Don’t Just “Fix” WP-Cron. Replace It. Here’s How.
Got a call from a client running a pretty busy WooCommerce store. Their inventory sync with a supplier’s API, which was supposed to run every…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Going Serverless with WordPress: A Pragmatic Guide for AWS
I got a call from a client in a full-blown panic. Their WooCommerce site, which had been humming along just fine, had completely fallen over….
My Client’s WooCommerce Site Crashed. Here’s the Real Fix.
I got a call from a client in a full-blown panic. Their WooCommerce store, which does huge numbers, was completely down. On Black Friday. They…
WordPress Serverless Hosting: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Had a client call me in a full-blown panic. Their WooCommerce site went down. On Black Friday. They’d just launched a massive sale, got a…
Stop Manually Deploying WordPress Plugins and Use CircleCI Instead
I was working on a small security plugin a while back and decided to get it onto the official WordPress directory. But then I remembered…
Serverless vs. Traditional Hosting: What’s the Difference?
A client called me in a panic. Their WooCommerce site, which they’d spent a fortune hosting on a “premium” managed server, had just crumbled under…