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I wouldn't start with web development. Octostudio is going to be more fun to start with, and it's going to expose more fundamental stuff (e.g. conditionals and loops).
Different story if your kid explicitly wants to make something on a website
I used to volunteer with CoderDojo, a non-profit that hosted intro to coding workshops for kids of all ages (including 7-year-olds). Maybe you can find something like that local to you? I don't know if the organization still exists, but this is one of the lesson plans we used, which I think still holds up today (except the last part, you don't need jQuery anymore lol):
https://github.com/CoderDojoSV/beginner-web
I also came up with my own workshop as a follow-up, specifically about creating fun shapes with css:
https://github.com/heidid/css-art-workshop
I remember the kids also enjoyed trying out Inspect Element on existing webpages – I joked that you could pretend to change your grades to A+'s (temporarily of course), though hopefully grades are not of concern to a 7-year-old yet :)
My kids both did scratch from an early age at school maybe 6-7.
I think my son would be kind of interested in minecraft modding or creating fortnite games, better to make/do something like that that relates to their interests. If they like birds make a wildlife detector etc!
To be honest I've not got massive amount of enthusiasm for this kind of stuff but would support them if they were interested!