How the Mediator Pattern Can Untangle Your WordPress Code
Had a client come in with a plugin that was a complete nightmare. It was a critical piece of their inventory management system, but every…
Tag: APIs
When Good Plugins Go Bad: A Guide to WordPress Hooks
Got a call from a client running a decent-sized WooCommerce shop. They had a custom plugin we built that offered free shipping for VIP members….
Using the Proxy Pattern to Debug Silent DB Errors
Got a call from a client with a big WooCommerce site. They were seeing phantom errors—orders not completing, AJAX calls failing, but nothing in the…
Dependency Inversion: A Practical Guide for WordPress Devs
I got a call from a client with a membership plugin that was becoming a total nightmare. It was originally built to use Stripe for…
The WordPress Loading Process: A Senior Dev’s Guide
I got a call about a membership site that was, for lack of a better term, freaking out. Logged-in users were seeing the public, logged-out…
Stop Trying to ‘Learn’ OOP. Just Build Something.
I had to pull a junior dev aside last week. Good kid, sharp. But he was spinning his wheels on a new feature for a…
You Can’t Fix a Slow Site on a Terrible Server
I got an email from a long-term client. “Ahmad, the site is painfully slow. Ever since that last plugin update, it’s been a nightmare.” My…
What Separates a WordPress Developer from a WordPress Expert?
I got a call about a WooCommerce site—big one, thousands of products, constant orders—where the admin dashboard was timing out. Total mess. The client was…
Stop Playing with FTP: A Real Guide to WordPress Deployments
I got a call on a Friday. 4:30 PM. A client’s critical checkout feature was bugging out, and they needed a hotfix deployed immediately. You…
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…