Why Your Custom WooCommerce Emails Look Broken in Gmail
I got a call from a client with a slick WooCommerce shop. Everything was dialed in, but their transactional emails—order confirmations, shipping notices—looked like they…
Tag: APIs
A WordPress Plugin File Structure That Doesn’t Suck
I took over a project for a new client last month. It was supposed to be a simple job: add a new settings panel to…
Stop Copy-Pasting Code: A Real Guide to WordPress Inheritance
I just got off a call with a new client. He was tearing his hair out over a simple change. His site has about a…
Stop Searching for Code and Start Solving the Right Problems
I got a call last week from a new client. It’s a story I’ve heard a dozen times. They had a WooCommerce site, and their…
The WordPress Options API: A Guide to Not Wrecking Your Site
I got a call about a site that was crawling. Especially in the wp-admin dashboard. The client was convinced they needed a bigger server, but…
Using PHP Interfaces to Clean Up Your WordPress Hooks
I inherited a WooCommerce project that was a total mess. We’re talking years of different developers, overlapping features, and a dozen custom plugins. The client’s…
Why Your Simple WordPress Plugin Edit Broke Everything
A client hit us up a few weeks back. The request was simple: “Can you add a new size option to our meme shortcode plugin?”…
WordPress Security is More Than Just Running a Scan
I got an emergency call a few weeks back. A new client’s site was redirecting to some shady online pharma store. They’d been fighting it…
Stop Putting WordPress Hooks in Your Class Constructor
I get a call from a client. Their membership site is acting up—user permissions randomly failing, content not unlocking when it should. Total mess. They…
Stop Writing Fragile Code: Your First OOP Lesson
I got a call from a new client. Their WooCommerce store’s coupon system was a total mess. Sometimes discounts applied, sometimes they didn’t, and it…