WordPress myths about security, speed, and scale
An agency told a client WordPress couldn’t handle their e-commerce project. Most WordPress myths about security, speed, and scale come down to bad implementation, not the platform itself.
Tag: AI
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.
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.
How to write WordPress AI prompts that don’t suck
A client’s AI-built WordPress site looked generic because his prompts were vague. The fix is to treat the AI like a junior developer and write a detailed brief, not a wish. Here is what that looks like.
The new WordPress Abilities API, explained
A client wanted the same URL list on an admin page, a homepage block, and an external API. The old way meant duplicating logic. The WordPress Abilities API lets you define the feature once and reuse it everywhere.
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.
I built a custom WordPress block with AI in five minutes
A client wanted an auto-updating copyright block they could edit in the Site Editor. Instead of a full React build, I tried Automattic’s Telex and had an installable plugin in about five minutes. Here’s how it went and where the tool fits.
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.
Integrating a fitness tracker API with WooCommerce
A client wanted WooCommerce to reward customers who hit their step goals on a fitness tracker. Making the API call on every page load fell apart fast, so here is how we synced the data with a background job and a custom table instead.
How I built custom error logging in WordPress
A client had a WooCommerce checkout throwing random 500 errors while a 200MB debug log told them nothing. Here is the custom error logging setup I used to catch, count, and get alerted on new errors.