Why WordPress Error Handling Drives Developers Crazy
I got a ticket from a client last week. “My team can’t save drafts properly. The button just spins, but nothing happens. No error, nothing.”…
Tag: Block Themes
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…
WordPress Is Coming. Should You Be Worried?
Got an email from a long-time client this morning. The subject was just “WordPress 6.9?” He’d seen the news about the WordPress 6.9 RC2 being…
Why the WordPress Singleton Pattern Can Burn You
I was digging through a client’s site recently—the kind of project where three different developers had left their mark over five years. Total mess. The…
WordPress 6.9: What’s a Big Deal and What’s Noise?
I got a call from a client this morning. He’d just read the latest news about WordPress 6.9 dropping soon and had the usual questions:…
Adding Schema.org Microdata to Accordion Block FAQs
Had a client come to me last week. Their SEO guy was breathing down their neck because the beautiful new FAQs page, built with the…
WooCommerce CSV Import Issues? A Dot Release Fixed It.
Got an urgent call a while back from a client running a massive fashion store. They were trying to do a bulk product update—we’re talking…
Custom WordPress Blocks With AI: A Senior Dev’s Honest Take
I got a ticket from a client the other day. Good client, on a monthly retainer. They wanted a copyright notice in their footer that…
Don’t Be a Hero: Build on the Right WordPress Foundation
I got a call last week from a new client. Their WooCommerce store was a total mess—orders getting dropped, product pages timing out, the works….
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…