Why Your Simple WordPress Plugin Edit Broke Everything
A client hit us up a few weeks back. The request was simple: “Can you add a new size option to our meme shortcode plugin?”…
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Stop Patching Your Code: A Real WordPress Plugin Architecture
I had a client come to me with a custom-built membership plugin that was the heart of their business. It was also a total mess….
WordPress Security is More Than Just Running a Scan
I got an emergency call a few weeks back. A new client’s site was redirecting to some shady online pharma store. They’d been fighting it…
Stop Putting WordPress Hooks in Your Class Constructor
I get a call from a client. Their membership site is acting up—user permissions randomly failing, content not unlocking when it should. Total mess. They…
Stop Writing Fragile Code: Your First OOP Lesson
I got a call from a new client. Their WooCommerce store’s coupon system was a total mess. Sometimes discounts applied, sometimes they didn’t, and it…
WordPress Abstract Classes: Stop Copy-Pasting Your Code
I was digging into a new client’s plugin last week. They had a handful of admin pages for different settings, and the request was simple:…
WordPress Entry Points: Stop Patching, Start Solving Problems
I had a client come to me with a site that was crawling. Just constantly slow. Their cheap hosting was sending them CPU limit warnings,…
The WordPress `static` Keyword: Stop Using It Wrong
I was called in to fix a custom analytics plugin for a client’s site. It was a mess. The original developer had left, and the…
PHP String Formatting: Moving Beyond a Concatenated Mess
I got a call from a new client last week. Their WooCommerce site was throwing errors on the order confirmation page, but only sometimes. The…
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…