WooCommerce6 min read
Payment Gateways for WooCommerce in India
How to choose and set up a payment gateway for an Indian WooCommerce store: UPI, cards, COD, settlement, failure handling and the testing people skip.
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Practical guides on custom WordPress, headless WordPress, WooCommerce, performance, security and SEO. Notes to help you plan a website, understand your options and maintain an existing build.
Development6 min read
How to Build a Custom Gutenberg Block (Without a Page Builder)
What a custom block is made of, static versus dynamic rendering, attributes, the editor interface, and how to keep blocks from breaking after you ship them.
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Hiring6 min read
What a WordPress Website Actually Costs in India
Compare WordPress website quotes in India by templates, content, integrations and running costs. Includes a scope table and a first-year budget worksheet.
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Headless6 min read
REST API vs WPGraphQL for Headless WordPress
How the two approaches differ in practice for a headless build — over-fetching, round trips, caching, tooling and maintenance — and which suits which project.
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SEO6 min read
Migrating a WordPress Site Without Losing Rankings
A step-by-step migration plan for WordPress: what to record before you move, how to map redirects, what to check at launch, and what to watch for weeks after.
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Performance6 min read
Choosing WordPress Hosting: What Actually Matters
The hosting specifications that change how a WordPress site performs, the marketing claims that don't, and how to match a plan to your site.
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WooCommerce6 min read
WooCommerce Checkout Optimisation: Reducing Abandoned Carts
Why customers abandon a WooCommerce checkout and what fixes it: fewer fields, honest costs, guest checkout and real mobile testing.
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Development6 min read
Block Themes vs Classic Themes: Which Should You Build?
How block themes and classic themes actually differ, what each costs to build and maintain, and a straightforward way to decide between them.
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Security6 min read
Securing the WordPress Login: 2FA, Rate Limits and More
How WordPress logins are actually attacked, and the controls that stop it — two-factor authentication, rate limiting, password policy and account hygiene.
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APIs6 min read
Building Custom REST API Endpoints in WordPress
How to register a REST route properly: namespaces, permission callbacks, argument validation, response shaping, errors and caching.
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SEO6 min read
Schema Markup in WordPress: What's Worth Adding
Which structured data types actually earn you something in search, how to add them to WordPress without duplicating, and the mistakes that trigger warnings.
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Performance6 min read
WordPress Image Optimisation: WebP, Sizes and Lazy Loading
How WordPress handles images, which registered sizes actually matter, when WebP and AVIF are worth it, and the lazy-loading default that hurts your LCP.
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