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…
Tag: APIs
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….
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…
Stop Writing Messy WP_Query Arrays. Do This Instead.
Got a call from a client running a huge WooCommerce store. They wanted a “related products” feature that was… ambitious. It needed to show products…
Stop Hooking Your WordPress Classes in the Constructor
I got a call from a client in a panic. Their custom inventory sync plugin was failing silently on the live site. No errors, no…
Stop Scattering WP_Query: Use a Repository Pattern Instead
I got a call from a client with a major headache. They run a big events portal, built on a custom plugin we inherited. Over…
WordPress OOP: Are You Over-Engineering or Just Building It Right?
A junior dev on my team asked for a code review last week. He was building a custom registration form for a client site, and…
My No-BS MacBook Setup for WordPress Development
A new junior dev joined my team last week, and I had to get them set up. I figured I’d just send them my list…
Stop Chasing Bugs: A Better WordPress Event Management System
Had a client come to us with a site that was a total mess. It had years of custom code from different developers, and things…