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.”…
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CSS Specificity: The Right Way to Fix WooCommerce Styles
I got a call about a WooCommerce shop where the product buttons were a total mess. The client said their ‘Add to Cart’ button was…
If You Build It, They Won’t Come: A Hard Lesson in Developer Marketing
Got a call last week from a sharp developer. Seriously smart guy. He’d built this incredibly detailed WooCommerce extension for managing subscription data exports. The…
The One Tool I Still Wish Every PHP Project Had
I got a call late one Friday. A frantic client. “The checkout page is just a white screen for some customers!” You know the feeling….
Shipping Code is Better Than Perfect Code
I recently took over a WooCommerce project for a client whose last developer had vanished. The site was old, cluttered with plugins, and the checkout…
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…
WordPress Security is More Than Just Running a Scan
I got an emergency call a few weeks back. A new client’s site was redirecting to some shady online pharma store. They’d been fighting it…
The WordPress Loading Process: A Senior Dev’s Guide
I got a call about a membership site that was, for lack of a better term, freaking out. Logged-in users were seeing the public, logged-out…
You Can’t Fix a Slow Site on a Terrible Server
I got an email from a long-term client. “Ahmad, the site is painfully slow. Ever since that last plugin update, it’s been a nightmare.” My…
What Separates a WordPress Developer from a WordPress Expert?
I got a call about a WooCommerce site—big one, thousands of products, constant orders—where the admin dashboard was timing out. Total mess. The client was…