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…
Tag: Block Themes
Why Waiting for WordPress Core Updates is Smart Strategy
I had a client call me last night—panicked. They’d just hit “Update” on their production site the second they saw WordPress 6.9 was live. Five…
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,…
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…
How to Properly Hide WordPress Blocks for Performance
I had a client once—let’s call her Sarah—who ran a high-traffic WooCommerce shop. She was constantly running these flash sales, but she hated deleting her…
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…
How the WordPress CSS Specificity Fix Saves Your Custom Theme
I had a client last week—a large scale e-commerce shop—practically screaming because their carefully crafted H2 styles were being mangled inside the Block Editor. On…
How WordPress 6.9 Editor Changes Impact Your Custom Blocks
I recently sat down with a client who was pulling his hair out over a custom “Media Portfolio” block we’d inherited from another agency. The…
WP_Block_Processor: Taming WordPress Blocks, The Right Way
Imagine a client. Big content site. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of posts, many using complex Gutenberg layouts. They come to you, frustrated. They need…
Gutenberg Smarter Blocks, Cleaner Code
Just last week, a client pinged us about revamping a product page. They needed some slick tabbed content for specs and reviews, and there was…