The Hard Lesson of Ignoring WordPress Incident Response Protocols
I once had a client running a massive membership site—thousands of active users, premium tiers, the works. One Tuesday, everything went sideways. A high-profile user…
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WordPress Abilities API: The End of Spaghetti Integrations
I remember working on a massive membership site about two years ago. It was one of those projects where the client kept bolting on plugins—WooCommerce…
Why WordPress Testing Should Stay Off Your Live Site
I got a call last week from a client running a high-traffic WooCommerce store—we’re talking 15k SKUs and a very custom block-based checkout. They’d seen…
Why WordPress Importer URL Migration Changes Everything for Developers
I had a client last month—a high-traffic magazine—moving from a development subdomain that used an emoji in the URL. Yeah, don’t ask why. They were…
Why Your WordPress Release Plan Needs a Scripted Timeline
I once had a client—a major e-commerce player—who decided to launch their redesigned checkout flow right in the middle of a live TV segment. No…
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…
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…