Smart WordPress Core Blocks Management: Less Bloat, More Speed
I had a client come to me, a fairly complex e-commerce site with a lot of moving parts. Performance was dragging, especially in the backend….
Tag: Block Styles
WordPress Games: Don’t Just Add Them, Engineer Them
A client hit me up last week, all excited. “Ahmad, I saw this site with a little dinosaur game when you hit the 404 page….
Beyond the Basics: Custom Block Bindings in WordPress
I had a client recently, a real stickler for detail, who needed something tricky with their product listings. They wanted to display dynamic, custom product…
Finally, Smooth Client Navigation with Interactivity API
I had a client, a pretty slick e-commerce site they wanted to feel snappy. They were pushing for a single-page application (SPA) feel, especially on…
Gutenberg Block iframe Compatibility: Your Legacy Blocks *Will* Break
Just had a call from a client last week, totally rattled. Their custom Gutenberg blocks, which have been rock-solid for years, suddenly looked completely off…
Mastering Gutenberg Forms: DataViews and DataForm
I had a client a few months back with a custom CRM built right into WordPress. Massive headache. Their team was constantly complaining about the…
WordPress: Test Smarter, Not Harder
Just last week, a new client called in a panic. Their high-traffic WooCommerce site, which was, let’s say, “actively managed” by another agency, had just…
WordPress: Real Accessibility Improvements, No More Patching
Just last month, I had a client reach out, pretty frustrated. Their site, a custom build we’d done a few years back, was running into…
WordPress CSS Specificity: A WordPress 6.9 Case Study
Got a call from a client last week. An agency we work with. They’d just rolled out the WordPress 6.9 update to one of their…
How to Limit Editor Blocks Without Wrecking the Site Editor
Got a call last week from a client in a full-blown panic. Their marketing team was complaining that the block editor was stripped bare—they could…