Why WordPress open source means you own your site
A client outgrew their all-in-one site builder and hit a wall. Why WordPress open source gives you ownership, portability, and customization a closed platform can’t.
Category: E-commerce Development
Replacing wc_enqueue_js() for inline WooCommerce scripts
WooCommerce 10.4 deprecates wc_enqueue_js(), which always forced a jQuery dependency. Register and enqueue your script, then add inline JS with wp_add_inline_script() so jQuery only loads when needed.
WordPress website build: when free is not flexible
A client got a free five-page site through a WordPress.com Business plan deal. It works for a simple presence, but the moment you need custom PHP, API integrations, or deeper WooCommerce, you hit the limits of a managed build.
Structuring WooCommerce custom fields for filtering at scale
A WooCommerce store stuffed all its product attributes into post meta, and the filters buckled under thousands of products. The fix was a custom taxonomy for the shared, filterable data.
Building a multilingual WordPress site that doesn’t break
A client tried to just translate their WooCommerce shop into German and it broke. Here is why a multilingual WordPress site needs Multisite or a plugin like WPML, and what those tools handle that manual translation cannot.
AI in WooCommerce isn’t magic, it’s an API
A client wanted an AI assistant for his WooCommerce store. Wiring an LLM straight to the database is risky, but the WooCommerce MCP Beta and the Abilities API give AI a structured, safer set of actions to work with.
Why great code isn’t enough to sell your plugin
A developer with a clean WooCommerce plugin sold almost nothing in six months. The problem wasn’t his checkout or his code. Nobody knew who he was, because he kept writing for other developers instead of the people with the problem.
Adding Schema.org microdata to Accordion block FAQs
A client needed FAQ rich snippets from the native WordPress Accordion block, without switching to a plugin’s custom block. This shows how to inject Schema.org FAQPage microdata server-side with a render_block filter and WP_HTML_Tag_Processor.
The WooCommerce CSV import bug a dot release fixed
A client’s bulk product import kept flattening their brand hierarchy. It turned out to be a WooCommerce importer bug, and the 10.3.5 dot release fixed it. Here’s what happened, plus the other fixes that shipped with it.
Writing WordPress code that stays maintainable
A WooCommerce shipping calculator was one 2,000-line file that broke every time a class was added. Refactoring it around a simple interface and small classes fixed that, and it shows how WordPress core can teach better PHP.