Putting the recovery path before the login controls is the strongest part of this checklist. For a client handover, I would turn Step 0 into a small recovery drill: can the designated owner actually reach the hosting panel and locate the recovery material without help from the person who configured the site? A backup account that exists only in the developer’s password manager is not much of a fallback once the handover is complete.
Mahdi Jabinpour
Building WordPress plugins and AI tools at LumoWP. Practical notes on WooCommerce, performance and multilingual websites.
Putting the recovery path before the login controls is the strongest part of this checklist. For a client handover, I would turn Step 0 into a small recovery drill: can the designated owner actually reach the hosting panel and locate the recovery material without help from the person who configured the site? A backup account that exists only in the developer’s password manager is not much of a fallback once the handover is complete.