Managing Technical Debt and WordPress Repository Maintenance
I had a client a while back who was obsessed with being on the “cutting edge.” They’d seen a specific feature plugin in the official…
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How Phased Plugin Releases Stop Update Disasters Before They Start
I got a frantic call last Tuesday from a client running a high-volume WooCommerce store. They’d pushed what seemed like a “tiny” patch to their…
WordPress GitHub Repositories: Beyond Just Pushing Code
A few months back, a client came to me with a brilliant, highly innovative block-based plugin. They were keen on seeing it become a foundational…
WooCommerce: Don’t Break Your Store. Really.
Just last week, I got a frantic call from Mark, one of our long-term clients with a thriving WooCommerce shop. Man, his admin dashboard was…
WordPress Abilities API: End Plugin Integration Headaches
\n I had a client, a marketing agency running a bespoke WordPress platform for their clients. Great shop, solid team, but their tech stack was…
WordPress Plugin Standards: Why Your Code Needs a Checkup
I had this client, a major e-commerce shop on WooCommerce, come to us utterly frustrated. Their custom plugins, built by a previous agency, were a…
Taming Custom Capabilities: The WordPress Abilities API is Here
Had a client with a sprawling membership site, right? Think custom content types, members-only dashboards, and a dozen different user levels. The permissions system was…
WordPress Core Updates: Navigating 6.9’s New Abilities API
I had a client running a critical membership site. We’d built some custom roles and capabilities using the tried-and-true WordPress approach for years. Everything was…
Taming Border Radii with Theme.json Presets
Had a project last quarter, custom theme, solid design system in Figma. But man, implementing those consistent border radii in WordPress? Total nightmare for the…
Stable AI in WordPress: Avoiding Early Integration Pitfalls
I got a call last month, client was pulling his hair out. He’d implemented some snazzy AI content generation on his WordPress site a few…