Why ‘Write More Code’ Is Terrible Advice for Developers
I got a call from a new client. Their WooCommerce checkout page was throwing a fatal error, but only sometimes. A real ghost in the…
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Why Your Custom WooCommerce Emails Look Broken in Gmail
I got a call from a client with a slick WooCommerce shop. Everything was dialed in, but their transactional emails—order confirmations, shipping notices—looked like they…
Stop Copy-Pasting Code: A Real Guide to WordPress Inheritance
I just got off a call with a new client. He was tearing his hair out over a simple change. His site has about a…
The WordPress Options API: A Guide to Not Wrecking Your Site
I got a call about a site that was crawling. Especially in the wp-admin dashboard. The client was convinced they needed a bigger server, but…
Using PHP Interfaces to Clean Up Your WordPress Hooks
I inherited a WooCommerce project that was a total mess. We’re talking years of different developers, overlapping features, and a dozen custom plugins. The client’s…
Why Your Simple WordPress Plugin Edit Broke Everything
A client hit us up a few weeks back. The request was simple: “Can you add a new size option to our meme shortcode plugin?”…
How the Mediator Pattern Can Untangle Your WordPress Code
Had a client come in with a plugin that was a complete nightmare. It was a critical piece of their inventory management system, but every…
Stop Writing Messy WP_Query Arrays. Do This Instead.
Got a call from a client running a huge WooCommerce store. They wanted a “related products” feature that was… ambitious. It needed to show products…
My No-BS MacBook Setup for WordPress Development
A new junior dev joined my team last week, and I had to get them set up. I figured I’d just send them my list…
Why Your WordPress Fixes Keep Breaking Other Things
I had a client come to me with a custom-built plugin that was causing major headaches. On the surface, the request was simple: “Can you…