The Right Way to Handle WordPress Password Hashing
I got a call from a client with a membership site that’s been around since the dawn of time. They wanted to upgrade their security,…
Author: Ahmad Wael
I'm a WordPress and WooCommerce developer with 15+ years of experience building custom e-commerce solutions and plugins. I specialize in PHP development, following WordPress coding standards to deliver clean, maintainable code. Currently, I'm exploring AI and e-commerce by building multi-agent systems and SaaS products that integrate technologies like Google Gemini API with WordPress platforms, approaching every project with a commitment to performance, security, and exceptional user experience.
Stop Fearing Serverless: Your Big PHP Site Can Handle It
I was on a call last week with a client running a pretty big WooCommerce store. They’re getting ready for a huge Black Friday sale…
Your WooCommerce Admin is Slow? Here’s the Likely Culprit.
I got a call about a high-traffic WooCommerce shop, maybe 30,000 products, and their admin dashboard was timing out. Total mess. The site owner couldn’t…
Stop Writing Messy Laravel Controllers with Static Factory Methods
I was looking at a controller for a client’s project the other day, and it was a mess. They have a `Subscription` model, and you…
Laravel Vapor Logs: Getting Papertrail to Actually Work
I had a client running a pretty slick setup on Laravel Vapor. But they had this ghost in the machine: an error that would pop…
A minor WooCommerce update that fixes a major PayPal problem
I got a call last week from a client in a panic. Their international orders were failing at checkout, but only when customers tried to…
How to Reliably Test Stripe Checkout with Laravel Dusk
A client came to us a while back with a Laravel subscription app that was bleeding money. Users would go through the Stripe checkout, their…
How serverless handles WooCommerce traffic spikes
A flash sale took a client’s WooCommerce store down in three minutes. WooCommerce can’t cache cart pages, so one server buckles under a spike. Serverless scales PHP workers up and down on demand instead.
Fixing customizations broken by the Interactivity API
A client’s product filters broke after a routine WooCommerce update. The old jQuery no longer works with the new block-based, state-driven output, so here’s how to extend those blocks through the Interactivity API instead.
Is the Jetpack mobile app finally a serious tool?
A client asked why every WordPress mobile app feels like a toy. The latest Jetpack app changes that, with a proper stats screen and on-device AI for excerpts and tags that keeps content on your phone.