How We Rescued 3,684 Blogs During the Typepad Shutdown
A few months back, a long-time blogger reached out in a panic. He’d been writing on Typepad since 2004—nearly two decades of thoughts, family photos,…
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.
Why the WordPress Plugins Team Name Change Matters for Your Site
I had a client reach out last week, absolutely fuming. He’d tried to submit a custom integration plugin to the directory, and it got bounced…
Why WordPress Development is About to Break Your CSS
I had a client call last week. Total nightmare. They’d spent months manually overriding heading sizes using a pile of !important tags because the Gutenberg…
Stop Guessing: Adding Automated Unit Tests to Your Plugin
I once had a client—a high-traffic membership site—call me at 2:00 AM because their renewals were failing. They had just pushed a “minor” update to…
WordPress 6.9 Release Management: Why the First 24 Hours Matter
A long-term client called me late on the 10th. “Ahmad,” he says, “I see WordPress 6.9 is finally out. My dashboard is begging me to…
Why Gutenberg Typography Management Just Got Much Easier
Last month, I was sitting on a call with a client’s marketing lead who was absolutely fed up. They’d moved to a block theme, which…
Why the 2026 WordPress Release Schedule is a Wake-up Call
Last month, a long-term client of mine—running a high-volume WooCommerce store—hit me with a weird question. They were worried that WordPress was “slowing down” because…
WordPress AI Roadmap: What State of the Word 2025 Means for You
I had a client last month—a high-volume WooCommerce shop—who was convinced they needed a custom “agentic AI” layer. They wanted an AI that could actually…
WooCommerce Stability and PHP Compatibility: Why Version 10.3.6 Matters
I got a frantic call last week from a shop owner running a high-volume apparel store. Their checkout was randomly throwing 500 errors. No pattern,…
A Developer’s Guide to the WordPress AI Website Workflow
I had a client reach out last month who was absolutely thrilled. He’d used an AI builder to spin up a site for his law…