Audit your WordPress plugins before adding another one.
Every plugin should have a job you can explain in one sentence. When several tools solve the same problem, the maintenance cost becomes harder to see.
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Every plugin should have a job you can explain in one sentence. When several tools solve the same problem, the maintenance cost becomes harder to see.
A theme change affects more than the homepage. It can alter how shoppers find products, select variants, read delivery information, and reach the cart.
A useful bug report reduces the distance between seeing a problem and understanding it. A dramatic title cannot replace a reproducible example.
A beautiful demo can hide an awkward publishing experience. A useful theme evaluation starts with your own content and the people who will maintain it.
Feature lists make form tools look similar. A single, well-chosen test form often reveals more about whether a tool fits your work.
A changelog is an input to a decision, not a complete deployment plan. The useful question is what the release might change for your site.
Typography is a reading system. The title that looks impressive at the top of a demo may become exhausting when every page uses the same scale.
The useful distinction is whether the behavior should survive a visual redesign. Presentation and persistent site behavior have different lifetimes.
A handover document should help an editor finish a task. A tour of every dashboard screen rarely achieves that.