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[FREE] A self-hosted WordPress analytics plugin where your visitor data never leaves your server
I recently released a free, privacy analytics plugin for WordPress. It's cookieless, stores everything in your own database, and loads zero external r…
Pinpoint rollback — building per-plugin revert with WP-CLI
You batch-update 20 plugins, and one breaks the site. Most WordPress maintenance tools play it safe and roll back all 20 updates (variations on "Safe …
OOP - Make Your Code More Scalable
Have you ever opened a Project and found one giant PHP file with 2,000 lines? Functions everywhere. Global variables. No clear structure. And every ti…
Three gaps the WordPress maintenance industry still hasn't solved — from a survey of four major tools
WordPress maintenance automation has a long-running market, especially outside Japan. ManageWP, MainWP, WP Umbrella, InfiniteWP — each has more than a…
WordPress.org now distrusts my commits by default. As a plugin author, I think that’s right.
I committed a new version of my plugin to SVN and got a message I hadn’t seen before: this version will reach sites in about 24 hours. My first though…
After a core rollback, halt the rest — a safety design we arrived at the hard way
In WordPress maintenance automation, you inevitably run into points where you have to decide: keep going, or stop right here? One that took us a long …
How to Build a WordPress AI Plugin (Step-by-Step Guide 2026)
How to Build a WordPress AI Plugin (Step-by-Step Guide 2026) This guide builds a complete WordPress plugin with AI content generation: settings page, …
InfiniteWP's Strengths and Who It Fits — An Honest Review from a Competing Tool Builder
Among WordPress maintenance tools, InfiniteWP is one of the most established names. Released by Revmakx in 2011, the tool has been operated continuous…
AI Bots Are Driving Up Your Hosting Bill. I have a WordPress fix
A client called me last month, half panicked, after getting an email from his hosting provider. The subject line wasn’t a good one: “Your site is cons…
WP Umbrella's Strengths and Who It Fits — An Honest Review from a Competing Tool Builder
Among WordPress maintenance tools, WP Umbrella has built strong traction with EU-based agencies. Launched in 2020 from France, this relatively young S…
Auto-Sync Medium Posts to WordPress (Draft-First, Idempotent)
Auto-Sync Medium Posts to WordPress (Draft-First, Idempotent) WordPress still wins when you need categories, plugins, schema, and URLs you own. Medium…
Make Your WooCommerce Store Visible to AI Assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
The Problem: Your Store Is Invisible to AI When someone asks ChatGPT "Find me wireless headphones under $100" , where does it look? Not your WooCommer…
From Native WordPress to Headless: The Real Engineering Decisions Behind a Production Migration
Every headless WordPress conversation starts the same way — someone draws an architecture diagram with arrows pointing from a REST API to a shiny Next…
'Command not found' — and what's really blocking WP-CLI
"I downloaded wp-cli.phar , uploaded it to ~/bin/wp , SSH'd in, and ran wp . Got -bash: wp: command not found . The file is right there. Why?" If you'…
How to Trigger a Mailchimp Drip Sequence from a CF7 Form (Without a Checkbox)
A developer posted this on the WordPress support forums: "We'd like to send the auto-reply email after a visitor submits a CF7 form directly from Mail…
I Built a Free Business Directory for Small Business Owners — Here's the Tech Stack and What I Learned
I've been building web tools for small business owners for over a year now. 52+ free tools live on SmallBusinessOwners.co — invoice generators, propos…
A Deep Dive into Cleaning Persistent WordPress Malware and Hardening the REST API
The Hook: The 48-Hour Re-Infection Nightmare It’s a scenario that keeps e-commerce founders and agency directors awake at night: You wake up to a crit…
Why WP-CLI Won't Start on Some Shared Hosts — A Field Investigation Across Four Architectures
If you build any kind of WordPress maintenance automation, sooner or later you hit a wall the official WP-CLI install instructions don't warn you abou…
Four HTTP security headers every WordPress site should set
TL;DR: Four response headers, a few minutes of work, most of the header-level security gap closed. Exact values below, plus a one-line curl to check a…
Why Your WooCommerce Store Is Slow (And It's Probably Not What You Think)
Most performance guides for WooCommerce start and end with caching plugins. Install WP Rocket, enable page caching, done. If your store is still slow …
When WP-CLI fatals on the plugin you came to rescue
A WordPress plugin update breaks the site. You SSH in to roll back the bad plugin with WP-CLI, and you get this: Fatal error : Uncaught Error : ... in…
Why Traditional Website Malware Scanners Miss SEO Spam
Most website owners believe their site is clean because their hosting provider, WordPress security plugin, or malware scanner reports no issues. Yet m…
How to Build a Clean, Light Bulk Data Importer for WordPress Custom Post Types (Without Heavy Plugins)
If you build custom WordPress sites for data-heavy industries (like Real Estate listings, Vacation Rentals, or Directory menus), you've likely faced t…
Publishing to WordPress with Claude and the WordPress MCP Connector
Originally published at malcolmlow.com . Several posts on this blog — including Word Embeddings Explained , SingIDBot , and the OpenClaw Telegram inte…
How to Grayscale Images of Out-of-Stock Products in WooCommerce Using CSS
Posted on Aug 27, 2024 2 min read 🤖 AI summary: This article provides a guide on how to enhance WooCommerce store navigation by automatically grayscal…
How to Boost Customer Loyalty with Automatic Discount Codes in WooCommerce
Posted on Aug 11, 2024 2 min read 🤖 AI summary: This article outlines a technical method for increasing customer loyalty in WooCommerce by automatical…
How to Hide Out-of-Stock Products on Your WordPress Website
Posted on Aug 5, 2024 2 min read 🤖 AI summary: This article outlines a technical method to improve the shopping experience on WordPress websites by au…
I Built a Browser Game Engine Inside WordPress Without Canvas or WebGL. Here's Why
Over four years ago I started building something that most developers told me shouldn't work. A browser game engine with no canvas element, no WebGL, …
What Would WordPress Look Like If It Were Designed Today?
WordPress was created during a very different era of the web. An era where: monolithic servers were normal PHP applications lived directly on shared h…