WooCommerce · 4 min read
WooCommerce checkout sends customers back to the cart? Check the SMTP host
The order was created and the payment was generated, yet every customer landed back on the cart. The cause was a mail server hostname…
Insights
Field notes from the work: what breaks WordPress sites and stores, how we fix it, and how to keep it from happening to yours.
Security · 4 min read
The backdoor that survived a malware cleanup: 14,000 folders and a fake acme-challenge path
A shared hosting account was reinfected in under 30 seconds, five days after a full cleanup. The way back in was hidden where no…
Performance · 4 min read
Elementor widgets panel stuck loading after installing an addon: the 48 MB problem
Three addon packs registered 307 widgets, and the editor had to download all of them. Turning off the 173 nobody used fixed it in…
Hosting & e-mail · 4 min read
wp-admin taking 50 to 150 seconds per page: outbound requests that never come back
The store loaded fast for customers, while every admin page took up to two and a half minutes. WordPress was waiting on servers it…
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