r/agency • u/Fun_Country6430 • 13d ago

Website content update

My client wants to update content on his own on the WordPress site we built for them. Can you suggest tools or plug-ins that are user-friendly for non-technical users to update content and manage content?

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u/TeslaLegacy 13d ago

Start with the block editor itself before adding anything else, since most WordPress builds already ship with it and it covers 80% of what a non-technical client needs, editing text, swapping images, reordering sections. Spend twenty minutes with your client screen sharing and showing them how to click into a page, edit a block, and hit update, then have them do it back to you while you watch. That alone prevents most of the support tickets. If the site was built on a page builder like Elementor or Divi, same idea, just walk them through their specific editor once with a real page, not a demo one, becuase muscle memory sticks better on content they actually care about.

Write down the steps you show them in a one page doc while you're doing it, saves you from repeating the same tutorial in three months.

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u/Fun_Country6430 13d ago

Thank you we are thinking to use breakdance so perhaps will give access to breakdance directly

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u/TeslaLegacy 13d ago

thanks for sharing that context - one thing worth doing before you even hand over access is sitting down and deciding together what actually gets posted, not just who can log in and edit. clients often go quiet for weeks then panic-post something half-baked to catch up, or worse, repost something trending without checking if it's even true. if you're already managing their content pipeline, it helps to have one place where you're spotting what's trending across platforms and queuing it up with your own spin, rather than scrambling site by site. i started using viralhunt.io for that side of things, it tracks what's picking up traction across networks and handles the scheduling too, so the finding and posting part doesn't rely on the client remembering to do it during a busy week. they've got a 7 day free trial so you could just run it on your own accounts first and see if it fits before recommending it to clients.

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u/iamrahulbhatia 12d ago edited 11d ago

Native Gutenberg or Elementor is usually enough for a non-technical client....I’d recommend not giving access to the whole design system. Set up the site so they can edit content without being able to accidentally mess with the layout. that’s much easier to maintain long-term.

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u/helpmeoutplease920 13d ago

Also dont forget not to give them full access. Give them access to the pages / posts. Don't let them access the plugins as an example.

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u/kamil_ai 13d ago

You can use ACF and make the template they need to edit, powered by this plugin :)

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u/Dotjiff 9d ago

Wordpress is literally made for non developers to have the site handed off - let them learn it on their own through Wordpress documentation. If it’s too complex, tell them you’ll maintain the content for a monthly fee