broken.”
- “I just changed permalinks and some pages 404 — flush rewrite rules.”