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In WooCommerce, the admin order page is your command center. It’s where you glean insights at a glance and manage the heart of your e-commerce operations.
But could it offer more? What if you could augment it with additional product details and direct links to the products themselves?
In this article, I’ll walk you through a WooCommerce snippet that does precisely that, adding a layer of convenience and efficiency to your workflow.
Read more →Self-hosting gave me control. WordPress.com gave me peace of mind — and I didn’t lose any of the flexibility I cared about.
For years, my site lived happily on SiteGround. I managed the SSLs, the CDN, the updates — all the knobs and switches that come with running your own WordPress installation. It worked, but it also pulled focus away from what I actually wanted to do: write.
At some point, I realized that maintaining my own infrastructure was solving a problem I didn’t have anymore. I wanted a space that just worked — one login, one dashboard, zero maintenance. That’s when I moved everything to WordPress.com.
It wasn’t a professional decision because I work at Automattic. It was a personal one, shaped by the same instinct I wrote about in Do You Trust Your Instincts? Making Smart WordPress Choices. Sometimes, the best move is simply choosing ease over control.
Read more →Do you still have hundreds of expired coupons sitting in your database?
If you’re giving discounts to first-time buyers or loyal customers, chances are your store creates coupons automatically. That’s great — everyone loves a discount. But once those coupons expire, WooCommerce doesn’t delete them. They just sit there, taking up space for no reason.
Let’s fix that.
Read more →What can you do with products and WooCommerce CLI?
Everything you can do from the editing screen can be done via command-line.
Ever needed to tweak a Processing order after payment?
By default, WooCommerce doesn’t let you edit orders once they’ve been paid. That’s because once the payment is complete, changing totals or quantities could cause accounting or fulfillment issues.
Still, there are legitimate cases where you might need to adjust an order after it moves to Processing: maybe to fix a product note, update a shipping field, or correct a simple mistake.
Let’s make that possible.
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