Stop Writing WordPress Code That Breaks on Tuesday
I got a call last week about a WooCommerce site where the custom shipping calculator had gone sideways. The client explained that a previous developer…
Category: E-commerce Development
Stop Hacking functions.php: A Guide to Custom API Endpoints
I got a call from a client running a busy WooCommerce shop. Their inventory was a mess. They use a third-party warehouse system to manage…
Connecting Fitness Trackers to WooCommerce: A Developer’s Story
Had a client in the health space come to me with a fascinating idea. They sell personalized meal plans via WooCommerce and wanted to integrate…
Why Your Startup Idea is Breaking WooCommerce
I got a call from a founder a few weeks back. Smart guy, brilliant idea for a new service-based business, but he was at his…
Actionable Error Logging Is More Than Just a `debug.log`
Got a frantic email first thing Monday morning. “THE SITE IS BROKEN!!!” in all caps. The client runs a decent-sized WooCommerce store, and their checkout…
Don’t Be a Hero: Build on the Right WordPress Foundation
I got a call last week from a new client. Their WooCommerce store was a total mess—orders getting dropped, product pages timing out, the works….
Why Your Custom WooCommerce Emails Look Broken in Gmail
I got a call from a client with a slick WooCommerce shop. Everything was dialed in, but their transactional emails—order confirmations, shipping notices—looked like they…
Your Code is a Mess. Let’s Fix It With Software Design Patterns.
I once took over a WooCommerce project for a client whose last developer had vanished. Classic story. The immediate problem was simple: they needed to…
Using an Interface to Save WordPress Custom Post Types
I had a client come to me with a classic problem. They needed to pull in data from three different external APIs and save them…
Stop Writing WooCommerce Queries That Crash Your Site
I got a Slack message from one of our project managers. A client’s WooCommerce shop—a big one, thousands of products—was crawling. Product pages were taking…