How WordPress Picks Theme Files: My Practical Guide to the Template Hierarchy

If you’ve ever opened a WordPress theme folder and stared at files like single.php, page.php, archive.php, and index.php wondering “who decides which one runs?” — [Read More…]

WordPress Technology

WordPress AJAX Explained: My Battle with admin-ajax.php

I remember the first time I tried to add an AJAX functionality to a WordPress site. I was fresh out of building static HTML pages [Read More…]

WordPress Technology

How I Mastered WordPress Internationalization [i18n] (And How You Can Too)

When I first started building WordPress themes and plugins, I had a very narrow view of the world. I built everything in English, assuming that [Read More…]

WordPress Technology

How I Fixed My Slow WordPress Site: The wp_options Autoload Mess

If you’ve been around WordPress for a while, you’ve probably had that moment where your site suddenly feels like it’s running through molasses. You do [Read More…]

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I Tested WordPress 7.0 Armstrong: Here’s Why It’s a Massive Win

I’ve been building websites and messing around with WordPress for what feels like an eternity. I remember the days when updating a plugin felt like [Read More…]

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WordPress 7.0 Released: PHP changes, DataViews and Dev Features

If you are a WordPress developer, agency owner, or just someone who manages a couple of sites, you probably felt like 2025 was a bit [Read More…]

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Why I Think of Gutenberg Like Lego: How Blocks Actually Work in WordPress

Let’s be honest for a second. If you’ve been using WordPress for a while, the jump from the Classic Editor to Gutenberg (the Block Editor) [Read More…]

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