The One Tool I Still Wish Every PHP Project Had
I got a call late one Friday. A frantic client. “The checkout page is just a white screen for some customers!” You know the feeling….
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.
WordPress Error Logging That Doesn’t Suck
A client with a high-traffic WooCommerce shop called me up. They were getting hammered with support tickets about an intermittent “invalid coupon code” error at…
Fixing Plugin Conflicts with the WordPress Decorator Pattern
I got a ticket for a high-traffic WooCommerce site where the client was stuck. They had one plugin for database scaling—a HyperDB-style read/write replica setup—and…
Pragmatic WordPress Development: Why “Perfect” Code Is Sometimes a Mess
I got a frantic message from a new client last week. Their WooCommerce checkout was throwing fatal errors, but only for certain customers. Total nightmare….
Stop Writing WordPress Code That Breaks on Tuesday
I got a call last week about a WooCommerce site where the custom shipping calculator had gone sideways. The client explained that a previous developer…
Stop Hacking functions.php: A Guide to Custom API Endpoints
I got a call from a client running a busy WooCommerce shop. Their inventory was a mess. They use a third-party warehouse system to manage…
Shipping Code is Better Than Perfect Code
I recently took over a WooCommerce project for a client whose last developer had vanished. The site was old, cluttered with plugins, and the checkout…
Unlock Your Productivity: Simple Habits for a More Efficient Day
In today’s fast-paced world, feeling overwhelmed and constantly behind is a common sentiment. The desire to achieve more, complete tasks efficiently, and reclaim personal time…
WordPress Custom Routing: Stop Hacking the Rewrite API
Got a call from a client running a big WooCommerce site with a custom-built event registration plugin from years ago. It worked, but the URLs…
Your WordPress Site Is Silently Breaking. Here’s the Fix.
Got a call from a new client last week. Their WooCommerce site’s “add to cart” button was working… sometimes. For some users, it would just…