Why Your WordPress Query is a Mess (And How to Fix It)
I got a call from a client running a decent-sized WooCommerce shop. They were in a panic. Their main shop page, which should have been…
Category: Bug Fixing
How to Start Unit Testing Your Existing WordPress Code
Had a client call last week. They’ve got this huge, old WooCommerce plugin that’s been passed through three different dev teams. A new junior dev…
WordPress Performance Troubleshooting: Finding the Real Bottleneck
Got an email the other day. Subject: “Our site is SUPER slow.” It’s the kind of message every developer gets. Vague, urgent, and you know…
Stop Calling get_option Directly. Do This Instead.
I took over a legacy WooCommerce plugin for a new client last month. Total nightmare. The previous developer had sprinkled get_option() and update_option() calls everywhere,…
How to Properly Generate HTML in WordPress (Without the Mess)
Had a client come to me with a ‘quick job’ the other day. They have a super active blog, great community, and they wanted to…
A Practical Guide to WordPress Dependency Injection
I got a call to take over a project with a massive, custom-built events plugin. It was a total mess. The previous developers had built…
Stop Hacking WordPress Admin Pages: Build a Class Instead
I got a call from a client last week. Their last developer bailed, and they had a “simple” request: add a new delivery option to…
Stop the Guesswork: Standardizing Laravel Model Attributes
I inherited a Laravel project a while back. The client wanted a simple change: rename a few database columns for clarity. What should have been…
Using the PHP Reflection API to Tame Legacy Code
I got a call from a client running a membership site on a pretty old, third-party plugin. Their problem? They needed to sync a user’s…
When WooCommerce Admin Slows Down: A Real Fix
Had a client come to me with a WooCommerce store that was starting to choke. They had about 30,000 products, and their admin dashboard, specifically…