The Admin’s Toolkit

Useful code snippets, techniques, tools and ideas designed to help you and your WordPress clients work smarter not harder.

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The Admin's Toolkit

The Essential WordPress Hosting Strategy

Early in my Web Dev career, I made the classic mistake of thinking I was a fully-fledged sysadmin just because I knew my way around a bit of PHP and

June 12, 2026

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Building A Custom Post Type With ACF

For years, registering a Custom Post Type (CPT) in WordPress meant either writing PHP in your theme’s functions.php file or relying on a dedicated third-party plugin like Custom Post Type

June 1, 2026

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The Digital Project Handover Gap

Let’s be honest: most client handovers are a bit like handing the keys of a Ferrari to an unqualified driver. You’ve spent weeks, maybe months, obsessing over every pixel and

March 14, 2026

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Stop Quoting Prices, Start Discussing Investments

One of the most nerve-wracking moments for any freelancer is the price conversation. We feel like we’re on the back foot, and we often end up apologetically quoting a number

September 8, 2025

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Who Is Your Ideal Client? A 5-Minute task To Sharpen Your Focus

In our Client Magnet Challenge we encourage the idea of creating customer personas from day 1. If you don’t know who your ideal client is, you’ll waste time and energy chasing

September 8, 2025

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The difference between a thriving freelance business and a struggling one.

If you’re taking our Client Magnet Challenge, you’ll know that Tab 3 of your tracker is your “Pipeline.” At first, it might just look like a list of names, but

September 2, 2025