1. Tips for handing over a WP
site to your clients
Sam Brook
@webwaldo
https://gist.github.com/webwaldo

2. Overview
 Rebrand the login Screen via Theme
 Rebrand bits of the Dashboard via Theme
 Strip down the admin area via Plugins
 Add a user manual Theme / Plugin
 Download snippets here:
https://gist.github.com/webwaldo

3. Rebranding Basics ( Via Theme)
 Update Login Logo, URL & title
 Update WP footer Text
 Favicon
 Manually hide unused types
 Bonus Dashboard Widget

4. Stripping down the admin
Both these plugins work best when you setup your Client as
an Editor.
 White Label CMS
 Easy, Fast does the majority of what you need. Does a lot of
what you can do with PHP, but made easier with form fields.
 Highlights: Branding Section, Modify Menus ( with control
over Access To Appearance Menu )
 Adminimize
 Remove nearly anything, lots of options
 Highlights: Granular control on removing bits of the admin
based on roles, export/import setup

5. Add a user manual PHP / Plugin
 Why
 Easier for a client then having to search the interubes
 Handy if you custom areas which are different from the
standard WP
 Less phone calls :P
 How
 Via PHP in your Theme ( demo )
 Using Site Notes plugin ( demo )

6. Misc
Make sure you have a 404 template, Setup Google analytics.
General use plugins:
 SEO: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/
 Google analytics on dashboard
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-
dashboard/
 Sitemap http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-
sitemap-plugin/
 Redirector http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirector/
 Cache http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/
 Tree View http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cms-tree-
page-view/
 Tiny MCE advanced
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tinymce-advanced/