5 articles
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Monitoring7 min read
Trace WooCommerce order emails not sending from order to inbox
The phrase "WooCommerce order emails not sending" can describe several different failures. First prove that the expected order event happened, then trace one controlled order through WooCommerce, WordPress, your mail provider, and the destination mailbox.
Performance10 min read
WooCommerce checkout slow: diagnose the request that blocks payment
When your WooCommerce checkout is slow, start with the single browser request that begins when the delay begins. Record that request's timing, then match it to a server trace so you can separate browser delay from WooCommerce, shipping, tax, gateway, database, or server work.
Development7 min read
"This block contains unexpected or invalid content": fixing validation errors
If you searched for "block validation failed WordPress," the editor is telling you that stored block markup no longer matches what the current save() function generates from the attributes it can parse.
Monitoring7 min read
The WordPress debug log: turn it on safely, find it, and read it
To turn on the WordPress debug log, set WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_LOG to true in wp-config.php, then set WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY to false so errors are not printed into pages.
Performance8 min read
How to fix a slow WordPress admin dashboard without guesswork
To fix slow WordPress admin screens safely, time one repeatable request, profile the work inside that request, then change one cause at a time. Query Monitor, browser Network data, WP-CLI, and the database can show whether the delay comes from SQL, AJAX, scheduled jobs, remote HTTP calls, or memory pressure.