The DRY Principle: Stop Writing the Same Code Twice
I once took over a WooCommerce project for a client selling complex configurable products. The previous developer had copied and pasted the same pricing logic…
Tag: APIs
The Right Way to Use the WordPress Rewrite API
Got a call from a client last week. One of our junior devs had been tasked with a “simple” job: create a custom landing page…
Actionable Error Logging Is More Than Just a `debug.log`
Got a frantic email first thing Monday morning. “THE SITE IS BROKEN!!!” in all caps. The client runs a decent-sized WooCommerce store, and their checkout…
Stop Guessing: A Real-World WordPress Error Logging Fix
Got a call from a client last week. Total panic. Their WooCommerce store’s checkout was throwing a 500 error, but only sometimes. And only, it…
Stop Over-Engineering: A WordPress Pragmatist’s Manifesto
Got a call a few weeks back. A new client, frustrated. Their WooCommerce dashboard was timing out constantly. Just loading the main admin screen took…
Don’t Be a Hero: Build on the Right WordPress Foundation
I got a call last week from a new client. Their WooCommerce store was a total mess—orders getting dropped, product pages timing out, the works….
Why Your PHP Error Monitoring is Lying to You
I got a call from a new client last week. They were losing their minds over a WooCommerce site where checkout would sometimes just… fail….
A WordPress AJAX Handler Class That Doesn’t Suck
Got a call from a client running a big WooCommerce store. They had this cool feature where you could add custom text to a product,…
Why the WordPress MVC Pattern Is Usually a Mistake
I just got off a call with a new client. They were at their wit’s end with a “simple” membership plugin another dev built. The…
Why ‘Write More Code’ Is Terrible Advice for Developers
I got a call from a new client. Their WooCommerce checkout page was throwing a fatal error, but only sometimes. A real ghost in the…