As programmers (and as clients) we have this notion that being able to customize and configure to suit personal preference is the key to eternal happiness. Everyone is looking for something just a little different, so the more we can tweak and modify, the better. We all want the site to look a certain way and behave a certain way, don’t we?
It’s one of the main reasons we love using WordPress. With a nearly limitless ability to tweak, configure and augment, WordPress can be used in an amazing number of ways. Unfortunately for most WordPress users, WordPress developers tend to concentrate on the site design and leave the admin interface as-is. Most don’t even realize that, like the front end, the backend of WordPress can be customized as well.
Before you roll a site out to a client, think about what they really need. Think about what they are going to want to do every day as opposed to the pieces they will never touch or only use once.
A hundred options are really just ninety-nine places for the client to get lost while looking for the one thing they need to do.
Think of it this way, which of these do you think your customer will be happier using:
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