The Senior Dev’s Guide to WordPress Holiday Plugins
I once had a client call me at 2 AM on the first of December. Their WooCommerce shop, which usually does about five hundred orders…
Tag: APIs
Why WordPress 6.9 is a Major Win for Real Developers
A client came to me last month with a project that was honestly a total nightmare. They had this massive custom inventory system—about 60,000 SKUs…
Why the WordPress Changes How We Track Bugs
A few months back, I got a frantic call from a client running a high-volume membership site. They’d just pushed a “minor” update, and suddenly,…
Why Your WordPress Update Strategy Needs a Reality Check
I got a frantic call this morning from a client who’d just hit the “Update” button on WordPress 6.9. Their checkout page was throwing a…
Practical WordPress features every developer should know
I recently looked at a client site that was a total mess. Their previous developer had hard-coded breadcrumbs into a header template using logic that…
Why the WordPress Global Partner Program Matters for You
A few years back, I had a client—a mid-sized hosting company—who decided they wanted to be “everywhere” in the WordPress space. They tasked me with…
A Senior Dev’s WordPress Migration Checklist: Avoiding the Friday Nightmare
I got a call at 9 PM on a Friday from a client whose previous developer had just “finished” a migration. The site was technically…
Fixing Infinite Loops in WordPress Adjacent Post Navigation
A client reached out a few weeks ago with a weird one. They run a high-traffic WooCommerce store, and after a routine update, their “Next…
Why Waiting for WordPress Core Updates is Smart Strategy
I had a client call me last night—panicked. They’d just hit “Update” on their production site the second they saw WordPress 6.9 was live. Five…
How to Build Better AI Features for WordPress Developers
I had a client last year—big WooCommerce store—who wanted an automated way to generate SEO-friendly meta descriptions for their 50,000 products. My first instinct was…