Why Clear Variable Naming Is for Professionals
I was digging into a new client’s WooCommerce site last week. They had a custom filtering system for product certifications—think ‘Organic’, ‘Fair Trade’, that kind…
Category: Bug Fixing
A WordPress Plugin File Structure That Doesn’t Suck
I took over a project for a new client last month. It was supposed to be a simple job: add a new settings panel to…
Stop Copy-Pasting Code: A Real Guide to WordPress Inheritance
I just got off a call with a new client. He was tearing his hair out over a simple change. His site has about a…
Stop Searching for Code and Start Solving the Right Problems
I got a call last week from a new client. It’s a story I’ve heard a dozen times. They had a WooCommerce site, and their…
The WordPress Options API: A Guide to Not Wrecking Your Site
I got a call about a site that was crawling. Especially in the wp-admin dashboard. The client was convinced they needed a bigger server, but…
Using PHP Interfaces to Clean Up Your WordPress Hooks
I inherited a WooCommerce project that was a total mess. We’re talking years of different developers, overlapping features, and a dozen custom plugins. The client’s…
Why Your Simple WordPress Plugin Edit Broke Everything
A client hit us up a few weeks back. The request was simple: “Can you add a new size option to our meme shortcode plugin?”…
Stop Patching Your Code: A Real WordPress Plugin Architecture
I had a client come to me with a custom-built membership plugin that was the heart of their business. It was also a total mess….
WordPress Security is More Than Just Running a Scan
I got an emergency call a few weeks back. A new client’s site was redirecting to some shady online pharma store. They’d been fighting it…
Stop Putting WordPress Hooks in Your Class Constructor
I get a call from a client. Their membership site is acting up—user permissions randomly failing, content not unlocking when it should. Total mess. They…