How to turn spaghetti-code WordPress admin pages into a scalable system
A client came to us with a plugin that was, to put it mildly, a total mess. It started simple enough: one little settings page….
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 using FTP and deploy WordPress with git push
I got a call from a new client in a panic. Their site was down. White screen of death. Turns out, their previous developer had…
A better way to write WP-CLI commands
I took over a project once where the deployment checklist was a mile long. Clear this cache, sync that data, run this report. All manual….
How serverless fixes a core WordPress security flaw
I had a client come to me, completely at their wit’s end. Their site had been hacked for the third time in a month. They’d…
Technical documentation debt turns a simple fix into a nightmare
A simple VIP discount request stalled on a 1000-line, undocumented function nobody understood. The fix was not more code, it was documenting the intent behind it. A short comment block up front saves hours later.
What WooCommerce agentic commerce means for developers
A client asked whether his store needs new AI features. WooCommerce’s agentic commerce lets AI assistants browse and buy through an API, so the prep work is clean product data and stable APIs.
Build a real WordPress portfolio site, not a PDF
A designer lost a gig sending a PDF and Behance links. The fix is a real WordPress portfolio site built on a custom post type, so your work stays clean, portable, and independent of the theme.
Running Bedrock on Pantheon with a CI build step
A client was told Bedrock was impossible on Pantheon. It is not. The fix is a CI build step that runs Composer and pushes the built code to Pantheon, so the main repo stays clean.
When a side project plugin turns into a nightmare
A client side project plugin grew into an operational crisis of spaghetti code. The lesson: give even a small plugin real structure from day one, a main class and separated concerns, so it stays maintainable.
What’s the Real AWS Lambda Hosting Cost? It’s Complicated.
I got a call from a new client a while back. They had a small, but important, WordPress blog that another dev had put on…