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…
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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…
Clean WordPress AI Integration: Ditch the Hardcoded Mess
I recently had a client come to me with a common enough problem: they wanted to bake some serious AI capabilities into their WordPress site….
Stable AI in WordPress: Avoiding Early Integration Pitfalls
I got a call last month, client was pulling his hair out. He’d implemented some snazzy AI content generation on his WordPress site a few…
Preparing for WCUS: Your Core AI Contribution Playbook
Just last year, I had a conversation with a client, a smart developer himself, who was buzzing about WordCamp US Contributor Day. He was excited…
Don’t Let AI Break Your WordPress: Design Your Abilities Smart
I had a client come to me, buzzing about integrating AI to manage their WordPress content. The dream was a truly “smart” platform, one where…
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,…
Taming WordPress Custom Capabilities: A Developer’s Guide
I got a call recently from a client whose custom CRM plugin, built on WordPress, was becoming a total nightmare. Every time they wanted to…
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…