03/24/2026
Hit the nail on the head. If you're not in control of your own website - meaning, if you don't know where your licenses or backups are held, if they are not in you/your company's name, or if not one person in your organization understands how to perform basic operations on your WordPress website, you're going to have a problem at some point down the road.
Our job as developer is to be on the periphery of your organization. To be in a supportive role that allows your company to grow and advance on your own terms. Our role is to help, not hinder.
This client paid six figures for branding, marketing and a website they couldn't update without calling the agency. I inherited the site after they fell out with the original agency. Which is usually how these things go. Elementor was installed along with three Elementor extensions. They also had ov...