WordPress Error Logging: Moving Beyond the Standard Debug Log
Got a frantic call from a client a while back. Their WooCommerce site was throwing a 500 error on the checkout page, but only for…
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Why Your ‘Fast’ WordPress Site Still Crashes Under Load
I got a call from a new client last month. They were running a pretty successful WooCommerce shop, but their site would crash every single…
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…
Automating WordPress Updates with Bedrock and Dependabot
I was talking to a client last week who was getting nervous. They manage a handful of WordPress sites built with Bedrock, and the manual…
How a Bad Custom WP_Query Can Wreck Your Site
Got a call the other day from a new client. Their WooCommerce shop, with a pretty hefty catalog, was timing out. Not just slow, but…
If You Can’t Teach It, You Don’t Know It
A junior dev on my team—let’s call him Sam—was working on a WooCommerce site where a custom “Staff Picks” page was timing out. He pushed…
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…
WordPress Unit Testing: Your Safety Net for Complex Code
I got a call from a client running a decent-sized WooCommerce store. They needed a “quick change” to a custom coupon function. Seemed simple enough….
What is Software Complexity and Why Should You Care?
I got a call from a new client. Their WooCommerce store was bleeding money because one of their main payment gateways would randomly fail at…
A Better Way to Build Complicated WordPress Queries
I got a call from a client with a big WooCommerce store. Their “You Might Also Like” section on product pages was a disaster. It…