37 Web Design Memes Only Web Designers Can Appreciate

You guys, every single one of the web design memes you see below were made by yours truly.

I”m not gonna tell you how much time I spent on them…

But, with all of the 3,000 word epic blog posts and 20+ minute YouTube videos I make on here, sometimes you just gotta let loose a little.

So I’m taking a break and writing something fun.

Make sure to check out the challenge at the very end! There may just be an easy backlink in it for you.

(Assuming you have a website, that is. Which, if you’re a web designer, you obviously should. And if you’re not a web designer, how did you get here? lol)

1) Popups

Y U No meme captioned web designers, Y U no remove popups

Y’all already know how much I loathe the dreaded popup…

2) Caching

Laughing men in suits meme, and then I told him have you tried clearing your cache

So, clearing your cache is legitimately one of the easiest ways to fix most common website problems.

That said, I have used it a handful of times to buy me some more time to figure out what the real problem is. Guilty as charged!

3) SEO “Experts”

Condescending Wonka meme mocking a $29 SEO course promising to rank #1 on Google

So many people are buying useless online courses that are teaching archaic methods of SEO.

In fact, why even buy a course at all? All of the information you need is already available for free. And with an average course completion rate of just X%, most people aren’t even finishing these stupid things.

Save your cash!

4) Too Many WordPress Developers

Doge meme, wow so WordPress, much affordable, many beauty, all unique

Really can’t handle how every other designer out there “designs beautiful WordPress sites for small businesses”. Oh yah? So does half the world.

5) Distracted Web Design Clients

Distracted boyfriend meme, web design client eyeing a flashy video intro over the site's UX

Killing your website’s user experience in favor of unnecessary style and flair… I’ve seen it too many times.

6) Poor Taste in Logo Design

Drake meme rejecting a minimalist flat logo, preferring a shiny 3D chrome globe logo

What’s that, my lovely web design client? Oh, you’d like a logo straight out of 1999? Coming right up…

7) Too Cheap For Good Hosting

Sweating two-buttons meme choosing between fast reliable $29 hosting and slow $5 hosting

How is this not a more obvious choice? Don’t cheap out on your website hosting friends!

8) No-Code Movement

Change My Mind meme, great web designers don't need to know how to code

Still waiting for someone to change my mind on this…

9) Learning Web Design

Expanding brain meme, wanting to learn web design up to becoming a web designer by practicing

Learning web design quickly really just comes down to consistently consuming content and practicing.

10) No More About Pages

American Chopper argument meme fighting over whether anyone reads a 3,000-word About page

About pages are so overrated. Get your message across with your Home page!

11) Save Draft

Blue button meme, hand smashing Save Draft after a leave-without-saving warning

Save draft! Save draft! Save draft!

12) Tricky Web Design Clients

Running away balloon meme, a client demanding an embedded Twitter feed derails a clean website

Social media should be driving traffic to your website, not the other way around. (also, no one really cares what you’re tweeting about)

13) Not Squarespace, Please…

Boardroom suggestion meme, the guy who mentions a Squarespace ad gets tossed out the window

If I hear one more Squarespace ad on YouTube, podcasts, blogs, TV, radio, billboards, under my bed…

14) Weebly Rejection

Waiting skeleton meme, still waiting for platform updates as a Weebly web designer

I used to love using Weebly for my web design business. But then they forced me to move elsewhere due to complete platform neglect.

I ended up choosing WordPress. No regrets!

15) Unnecessary About Pages

Batman slapping Robin meme, cutting off a suggestion to add an About page

Did I mention I hate About pages?

16) Fear of Creating

Roll Safe meme, nobody can say your blog posts are terrible if you never write any

Blogging is the key to getting your website to rank better in Google.

But because it takes a ton of work, most web designers aren’t willing to do it. Are you? Or do you have more excuses not to?

17) SEO Misconceptions

Is this a pigeon meme, a web design client Googling google.com asking is this SEO

Have you ever tried to explain SEO to someone? Sometimes it feels like this.

18) Fiverr Web Designers

Inhaling seagull meme screaming go to Fiverr when a client calls $500 over budget

You get what you pay for. (shoutout to Fiverr!)

19) Squarespace Making It Look Too Easy

Boromir one does not simply meme, one does not simply build a website with Squarespace

So… we meet again… Squarespace.

20) Too Many WordPress Developers #2

Buzz and Woody X everywhere meme, WordPress web designers, WordPress web designers everywhere

Can web designers really not figure out a better way to sell their services?

21) Tired of Working From Home

Disaster girl meme smirking by a burning house, can't work from home with no home

As far as excuses go, this one is pretty intense.

22) Analytics Oopsies

Hide the Pain Harold meme, excited about a website visitor then realizing oh it's me lol

Classic mistake. Make sure you setup your Google Analytics properly!

23) Speaking Truth

Scroll of truth meme, coders reject that you don't need to code to be a great web designer

COME AT ME CODERS.

24) Don’t Buy a Web Design Course

The Rock driving meme, shocked to hear a passenger spent $499 on a web design course

Reminder: you don’t need to drop hundreds of dollars on web design courses in order to learn web design.

25) Relying Too Much on Templates

Oprah you get a car meme, you get a template and everybody gets the same template

Some of these web design platforms are just getting lazy, man. Offering “dozens of templates” to choose from that are all essentially the same.

26) Get to Work

Finding Neverland meme, dad am I a bad web designer, no son you're just lazy

Put in the work!

27) Get to Work #2

Bill Lumbergh that would be great meme, if you could put in the work and stop asking the same questions

Put. in. the. work.

28) The Canadian Struggle is Real

Evil Kermit meme, I should find new clients versus watch 8 hours of hockey instead

The struggle is real…

Especially during playoffs season…

29) No Contracts Needed

Skeptical third world kid meme, so you don't use any contracts with your web design clients

Never have. Never will.

30) Hard to Swallow

Hard to swallow pills meme, copywriting is more important than design

You could be the most talented graphics and visual designer in the world but, if you don’t understand the fundamentals of great copywriting, you’re going to struggle as a web designer.

Websites are sales machines. Sales machines require good words.

31) Get to Work #3

First world problems crying woman meme, watched a video on starting a web design business now I have to build one

Why so serious? That’s the fun part!

32) Guest Post Nightmare

Brace yourselves Ned Stark meme, guest post requests are coming

Once you start to build up your website’s authority and search rankings, you will be inundated by guest post requests from crappy writers who want nothing more than an easy backlink.
Gross.

33) Instant Google Rankings

Grandma finds the internet meme, thanks for my new website, now when will I be #1 in Google

Web design and SEO. Two very different things. One being much harder than the other.

34) Get Better Hosting

Kermit sipping tea meme, your site would load faster with better hosting but that's none of my business

Honestly guys. Cut out a few trips to Starbucks each month and invest in some great quality website hosting. It’ll be worth it.

35) Ol’ UX

Old Yeller meme, tearful boy aiming a rifle, I'm sorry boy, you know I loved your animated fade in

Anyone seen Old Yeller? No? Just me? Well I thought it was clever.

Sometimes we need to sacrifice creativity for functionality. And it can be painful.

36) Artist Fail

Artist versus web designer meme about failing user experience

Speaking of which, when’s the last time you took a look at those user experience metrics you should be tracking in Google Analytics?

Maybe then you’ll find out why people are leaving your website right away.

The Social Network meme parody about building a web design business

Honestly, it’s pretty great.

Got some funny web design memes of your own?

You can make a bunch over at ImgFlip. Make one, then comment below with the link so I can take a look!

If it’s good, I’ll even add it to this blog post with a sexy backlink for ya!