WordPress 6.9 Release Management: Why the First 24 Hours Matter
A long-term client called me late on the 10th. “Ahmad,” he says, “I see WordPress 6.9 is finally out. My dashboard is begging me to…
Tag: Block Styles
Why Gutenberg Typography Management Just Got Much Easier
Last month, I was sitting on a call with a client’s marketing lead who was absolutely fed up. They’d moved to a block theme, which…
How to Handle WordPress Performance Optimization Without Breaking Your CSS
I had a client last week—big WooCommerce store, about 15k products—complaining that their Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) scores were “in the red” despite using every…
The Senior Dev’s Guide to WordPress Holiday Plugins
I once had a client call me at 2 AM on the first of December. Their WooCommerce shop, which usually does about five hundred orders…
Dealing with the Fallout: Essential WordPress 6.9 Hotfixes
I got a frantic call last week from a client running a high-traffic e-commerce store on a classic theme. They’d just updated to 6.9 because…
Practical WordPress features every developer should know
I recently looked at a client site that was a total mess. Their previous developer had hard-coded breadcrumbs into a header template using logic that…
Why the WordPress 6.9 Update is a Massive Win for Developers
I had a client last year running a massive editorial site—over fifty authors and a dozen editors. Their feedback loop was a total nightmare. Editors…
Gutenberg 22.2: Stop Fighting With CSS for Button Hover States
I had a client last year—let’s call him Dave—who was obsessed with his site’s design system. Every single button had to have a specific hover,…
What WordPress 6.9 Features Mean for High-Traffic Site Performance
A client came to me last month with a high-traffic news portal—about 80k posts—and their admin dashboard was basically a brick. Every time they tried…
Building Better Editorial Workflows with WordPress 6.9 Features
I recently worked with a high-traffic media site where the editorial team was in a state of constant, low-grade panic. They had about twelve authors…