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PHP 8.2 Reaches End of Life on 31 December: Upgrade Your WordPress Store

PHP 8.2 end of life is 31 December 2026. Plan a tested WordPress upgrade with plugin checks, staging tests and recovery steps that protect recent orders.

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WooCommerce Black Friday 2026: The Technical Prep Checklist

Use my WooCommerce Black Friday checklist to test checkout, stock, tracking and staging load before the 2026 sale, with clear owners and a recovery plan.

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Fixing duplicate Meta Pixel and CAPI events in headless WooCommerce

A practical checklist for Meta Pixel and Conversions API deduplication in headless WooCommerce, covering event ownership, stable IDs and checkout QA.

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