Client-Editability Audit

Date: 2026-05-07 Scope: Every page-rendering template in the theme, plus header, footer, archives, and singles. Goal: Anything visible on the public site should be editable in wp-admin without dev help.

Status by Page

Page	URL	Status	Notes
Homepage	`/`	✅ Editable	All modules, fully ACF-driven
About	`/about/`	✅ Editable	Module-driven
Why Us	`/why-us/`	✅ Editable	Module-driven (4 modules)
Our Team	`/our-team/`	⚠️ Mostly	Team CPT editable; eyebrow/title in `archive-team.php` are hardcoded
FAQs	`/faqs/`	✅ Editable	FAQ CPT + module-driven
Service Areas	`/service-areas/`	✅ Editable	Module-driven
Contact	`/contact/`	❌ Hardcoded	Email, phone, address, hours all baked into `template-contact.php`
Our Work	`/our-work/`	⚠️ Mostly	Categories editable; hardcoded testimonial baked into template (lines 74-81)
Project Categories	`/work/<cat>/`	✅ Editable	Term-level ACF (image, description, hide_from_public)
Single Project	`/projects/<slug>/`	✅ Editable	Title + featured image are the only client-visible fields
Single Team Member	`/team/<slug>/`	✅ Editable	All fields ACF-driven
404	(any 404)	❌ Hardcoded	Copy is hardcoded; rare-edit territory
Training Guide	`/training/`	⚠️ Dev-only	Content in `docs/client/*.php` partials — by design, not client-editable
Header	(every page)	❌ Hardcoded	6 nav items + CTA button label all hardcoded
Footer	(every page)	❌ Hardcoded	Nav menus, intro paragraph, social URLs all hardcoded

Hardcoded Content Inventory

Critical (changes often, shows everywhere)

Contact details — duplicated in 3 places - footer.php:19-21 — hello@rootstructure.com (this address may not exist?) - template-contact.php:68,77,86,95 — rootstructureomaha@gmail.com, (402) 960-0897, Omaha, NE, Mon–Fri, 8am–5pm - inc/seo.php:27-28 — phone + email used in organization schema for SEO - ⚠️ Email mismatch: footer says hello@rootstructure.com, contact + SEO say rootstructureomaha@gmail.com
Footer intro paragraph (footer.php:24) - "Root Structure proudly serves homeowners and builders throughout Douglas County..."
Header nav menu (header.php:48-68, 107-127) - 6 items hardcoded twice (desktop + mobile) — Our Work, About, Why Us, Our Team, FAQs, plus the Get a Quote CTA
Footer nav menus (footer.php) - "Our Work" column auto-pulled from project_category taxonomy ✅ - "About" column hardcoded (Why Us, Our Team, Service Areas, FAQs) - "Connect" column hardcoded (Contact, Get a Quote, Facebook, Instagram)
Social links (footer.php:27,30,122,127) - All point to bare domain URLs (https://facebook.com/, https://instagram.com/, https://linkedin.com/) — no real profiles. Placeholder.

Medium (per-page baked)

Hardcoded testimonial on Our Work page (template-our-work.php:74-81) - "Root Structure made the process stress-free..." — Derek S., Gretna - Should pull from the testimonial CPT or use the testimonial module instead.
Team archive header (archive-team.php:15-16) - Eyebrow "Good to Meet Ya'" and title "Meet the Team" baked in.

Low (rare changes, dev-acceptable)

404 page copy (404.php) - Title, message, button labels.
Archive empty states — "No team members found", "No projects in this category yet" — fine to leave as i18n.

Recommended Fix Plan

Phase 1 — Single Source of Truth for Site Identity (highest leverage)

Build an ACF Options Page at wp-admin → Theme Settings. One screen, the client edits once, everywhere updates:

Contact: email, phone, address, hours
Footer intro paragraph
Social profiles: Facebook URL, Instagram URL, LinkedIn URL (use text field type per CLAUDE.md, not url)
Header CTA: button label + URL (currently "Get a Quote")

Then update consumers: - footer.php — pull email + intro + social URLs from options - template-contact.php — pull email + phone + address + hours - inc/seo.php — pull email + phone (the organization schema source of truth) - header.php — pull CTA button

Phase 2 — Convert Header + Footer Nav to WP Nav Menus

Two registered menu locations: primary (header) and footer-about. Client edits via Appearance → Menus.

The "Our Work" footer column already auto-builds from the taxonomy — leave that.

Phase 3 — Move the Our Work testimonial into a real source

Either: - Add a "Show Testimonial" toggle + selector to the Our Work page in admin, OR - Just use the existing testimonial module on the Our Work page (it's a regular page; modules work)

Phase 4 — Clean up small hardcodes

Make team archive eyebrow/title editable via ACF on a "Team Settings" options page or term-style fields.
Leave 404 copy hardcoded (low value to make editable).

Implementation Order

ACF Options Page + Theme Settings (Phase 1) — biggest impact, cleanest fix.
Convert nav menus to WP (Phase 2) — straightforward, high value once Phase 1 done.
Our Work testimonial fix (Phase 3) — small, ship after Phase 1.
Team archive header (Phase 4) — could roll into Phase 1's options page.

Email Inconsistency — Resolve First

Before any of this, decide which email is canonical: - rootstructureomaha@gmail.com (contact page + SEO) — looks real - hello@rootstructure.com (footer) — does this domain even resolve?

Recommend pinning to rootstructureomaha@gmail.com everywhere unless Chris has set up the rootstructure.com domain. Worth confirming with Chris.