WP_Block_Processor: Taming WordPress Blocks, The Right Way
Imagine a client. Big content site. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of posts, many using complex Gutenberg layouts. They come to you, frustrated. They need…
Category: Core Updates
WordPress: HTTPS Default for URL Escaping. Finally!
I got a call last week from a client, pretty frustrated. They’d just rolled out a fresh WordPress site, SSL configured perfectly, but their social…
Plugin Updates: Stop Shipping Vulnerabilities, Start Proactive Security
Just last month, I got a frantic call from a client. They’d pushed a minor update to their custom WooCommerce extension, nothing major, just some…
Gutenberg Smarter Blocks, Cleaner Code
Just last week, a client pinged us about revamping a product page. They needed some slick tabbed content for specs and reviews, and there was…
WordPress Core Updates: Navigating 6.9’s New Abilities API
I had a client running a critical membership site. We’d built some custom roles and capabilities using the tried-and-true WordPress approach for years. Everything was…
Taming Border Radii with Theme.json Presets
Had a project last quarter, custom theme, solid design system in Figma. But man, implementing those consistent border radii in WordPress? Total nightmare for the…
Decoding WordPress Core: Beyond the October 2025 Numbers
Just last week, a client—a sharp agency owner, not a dev—came to me. ‘Ahmad,’ he said, ‘these “Month in Core” reports… they’re like reading a…
PHP 8.5 & WordPress 6.9: Don’t Break Your Live Site
Just last week, my phone rang off the hook. A client, mid-afternoon, voice tight with panic. Their hosting provider had pushed a PHP 8.5 update,…
Building Stable WordPress AI Abilities: My Take on Categories
Just last week, I had a client ping me, buzzing about WordPress 6.9 and its shiny new AI capabilities. His immediate concern? “Ahmad, how do…
Fixing WordPress Cache Bloat: The Solution
I got a call from a client running a massive WooCommerce setup – thousands of products, custom post types for everything under the sun. They…