Why WordPress Error Handling Drives Developers Crazy
I got a ticket from a client last week. “My team can’t save drafts properly. The button just spins, but nothing happens. No error, nothing.”…
Category: Bug Fixing
How to Limit Editor Blocks Without Wrecking the Site Editor
Got a call last week from a client in a full-blown panic. Their marketing team was complaining that the block editor was stripped bare—they could…
CSS Specificity: The Right Way to Fix WooCommerce Styles
I got a call about a WooCommerce shop where the product buttons were a total mess. The client said their ‘Add to Cart’ button was…
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…
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…
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…
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….