Stop Writing Fragile Code: Your First OOP Lesson
I got a call from a new client. Their WooCommerce store’s coupon system was a total mess. Sometimes discounts applied, sometimes they didn’t, and it…
Category: Bug Fixing
WordPress Abstract Classes: Stop Copy-Pasting Your Code
I was digging into a new client’s plugin last week. They had a handful of admin pages for different settings, and the request was simple:…
WordPress Entry Points: Stop Patching, Start Solving Problems
I had a client come to me with a site that was crawling. Just constantly slow. Their cheap hosting was sending them CPU limit warnings,…
The WordPress `static` Keyword: Stop Using It Wrong
I was called in to fix a custom analytics plugin for a client’s site. It was a mess. The original developer had left, and the…
PHP String Formatting: Moving Beyond a Concatenated Mess
I got a call from a new client last week. Their WooCommerce site was throwing errors on the order confirmation page, but only sometimes. The…
Building a WordPress API Client The Right Way
I had a client come to me with a tricky requirement: they needed to sync users between two completely separate WordPress sites. One site was…
How the Mediator Pattern Can Untangle Your WordPress Code
Had a client come in with a plugin that was a complete nightmare. It was a critical piece of their inventory management system, but every…
When Good Plugins Go Bad: A Guide to WordPress Hooks
Got a call from a client running a decent-sized WooCommerce shop. They had a custom plugin we built that offered free shipping for VIP members….
Using the Proxy Pattern to Debug Silent DB Errors
Got a call from a client with a big WooCommerce site. They were seeing phantom errors—orders not completing, AJAX calls failing, but nothing in the…
Dependency Inversion: A Practical Guide for WordPress Devs
I got a call from a client with a membership plugin that was becoming a total nightmare. It was originally built to use Stripe for…