It starts small. Then it eats your week.
The hardest part of WordPress isn't WordPress. It's realizing nobody truly runs it—and somehow you become the person accountable when something breaks.
Someone clicks "Update all."
Your checkout page breaks. Paid traffic keeps arriving anyway.
The site feels slow.
Marketing asks why conversion dropped. Nobody can answer.
A "simple edit" becomes a risk.
You delay changes because touching production feels dangerous.
You get the email you dread.
"Critical vulnerability." Now your evening belongs to WordPress.
Legal asks for proof.
You don't have accessibility documentation—only hopes and plugins.
Your weekend is ruined.
Downtime. Errors. Weird redirects. You're troubleshooting in the dark.