Why WordPress Development is About to Break Your CSS
I had a client call last week. Total nightmare. They’d spent months manually overriding heading sizes using a pile of !important tags because the Gutenberg…
Category: Development
Stop Guessing: Adding Automated Unit Tests to Your Plugin
I once had a client—a high-traffic membership site—call me at 2:00 AM because their renewals were failing. They had just pushed a “minor” update to…
WordPress 6.9 Release Management: Why the First 24 Hours Matter
A long-term client called me late on the 10th. “Ahmad,” he says, “I see WordPress 6.9 is finally out. My dashboard is begging me to…
Why Gutenberg Typography Management Just Got Much Easier
Last month, I was sitting on a call with a client’s marketing lead who was absolutely fed up. They’d moved to a block theme, which…
Why the 2026 WordPress Release Schedule is a Wake-up Call
Last month, a long-term client of mine—running a high-volume WooCommerce store—hit me with a weird question. They were worried that WordPress was “slowing down” because…
A Developer’s Guide to the WordPress AI Website Workflow
I had a client reach out last month who was absolutely thrilled. He’d used an AI builder to spin up a site for his law…
How to Handle WordPress Performance Optimization Without Breaking Your CSS
I had a client last week—big WooCommerce store, about 15k products—complaining that their Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) scores were “in the red” despite using every…
The Technical Side of Growing Your Website’s Audience Right
I had a client come to me last month with a problem that sounded all too familiar. They were spending thousands on a dedicated “growth…
Why Better WooCommerce Developer Documentation Saves Your Business Money
I recently inherited a project for a high-volume apparel shop that was losing money on every European order. The issue? Tax wasn’t being calculated for…
Stopping the Mess: Why Standardized AI Features Matter in WordPress
I had a client reach out last week—a high-traffic publishing site—and their admin area looked like a graveyard of “AI-powered” plugins. They had one for…