Category: WordPress
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PHP Testing Best Practices: Unit Testing vs Integration Testing
Why Testing Matters (And Why You Can’t Skip It) Building software without testing is like building a car and driving it without first checking the brakes. It might move, but…
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How to Write Better WordPress Code with Dependency Injection in 30 Days?
Understanding DI intellectually is easy. Applying it consistently? That requires rewiring your brain. Here’s how to transition from “WordPress hacker” to “software architect.” Step 1: Adopt the “New is Glue”…
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Dependency Injection in WordPress: Complete Guide for Modern Developers in 2026
Introduction: The Code You’re Embarrassed to Show Imagine opening a WordPress plugin you wrote six months ago. You need to add a simple feature, but you’re greeted by a maze…
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What Happens When You Type a URL Into Your Browser?
Typing a URL is pure muscle memory.Click the address bar, type a name, hit Enter. A page appears almost instantly. But in that single second, a massive engineering marathon unfolds.…
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Clean Code Architecture for WordPress: A Comprehensive Developer’s Guide
If you’ve ever opened a WordPress project and thought “What was this developer thinking?”, you’re not alone. I’ve spent years reviewing WordPress code, and I’ve learned that the difference between…
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Why Using WordPress Hooks in a Class Constructor is an Anti-Pattern?
Almost every WordPress developer has written this code at some point. Most WordPress developers learn classes and hooks around the same time. So the pattern feels obvious: “I’ll put my…
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Real-World WordPress Security Lessons: 5 Things You Should Never Ignore
While working on a recent WordPress security issue for a client, I was reminded of how even well-built sites can be vulnerable if small things are overlooked. What started as…
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Block Variation is Not (!==) Block Style
The Crucial Difference Most Developers Miss In the WordPress block ecosystem, confusion between block styles and block variations can lead to suboptimal implementations. Let’s clarify these concepts once and for…
