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  • April 23, 2026

    Database Schema Changes

    If you’ve ever had to create custom tables in WordPress, you probably know how frustrating it can be to get the syntax exactly right. It’s much easier now with AI,…

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  • April 22, 2026

    Laravel Removes Testing Friction

    If you’re a WordPress plugin developer, you’ve likely had rough experiences getting your test suite set up and configured correctly. The process is a pain and brittle: WordPress testing feels…

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  • April 21, 2026

    Graduate to calm deployments

    If you’ve built anything in WordPress, you know the deployment ritual. Maybe you’ve implemented Git-based deploys, but you’re still probably SSH-ing in to pull changes and hoping your database is…

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  • April 20, 2026

    WP-Cron is a lie: How Laravel handles scheduled jobs

    If you’ve built in WordPress, you’ve dealt with scheduled tasks. Code that needs to run on a regular basis but doesn’t need anyone “online” to trigger it. That sounds like…

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  • April 17, 2026

    You don’t have to leave WordPress to use Laravel

    Over the last few years, especially with AI, it’s been easier than ever to spin up internal tools. If you’ve been curious about Laravel, these small projects are the perfect…

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  • April 15, 2026

    Logging Sucks

    Recently, my manager shared an interactive article with me: Logging Sucks And honestly, it’s true. When building software, we rarely add the data we need to effectively debug where things…

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  • Use The WordPress Playground For Plugin Demos
    October 12, 2024

    Use The WordPress Playground For Plugin Demos

    The WordPress Playground is a new tool that provides a fully functional WordPress environment directly in the browser. It’s built with WebAssembly and can be spun up in a matter…

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  • Adding Plugin Check (PCP) to Your Development Workflow
    October 5, 2024

    Adding Plugin Check (PCP) to Your Development Workflow

    In 2022, there was a post about a WordPress plugin checker that would be a tool for statically scanning plugins to identify if it follows certain guidelines and best practices.…

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  • How to: Use the WordPress Filesystem API
    September 21, 2024

    How to: Use the WordPress Filesystem API

    When developing a plugin, you may need to make changes to existing files on the server—like customizing the wp-config.php constant definitions or writing a custom config file. Filesystem changes can be a…

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  • The WordPress Community Needs More Utility Plugins
    March 16, 2024

    The WordPress Community Needs More Utility Plugins

    A utility plugin is anything that modifies functionality in a WordPress site that: Whenever you are working on a client site and need to modify a little functionality, turn it…

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