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  • Streamlining WooCommerce Subscriptions: Automated Handling of Failed Renewal Orders

    In a recent deep dive into WooCommerce Subscriptions, we found ourselves grappling with the intricacies of failed payment retry rules, seeking to optimize their functionality for a valued client. These rules, pivotal within the WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin, dictate the course of action when a subscription renewal payment encounters a stumbling block. The specific challenge on…

  • Better WordPress Plugin Updates: A GitHub-Powered Approach

    At PIE, managing an array of small plugins across multiple clients and offering them publicly brings its own set of challenges. A paramount concern is keeping these plugins consistently up-to-date. The impracticality of manually uploading ZIP directories to a growing list of sites led us to explore a more efficient way, seamlessly integrating with WordPress’…

  • Converting images to monochrome using CSS and SVG filters

    During a recent client project, our team stumbled upon an intriguing challenge that we thought could be both fascinating and useful to share. The mission was to enable clients to upload a color image and, at the same time, generate a monochrome version without complicating the uploading process. We initially explored a grayscale approach, which…

  • Transitioning to WPMU Dev

    A great developer once said to me why take 30 minutes to do one thing when you can spend hours automating and never have to spend those 30 minutes again. He had just completed developing a theme template, it had taken months but now our theme development speed had doubled.  This was the approach I…

  • Improving How Our WooCommerce Plugin Handles Template Versions

    During a recent customer support interaction for one of our WooCommerce plugins, we encountered a situation where the customer’s currently active WordPress child theme contained outdated template files, including some from our own plugins. This issue came to light while assisting the customer in debugging a separate issue. This experience prompted us, as WooCommerce developers,…

  • Elevate Your SEO: Looking at SmartCrawl Pro as an alternative to Yoast SEO

    If you’re currently using Yoast SEO and looking to explore new possibilities without the hassle, let me introduce you to SmartCrawl Pro. In this post, we’ll dive into what makes SmartCrawl Pro stand out, discuss the smooth transition from Yoast, and help you decide if this could be the SEO upgrade your website needs. Discovering…

  • Supporting a custom wp-content directory on WP Engine

    This week, we successfully migrated a client’s website to WP Engine, a move that brought to light an unexpected challenge inherent in the WP Engine platform. Initially set up by the original developer, the site was configured to utilize custom directories for both wp-content and wp-content/uploads—let’s refer to them as “stuff” and “stuff/things” for this…

  • WP Engine discount – now even better

    I can’t recommend  the rock solid performance of Pie & WP Engine enough for any business’ website. I’ve been with them now for a few months, and the experience has been, and is, fantastic. Richard Heathcote Voiceover Artist – http://www.richardheathcote.co.uk/ Tell me about this WP Engine Discount We have been using WP Engine as our preferred…