Working in Web and eCommerce Since the Early 00s
David Allsop 
When you delete a post or page in WordPress, it doesn’t vanish right away. Instead, it moves to the trash, where you can restore it if you made a mistake. WordPress automatically empties the trash every 30 days, but 30 days doesn’t fit every website. Some site owners want faster cleanup to reduce database size, …
Adding customisation options to your WooCommerce products can increase sales, improve customer satisfaction, and help your store stand out. The WooCommerce Product Add-Ons extension is a powerful official plugin that allows you to add extra options such as personalised messages, gift wrapping, premium features, and more directly on your product pages. This guide provides a …
Downtime isn’t just a technical glitch – it’s lost money, lost trust, and lost opportunities. Whether you’re running an eCommerce store, a SaaS product, or even a blog, keeping your site online is critical. That’s why uptime monitoring tools should be a part of your website management strategy. What is Uptime Monitoring? At its simplest, …
If you’ve ever asked for help with a plugin you’re using, you’ve probably heard the same advice over and over: “Disable all your plugins and switch to a default theme. Then, turn them back on one by one.” It might feel like a boring, copy-paste answer. But there’s a very practical reason behind it. Narrowing …
Need to display a limited-time offer, announcement, or custom message across your blog posts – without editing every post or touching your theme files? With just a few lines of code, you can dynamically inject HTML before or after post content, conditionally based on post type, category, date, or anything else you need. Use Case …
If you’ve ever tried using an AI tool to help debug or analyse a WordPress plugin, you may have run into a challenge: AI platforms often require a single file input, while your plugin is made up of multiple PHP, JavaScript, and other files. Luckily, there’s a simple way to combine your plugin into a …
In the 90s I owned a Commodore Amiga 500, and later on, after rummaging around car boot sales, an A1200. I always planned to buy one again, but the prices have skyrocketed, and they were built to a budget in the 90s, 30+ years later, certain components start to fail. So how do I get …
WooCommerce offers a wide range of customer-related functions that can be beneficial in your custom development projects. I find the functions in this post particularly useful: they allow you to retrieve order counts and total spending and determine if a customer bought a specific product. wc_get_customer_order_count This function returns the amount of orders a specific …