This is a real case. A WooCommerce store, 88,000 products was experiencing chronic 500 errors, high server load, and a database that had grown completely out of control. Two-phase engagement: audit first, then execution. I’ll walk through everything I found, everything I changed, and why. No fluff. The Baseline Problem Before touching anything, you need […]
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How to fix the “Autoloaded Options Could Affect Performance” issue after WordPress 6+ update
If you’ve updated to WordPress 6+ and opened Site Health you may have spotted this critical issue: “Autoloaded options could affect performance.” A lot of people dismiss it, or worse patch it away by tweaking a threshold value in core files. That’s the wrong move. Let me explain what’s actually happening, why it matters, and […]
How to Disable Auto Scroll After Pagination in Divi
Recently a client reached out with a frustrating issue every time a visitor clicked through the pagination on their Divi blog page, the browser would automatically jump to the top of the section. Not a great user experience. After some investigation I discovered that this is actually built-in Divi behavior. The Divi blog module triggers […]
Open Gravity Forms Confirmation Links in a New Tab
Recently, I had an interesting case while working on a client’s website. Everything looked simple: submit a Gravity Form > show a download link. But Gravity Forms sanitizes confirmation HTML, which means attributes like target=”_blank” are either stripped or ignored in some setups. At first, this was surprising until I remembered that Gravity Forms often […]
How to Fix Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) Issues on WordPress
What is CLS in Simple Terms Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) is a real nightmare for many website owners, especially those whose sites are built on WordPress using Divi or Elementor. In recent years, Google has placed increasing importance on positive user experience, making this ranking factor much more critical. In this post, I will try […]
How to prevent bots from adding items to cart
If you use the Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce plugin (or its similar plugin), you’ve probably noticed that many products are added by bots. The main problem is that some of these bots are googlebot. Why does Googlebot add items to the cart? Googlebot crawls the site by clicking on all available links, including “Add […]