Building Better Editorial Workflows with WordPress 6.9 Features
I recently worked with a high-traffic media site where the editorial team was in a state of constant, low-grade panic. They had about twelve authors…
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20 Years of WordPress: When to Leave the Walled Garden
A client came to me last week with a site that had been running on WordPress.com for nearly a decade. With the platform celebrating its…
WordPress Abilities API: The End of Spaghetti Integrations
I remember working on a massive membership site about two years ago. It was one of those projects where the client kept bolting on plugins—WooCommerce…
Why WordPress Testing Should Stay Off Your Live Site
I got a call last week from a client running a high-traffic WooCommerce store—we’re talking 15k SKUs and a very custom block-based checkout. They’d seen…
How to Properly Hide WordPress Blocks for Performance
I had a client once—let’s call her Sarah—who ran a high-traffic WooCommerce shop. She was constantly running these flash sales, but she hated deleting her…
Why WordPress Importer URL Migration Changes Everything for Developers
I had a client last month—a high-traffic magazine—moving from a development subdomain that used an emoji in the URL. Yeah, don’t ask why. They were…
How the WordPress CSS Specificity Fix Saves Your Custom Theme
I had a client last week—a large scale e-commerce shop—practically screaming because their carefully crafted H2 styles were being mangled inside the Block Editor. On…
Why Your WordPress Release Plan Needs a Scripted Timeline
I once had a client—a major e-commerce player—who decided to launch their redesigned checkout flow right in the middle of a live TV segment. No…
WordPress AI Integration: Lessons from the New Experiments Plugin
I had a client last month who was obsessed with “AI-driven workflows.” They wanted their WooCommerce store to automatically generate alt text and product descriptions…
How WordPress 6.9 Editor Changes Impact Your Custom Blocks
I recently sat down with a client who was pulling his hair out over a custom “Media Portfolio” block we’d inherited from another agency. The…