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Why Don’t More WordPress Agencies and Plugin Developers Use E2E Testing?

In the relatively fast world of WordPress development, delivering reliable WordPress products is quite crucial for maintaining customer satisfaction and trust. This is especially true for WordPress plugin developers who need to ensure their products are stable and functional and can be used across a variety of site setups and configurations with other third party…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

July 23, 2025

How to Reliably Test Date Pickers in WordPress

Date pickers are a staple of modern websites, used for booking appointments, event registrations, product reservations, and more. But when it comes to automated end-to-end testing for WordPress sites, they’re one of the trickier form fields to get right. If you’ve ever written a test that passed today but failed tomorrow because of a date…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

July 1, 2025

“Not Our Bug”: Why WordPress Site Owners Must Take Ownership of Their Own Site Reliability

If you’ve spent any time managing a WordPress website, especially one with eCommerce or lead generation, you’ve probably run into a situation that goes something like this: You wake up to find out checkout is broken. Or a contact form is throwing errors. Or users are stuck on a login loop. You trace the issue…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

June 11, 2025

Platform Update – April & May 2025 Edition

Spring has brought a wave of powerful new features to CheckView! From smarter iframe handling and Stripe test mode enhancements to new white-label options and precise click control, we’ve focused these past two months on giving you deeper testing flexibility and better client-facing presentation. Here’s what’s new across the platform: ✅ Stripe Test Mode Support…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

May 13, 2025

How to Test Date Pickers in WordPress (The Smart Way)

Date pickers are a core part of many WordPress forms, whether you’re letting users book appointments, schedule services, select delivery dates, or filter content by time. But despite their common use, date pickers are often tricky to test reliably, especially in automated workflows. If you’re managing a WooCommerce booking plugin, a custom form built with…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

May 2, 2025

How to Check if Your WooCommerce Checkout Is Still Working

Your WooCommerce checkout is the final, and most critical, step in your customer journey. If it stops working, even for a few hours, you could be losing sales without even realizing it. Unfortunately, checkout issues often go unnoticed until customers start complaining or conversions drop. So how can you proactively make sure your WooCommerce checkout…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

April 24, 2025

The Best Ghost Inspector Alternatives for Automated Website Testing

If you’re looking for alternatives to Ghost Inspector for automated website testing, you’re likely searching for a tool that balances reliability, affordability, and ease of use. Ghost Inspector is a solid option, but its pricing, limitations in test customization specifically for WordPress sites, and integration requirements might lead some users to explore other choices. In…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

April 9, 2025

Platform Update: February & March 2025 Edition

As we power into 2025, we’re excited to share a huge set of updates rolled out across February and March. From major form testing enhancements to UI improvements that save you time, we’ve been listening to your feedback and making CheckView smarter, faster, and more helpful. Let’s dive into what’s new and what’s coming next….

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

March 29, 2025

How to Bypass CAPTCHAs When Testing Forms in WordPress

CAPTCHAs are great for blocking spam, but they can also block your automated testing. Whether you’re running routine QA or using a platform like CheckView to test form submissions across multiple WordPress sites, CAPTCHAs like reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, or Turnstile can cause your tests to fail if not properly handled. In this post, we’ll cover how…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

March 18, 2025

Why Automated Testing Matters for WordPress Sites (And How to Actually Get Started)

When most people think about testing websites, they picture a developer manually clicking through pages, hoping to catch something broken before it goes live. For WordPress, that approach might work—for a while. But as your site (or your client list) grows, manual testing becomes a bottleneck. Worse, it leaves plenty of room for error. That’s…

Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz

February 21, 2025