Arabic search in WordPress: the matches it silently misses
WordPress compares Arabic byte for byte, so one name spelled two ways never matches. On a real archive that meant 1 result where there were 28,238.
Jul 24, 202621 min read1
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WordPress cron behind a load balancer: fixing 'Missed schedule'
wp-cron is triggered by an HTTP request, so behind a load balancer it silently misses schedule. Run it in-process with WP-CLI, elect one runner with a shared lock, and watch it loudly.
Jul 20, 202611 min read
Your WordPress says the email sent. It didn't.
WordPress mail silently dies while wp_mail() returns true. Send it through Amazon SES with an IAM role: no credential at rest, no silent failure.
Jul 15, 202615 min read1
The 200-byte trap: why WordPress core updates break Arabic URLs
A routine WordPress update can silently truncate every long Arabic URL on your site. The root cause is in core, and so is the fix that survives every update.
Jun 20, 202624 min read19