Why the WordPress Changes How We Track Bugs
A few months back, I got a frantic call from a client running a high-volume membership site. They’d just pushed a “minor” update, and suddenly,…
Category: Core Updates
Why Your WordPress Update Strategy Needs a Reality Check
I got a frantic call this morning from a client who’d just hit the “Update” button on WordPress 6.9. Their checkout page was throwing a…
Practical WordPress features every developer should know
I recently looked at a client site that was a total mess. Their previous developer had hard-coded breadcrumbs into a header template using logic that…
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…
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…