THE JOURNAL
Notes on building, shipping & securing the web.
WordPress · 20 min
Best WordPress API Testing Tools Compared
Discover top WordPress API testing tools that help you debug, authenticate, and automate REST API checks. Choose the right tool for your development or team needs.
Maya Okafor · Oct 03, 2026
Security · 19 min
WordPress Security Audit Checklist for Businesses
This checklist guides businesses through inventory, access control, code review, backups, and incident response to secure WordPress sites with clear accountability.
Leo Tanaka · Oct 02, 2026
WordPress · 20 min
How to Authenticate the WordPress REST API
Understand the best authentication methods for different WordPress REST API clients, from admin dashboards to mobile apps, to protect your data and integrations.
Maya Okafor · Oct 01, 2026
Security · 19 min
How to Remove Malware from a WordPress Site
This guide walks you through containing infections, preserving evidence, and cleaning your WordPress site methodically to prevent recurring malware issues.
Leo Tanaka · Sep 30, 2026
Security · 19 min
How to Restore Hacked WordPress Files Safely
This guide walks you through restoring hacked WordPress files without losing valuable data, emphasizing evidence preservation and controlled recovery methods.
Leo Tanaka · Sep 29, 2026
Shopify · 16 min
WordPress to Shopify Migration Checklist
This checklist guides you through auditing data, preserving SEO, mapping URLs, and testing operations to avoid common migration pitfalls and launch confidently.
Sofia Lindqvist · Sep 29, 2026
AI · 5 min
How we shipped a support agent that resolves 62% of tickets
The architecture, evals and guardrails behind a production AI agent — and the three mistakes we made first.
Daniel Reyes · Sep 18, 2026
Design · 5 min
What to learn in the two weeks before a website redesign
Redesigns built on opinions tend to repeat old mistakes in new colors. A focused two-week research plan that grounds decisions in evidence.
Nadia Haddad · Sep 09, 2026
Shopify · 5 min
Migrating to Shopify Plus without losing a single ranking
Our 40-point checklist for moving a high-traffic store with zero SEO damage.
Sofia Lindqvist · Sep 04, 2026
Engineering · 5 min
Next.js rendering choices: static, server or cached
Next.js offers several ways to render a page, and the default is not always right. How we decide per route between static, server and cached rendering.
Maya Okafor · Aug 26, 2026
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