The WitsCode Blog
Field notes on web, AI search & growth.
Practical, opinionated writing from the team, what we ship for clients, what we are testing, and the patterns that actually move the needle.
- Guides & Insights
Feb 17, 2026 · 15 min read
Future-Proofing Your AI Search Strategy: Preparing for 2027 and Beyond
Eighteen months ago, most marketers treated AI search as a curiosity. Today, it drives measurable pipeline.
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- WordPress
Feb 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Squarespace to WordPress Migration: When It's Worth the Effort
Should you move from Squarespace to WordPress? The size and growth thresholds where migration pays back, the partial-export reality, and the rebuild path.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Feb 16, 2026 · 9 min read
WooCommerce Performance: The Hosting Tier Decision Tree
Shared vs VPS vs managed WordPress vs dedicated for WooCommerce. Real TTFB numbers, PHP worker ceilings, order capacity per tier, and the signs you have outgrown your host.
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- AI & Vibe Coding
Feb 16, 2026 · 11 min read
RLS Policies Lovable Generated Wrong (And How We Rewrote Them)
Three real Supabase RLS failures we found on Lovable projects, with the corrected SQL and why each one shipped broken in the first place.
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- For Founders
Feb 15, 2026 · 10 min read
Zapier Still Wins for These 6 Workflows in 2026
Balanced take on where Zapier still beats Make, n8n, and self-hosted stacks. The six workflow shapes where paying Zapier's premium is the correct business decision in 2026.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Feb 14, 2026 · 10 min read
The WooCommerce Plugin Stack We Deploy for a Seven-Figure Store
The exact 14-plugin stack we install on seven-figure WooCommerce stores. Payment, shipping, tax, subscriptions, B2B, analytics, security, performance. Why we picked each and which plugins we actively...
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- WordPress
Feb 14, 2026 · 9 min read
How to Migrate from Wix to WordPress in 2026
A real, honest step-by-step guide to Wix to WordPress migration in 2026, covering Wix export limits, blog RSS import, redirect mapping, and SEO preservation.
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- WordPress
Feb 13, 2026 · 10 min read
Cheap WordPress Hosting: Where the Real Costs Hide
Cheap WordPress hosting hides five real costs: renewal cliffs, oversold CPU, paywalled backups, throttled limits and upselling support. See the true floor.
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- Guides & Insights
Feb 12, 2026 · 7 min read
AI-First Web Development: The Future of Building Websites (2026)
The way people find information on the internet is changing fundamentally. A significant portion of web searches now start with AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude rather than traditional...
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- Guides & Insights
Feb 12, 2026 · 17 min read
SaaS Go-To-Market Strategy Template: The Complete GTM Playbook (2026)
Free SaaS GTM Strategy Template: Step-by-step playbook for launching B2B SaaS in 2026. Includes positioning, ICP, messaging, and execution framework.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Feb 12, 2026 · 11 min read
Scaling WooCommerce Past 500 Orders a Day Without Breaking
The infrastructure decisions that actually matter when a WooCommerce store hits volume → object cache, action scheduler, database indexing, order search, REST API throttling. We have taken three...
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- AI & Vibe Coding
Feb 12, 2026 · 11 min read
The AI-Generated Code Audit Checklist (13 Things We Check)
The thirteen checks we run on every AI-generated codebase before it ships, and why the defaults Lovable, Bolt and v0 produce fail most of them.
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- For Founders
Feb 11, 2026 · 10 min read
Make Alternatives for AI-First Workflows in 2026
Make has not kept pace with AI-native automation. The four alternatives that have, how each handles AI steps, prompt management, and cost predictability.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Feb 10, 2026 · 11 min read
When WooCommerce Actually Beats Shopify (And When It Doesn't)
Honest 2026 decision guide from a team that has shipped on both. Where WooCommerce wins, where Shopify wins, and the regulated-market, B2B and multi-vendor gaps the SERP keeps missing.
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- WordPress
Feb 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Best WordPress Hosting for Small Business in 2026 (UK + US Picks)
Best WordPress hosting for small business in 2026, tested on TTFB, LCP, INP, support response and DNS resilience. Kinsta, WP Engine, Rocket.net compared.
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- AI & Vibe Coding
Feb 9, 2026 · 11 min read
Vibe Coding Security: What the Lovable Breach Taught the Industry
The 2026 Lovable incident was not a single bug. It was a structural failure that every vibe-coded app inherits. Here is the timeline, the cause, and the lessons to apply this week.
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- WordPress
Feb 8, 2026 · 8 min read
WordPress Uptime Monitoring: The Stack We Run for Every Client
How WitsCode runs WordPress uptime monitoring with UptimeRobot, BetterStack and synthetic checks, plus the alert-fatigue traps and routing rules that matter.
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- For Founders
Feb 8, 2026 · 9 min read
The MCP Installation Order: Starting Safely, Expanding Deliberately
Don't install all 30 MCPs on day one. The install order we recommend: read-only personal tools first, then company-wide read-only, then write access, then custom. Why each step matters.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Feb 7, 2026 · 12 min read
WooCommerce to Shopify Migration: The Honest Cost Breakdown
Real numbers on agency fees, platform differential, theme rebuild, app reconfiguration and SEO preservation. Plus the hidden Shopify costs that surface in month three and a framework for deciding...
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- AI & Vibe Coding
Feb 6, 2026 · 10 min read
The Cursor Context Rot Problem and How We Solve It on Client Projects
Long Cursor sessions degrade because the context window fills with stale, contradictory, and hallucinated information. Here is the fresh-shell rule, the project-guide file discipline, and the...
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- WordPress
Feb 6, 2026 · 8 min read
Should You Auto-Update WordPress Plugins? An Agency's Honest Answer
Should you auto-update WordPress plugins? The honest agency answer: a three-tier policy. Auto for security patches, staged for major releases, never for premium.
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- WordPress
Feb 5, 2026 · 9 min read
WordPress Plugin Audit: How to Cut Your Plugin Count by 40% Safely
A WordPress plugin audit framework that cuts plugin count 40% safely: usage logs, alternative-finder, replacement mapping, and a staged removal protocol.
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- For Founders
Feb 4, 2026 · 10 min read
Building a Custom MCP Server for Your Business (Without Being an Engineer)
A non-technical founder's afternoon path to a working custom MCP server: skeleton, auth layer, and team publish step, using Claude Code to scaffold.
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- Shopify & Ecommerce
Feb 4, 2026 · 10 min read
How to Decommission a Shopify App Without Breaking Anything
Uninstalling a Shopify app removes the access token, not the debris. The veteran guide to theme residue, orphan metafields, webhook ghosts, and GDPR endpoints the store owner inherits.
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