Why the WordPress Singleton Pattern Can Burn You
I was digging through a client’s site recently—the kind of project where three different developers had left their mark over five years. Total mess. The…
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 6.9: What’s a Big Deal and What’s Noise?
I got a call from a client this morning. He’d just read the latest news about WordPress 6.9 dropping soon and had the usual questions:…
WordPress 6.9: Styling Forms with theme.json (Finally!)
Had a client call the other day, really happy with the new block theme we built. Said everything looked great… except the forms. The comment…
Adding Schema.org Microdata to Accordion Block FAQs
Had a client come to me last week. Their SEO guy was breathing down their neck because the beautiful new FAQs page, built with the…
WooCommerce CSV Import Issues? A Dot Release Fixed It.
Got an urgent call a while back from a client running a massive fashion store. They were trying to do a bulk product update—we’re talking…
Custom WordPress Blocks With AI: A Senior Dev’s Honest Take
I got a ticket from a client the other day. Good client, on a monthly retainer. They wanted a copyright notice in their footer that…
Don’t Just “Fix” WP-Cron. Replace It. Here’s How.
Got a call from a client running a pretty busy WooCommerce store. Their inventory sync with a supplier’s API, which was supposed to run every…
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….
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…