

Perspectives with Zach Stepek
9 snips Jun 25, 2025
Zach Stepek and guests explore the fascinating world of WooCommerce, examining its evolution and the challenges it faces in the e-commerce space. They discuss the tension between open-source ideals and monetization, along with WordPress's future. Insights on performance issues, plugin selection, and user experiences shed light on navigating WooCommerce's complexities. The chat even touches on personal anecdotes from music photography and a humorous branding origin story. The mix of technical details and personal stories keeps the conversation lively and engaging.
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Zach's Entry to WooCommerce
- Zach started with e-commerce by building a WooCommerce site for a record label, combining his love of music and web technology.
- This helped him deepen his expertise in WordPress and WooCommerce early in his career.
Hosting Challenges for WooCommerce
- Larger ecosystem plugins often require special hosting considerations like disabling caching.
- Hosting should focus on making WordPress fast even without caching for better overall performance.
WordPress Evolution & Gutenberg's Challenge
- WordPress evolved from a blogging platform to a versatile site and web app platform.
- Gutenberg's role is unclear between content editing and supporting web app use cases.