---
title: "General best practices"
slug: "general-best-practices"
abstract: "List of general best practice categories."
---
# General best practices

Best practices help you use Sitecore Content Hub to its full potential, and teach you the most efficient way to perform standard operations.

This section provides best practices on the following topics:

- [Importing and exporting data](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/importing-and-exporting-data.html "Importing and exporting data")
- [Media processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/extending-media-processing-flows.html "Extending media processing flows")
- [Performance](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/performance.html "Performance")
- [Security](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/security.html "Security")
- [State flows](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/creating-state-flows.html "Creating state flows")
- [Taxonomies and option lists](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/taxonomies-and-option-lists.html "Taxonomies and option lists")
- [Upload assets](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/uploading-assets.html "Uploading assets")
- [Using visual search](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/using-visual-search.html "Using visual search")

> [!note]
> For best practices related to development, refer to the dedicated [developer best practices](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/developers/cloud-dev/best-practices-for-developers.html) section.