Why the WordPress Global Partner Program Matters for You
A few years back, I had a client—a mid-sized hosting company—who decided they wanted to be “everywhere” in the WordPress space. They tasked me with…
Category: Core Updates
A Senior Dev’s WordPress Migration Checklist: Avoiding the Friday Nightmare
I got a call at 9 PM on a Friday from a client whose previous developer had just “finished” a migration. The site was technically…
Why Waiting for WordPress Core Updates is Smart Strategy
I had a client call me last night—panicked. They’d just hit “Update” on their production site the second they saw WordPress 6.9 was live. Five…
Why the WordPress 6.9 Update is a Massive Win for Developers
I had a client last year running a massive editorial site—over fifty authors and a dozen editors. Their feedback loop was a total nightmare. Editors…
Why WordPress Coding Standards Are Finally Embracing Short Echo Tags
I was recently auditing a custom theme for a high-traffic WooCommerce store—doing about 5k transactions a day—and the template files were a complete eyesore. Every…
WordPress 7.0 Roadmap: What Every Developer Needs to Know
I recently had a client come to me with a massive WooCommerce store—about 50,000 products—complaining that their dashboard felt like it was stuck in 2012….
What WordPress 6.9 Features Mean for High-Traffic Site Performance
A client came to me last month with a high-traffic news portal—about 80k posts—and their admin dashboard was basically a brick. Every time they tried…
Why WordPress 6.9 Core Updates Matter for Your Site
I recently worked with a client who runs a pretty intense photography marketplace. He’s the type who likes to live on the edge, so he…
The Hard Lesson of Ignoring WordPress Incident Response Protocols
I once had a client running a massive membership site—thousands of active users, premium tiers, the works. One Tuesday, everything went sideways. A high-profile user…
Why Your Custom Plugin Fails WordPress Security Standards
I once had a client who spent three months building a custom “Member Directory” plugin. They were convinced it was the next big thing. The…