Let’s have an honest conversation about the state of modern WordPress development. For years, the industry has been dominated by a “convenience-first” mindset. Page builders like Elementor, WP Bakery, and Beaver Builder promised to democratize web design, allowing anyone to drag and drop their way to a functional website. And to a point, they delivered. But there is a hidden cost... read more »
AI can generate a website from a PDF in seconds, but for established businesses, "instant" often means "unmanageable." We dive into the Lovable vs. WordPress debate and why technical sovereignty matters. read more »
The role of a WordPress developer is shifting. While we’ve always prioritized hand-coded, high-performance builds at Seismic Pixels, the tools we use to get there are evolving. AI isn’t here to replace the logic, but it is becoming a highly efficient junior partner for the “boilerplate” heavy lifting. If you’re looking to integrate these tools into a professional workflow,... read more »
When you’re running an e-commerce platform like Magento 2, you expect core functionality to, well, work. Recently, a nasty little bug was introduced in Magento 2.4.7 that breaks the fundamental process of updating an order’s status and saving a corresponding administrative note. If you’ve upgraded to 2.4.7 and noticed your order notes and confirmation emails listing the... read more »
Let’s face it, websites and web servers can experience issues from time to time. Common issues include plugin incompatibilities, expired SSL certificates, a dreaded website hack or maybe just poor server performance. It’s important to keep an eye on sites to make sure they’re performing at their best. There are some great services out there for this task, like Pingdom, New... read more »
WordPress comment spam can be a huge problem on your website or blog. Here we'll look at some simple steps for adding anti-spam fields to your WordPress comment form. read more »
Part 7 explores the connection between Laravel Cashier and Stripe via webhooks. Cashier has some built-in methods and we'll add one more example method. read more »
Part 6 of the Laravel SaaS application build includes accepting Stripe payments from our registration page and displaying invoices on the tenant's home page. read more »
Part 5 of the series covers installing Laravel Cashier and setting it up to work with the Hyn Tenancy package. We'll modify the default migrations as well as create a couple custom models for use with tenant subscriptions. read more »
