Stop Hacking WordPress Admin Pages: Build a Class Instead
I got a call from a client last week. Their last developer bailed, and they had a “simple” request: add a new delivery option to…
Category: Bug Fixing
Stop the Guesswork: Standardizing Laravel Model Attributes
I inherited a Laravel project a while back. The client wanted a simple change: rename a few database columns for clarity. What should have been…
Using the PHP Reflection API to Tame Legacy Code
I got a call from a client running a membership site on a pretty old, third-party plugin. Their problem? They needed to sync a user’s…
When WooCommerce Admin Slows Down: A Real Fix
Had a client come to me with a WooCommerce store that was starting to choke. They had about 30,000 products, and their admin dashboard, specifically…
Stop Writing Messy Code: A WordPress Meta Box Class
Got a call from a client a few weeks back. They have a ‘Resources’ section on their site—a custom post type for PDFs, external links,…
WordPress Type Safety: Why Your ‘Safe’ Code Is Failing Silently
I got a call from a client. Their new junior dev was trying to use a custom function I’d built to update post meta, but…
Stop Being Scared of the Command-Line Interface
I was reviewing a pull request from a junior dev on my team the other day. Smart kid, really sharp with React. But I saw…
WordPress Acceptance Testing: A Guide for Busy Developers
I got a call from a client running a big membership site. We’d just pushed what we thought was a minor update—just adding a new…
WordPress Admin Pages: From Spaghetti Code to a Scalable System
A client came to us with a plugin that was, to put it mildly, a total mess. It started simple enough—one little settings page. But…
Stop Using FTP: A Practical Guide to Git Push for WordPress
I got a call from a new client in a panic. Their site was down. White screen of death. Turns out, their previous developer had…