Clear changelogs and why vague ones cost you
A vague “Bug fixes” changelog leaves your team guessing after an update. Clear changelogs with dated, categorized entries cut support headaches and protect your reputation.
Tag: Beta
Test your site properly before WordPress 6.9
A client deployed WordPress 6.9 RC1 straight to a live WooCommerce store and it broke. The fix is not a rollback, it is a real testing plan: a dedicated environment and conditional code keyed to the WordPress version.
What changes when WordPress 6.9 reaches release candidate
A look at what the WordPress 6.9 release candidate phase changes for developers, from the string freeze to which tickets still qualify and the double sign-off needed to backport a fix.
How WordPress 6.9 changed CSS specificity for headings
A real case from a client site: how the WordPress 6.9 heading block CSS specificity fix changed padding on custom feature boxes, and why a proper fix beats a quick override.
WordPress 6.9 Is Coming: Here’s What Actually Matters
The Interactivity API: This is the big one. For years, if you wanted modern, app-like experiences on your site—like a search filter that updates results…
How the WordPress 6.9 Abilities API replaces custom endpoints
Why I stopped building one-off REST endpoints for a client AI integration and used the WordPress 6.9 Abilities API instead, with the code to register a single ability.
The small WordPress 6.9 changes that matter for developers
A run through the small WordPress 6.9 changes that actually help developers, from a multisite fix for the News widget to term ID taxonomy templates and a new plugin requirements hook.
How the WordPress Notes feature keeps feedback in the editor
WordPress 6.9 ships a Notes feature that keeps editorial feedback inside the block editor instead of scattered across Docs, Asana, and Slack. A look at how it works under the hood and where it still falls short.
WordPress UTF-8 encoding, and why validation beats guessing
A WooCommerce migration left European customers’ accented characters showing as garbled symbols. WordPress 6.9 replaces the old guesswork functions with validation, and here’s how to use them.
AI in WooCommerce isn’t magic, it’s an API
A client wanted an AI assistant for his WooCommerce store. Wiring an LLM straight to the database is risky, but the WooCommerce MCP Beta and the Abilities API give AI a structured, safer set of actions to work with.