The WordPress Loading Process: A Senior Dev’s Guide
I got a call about a membership site that was, for lack of a better term, freaking out. Logged-in users were seeing the public, logged-out…
Category: Bug Fixing
Stop Trying to ‘Learn’ OOP. Just Build Something.
I had to pull a junior dev aside last week. Good kid, sharp. But he was spinning his wheels on a new feature for a…
You Can’t Fix a Slow Site on a Terrible Server
I got an email from a long-term client. “Ahmad, the site is painfully slow. Ever since that last plugin update, it’s been a nightmare.” My…
What Separates a WordPress Developer from a WordPress Expert?
I got a call about a WooCommerce site—big one, thousands of products, constant orders—where the admin dashboard was timing out. Total mess. The client was…
Stop Playing with FTP: A Real Guide to WordPress Deployments
I got a call on a Friday. 4:30 PM. A client’s critical checkout feature was bugging out, and they needed a hotfix deployed immediately. You…
WordPress Error Logging: Moving Beyond the Standard Debug Log
Got a frantic call from a client a while back. Their WooCommerce site was throwing a 500 error on the checkout page, but only for…
Why Your ‘Fast’ WordPress Site Still Crashes Under Load
I got a call from a new client last month. They were running a pretty successful WooCommerce shop, but their site would crash every single…
How a Bad Custom WP_Query Can Wreck Your Site
Got a call the other day from a new client. Their WooCommerce shop, with a pretty hefty catalog, was timing out. Not just slow, but…
WordPress Unit Testing: Your Safety Net for Complex Code
I got a call from a client running a decent-sized WooCommerce store. They needed a “quick change” to a custom coupon function. Seemed simple enough….
What is Software Complexity and Why Should You Care?
I got a call from a new client. Their WooCommerce store was bleeding money because one of their main payment gateways would randomly fail at…