Nicola Mustone

Support Lead @ Automattic


Leadership, web, programming. Short essays and hands-on guides, focused on results, not hype.


Essays

Reflections, lessons, and guides on leadership, the web, and programming.

  • Raise your hand if you like to get the New Order email notification in your inbox!

    Yeah, I know, everyone would raise their hand! But just receiving an order is not enough. You need to handle it properly, and sometimes edit it to meet the customer needs.

    Learn here all the details about how to edit orders in WooCommerce.

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  • In WooCommerce, you have the flexibility to sell all sorts of items. One such item is a Variable Product.

    When setting up a variable product, the first step is to define its attributes. These attributes are like the basic characteristics of your product. After setting them up, the next step is to create Variations based on these characteristics. But what exactly is the difference between WooCommerce attributes and variations and what are variations exactly?

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  • Have you ever heard about custom fields or custom meta boxes in WordPress? You probably already use them without realizing it!

    Custom fields are one of WordPress’s most powerful features. They let you store extra information (called post meta) about your posts, pages, or products; things like prices, ratings, or custom messages.

    Many developers get stuck when it comes to retrieving these values in their themes or plugins. In this article, I’ll explain exactly how to use get_post_meta() to get your custom field data and make the most of it in your projects.

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  • Want a simple way to add a login/logout link to your WordPress menu, no coding, no plugins required?
    With Full Site Editing, you can do it in seconds.

    For years, adding a logout link to WordPress menus meant editing your functions.php file or relying on custom plugins. With Full Site Editing (FSE), that’s no longer necessary. You can now manage login and logout links visually, right inside the Site Editor.

    This guide shows how to add a dynamic login/logout link using WordPress’ built-in blocks. It automatically switches between “Login” and “Logout” depending on the visitor’s session.

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  • Last week I attended WordCamp Torino 2016, the first Italian WordCamp in several years.

    The event took place on April 1st and 2nd, and it was incredible to see the community come back to life.
    Since the last WordCamp in 2012, the Italian WordPress scene had gone quiet, but in just nine months, a group of passionate contributors managed to revive it, organize local meetups, and finally bring WordCamp back to Italy.1

    That energy and collaboration were exactly what our community needed.

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