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06/09/2026

Keep those upsell-nag admin notifications under control:

WordPress admin notifications are buried under upsells and nags. Here's how to remove the noise, and keep the alerts that matter.

11/08/2026

Curated articles for WordPress devs and designers... in your inbox, once-a-week:

Curated articles for professional WP devs and designers. No upsells or nags - just interesting Word/Woo content in your inbox once-a-week.

05/08/2026

WooCommerce 11 - new & experimental features :

WooCommerce 11 landed this week. Three features my clients have been asking for… and a curious addition regarding variable products.

25/06/2026

For anyone frustrated with the official WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin, we've started to release a regularly updated patch for it. The patch fixes bugs and prevents potential data leaks. More info here:

The official WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin started throwing fatal errors on the checkout page. It’s time to patch this plugin for good.

23/05/2026

Some of my hosting clients reported email deliverability issues with customers using MS Outlook mailboxes. So built a plugin that adds DKIM to WordPress wp_mail() emails. It's easy to use, and it helps you get the DNS DKIM record right too: https://headwall-hosting.com/plugins/wpmail-dkim-sign/ [FREE] ✉️ ✅

I decided to build a plugin that uses a non-default DKIM selector, so we can add a website-specific DKIM signature to all emails leaving any WordPress website.

31/03/2026

I did a deep dive into the WooCommerce plugin core code, and found all sorts of horribleness. From page-speed problems through to data privacy issues. So I built a software patch to make WooCommerce faster and more secure:

WooCommerce’s admin slowdown is caused by Automattic’s tracking code — and it runs even when you’ve disabled it. A practical guide to patching it out.

03/03/2026

It was great to see an old friend on the telly - and his company's website weathered the traffic spike without a hitch 😎

A client recently asked if his website could handle him being on prime time TV. Follow the changes we implemented, to handle the traffic gracefully.

11/02/2026

Our new posters are going up in Woodley.

01/12/2025

Today was a long day, fighting off hackers in real-time. It was great to see my security automations working properly though: https://headwall-hosting.com/blog/repelling-a-wordpress-hack-in-real-time/ 💪 💪 💪

How I repelled a live WordPress attack using grep, log analysis and WP CLI. A breakdown of hunting backdoors and securing a compromised site.