Managing access with WordPress custom capabilities
How to replace scattered current_user_can checks with real WordPress custom capabilities: register them, assign them to roles, and wrap the checks, with a CRM example.
Tag: AI
What the WordPress AI Abilities API means for 6.9
My honest read on the WordPress AI Abilities API coming in 6.9, and why I tell clients to build on the core API instead of bolting on a beta library that breaks every update.
Content that lands clients, not just other developers
A WordPress agency published solid dev tutorials and still landed no clients. The fix was not more SEO, it was writing content around what clients actually struggle with.
How the WordPress 6.9 Abilities API replaces custom endpoints
Why I stopped building one-off REST endpoints for a client AI integration and used the WordPress 6.9 Abilities API instead, with the code to register a single ability.
The AI tools I actually use for web development
After watching a junior dev burn hours on Gutenberg boilerplate, I finally tried the AI tools for web development everyone talks about. The two that stuck were Copilot and Cursor.
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.
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.