WooCommerce delayed webhooks using actions scheduler

Recently been contacted by a user who needed the ability to delay the WooCommerce webhooks by x time, this would allow other processes happening on the site to finish instead of firing the webhook straight away, for example waiting for the payment process to finalise. Delaying webhooks is not common practice, however some time special
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WooCommerce fix slow or delayed webhooks and achieve instant webhook firing

I’ve recently been working on a project which synced data between WooCommerce and an internal warehouse system, I was utilising the WooCommerce webhooks to achieve near real time syncing between the two systems, without having the creating API scripts to poll for data on a regular basis. The Problem? There was a delay ranging from
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Control windows docker with Windows 10 Ubuntu Linux subsystem

Control your Windows Docker instance using Ubuntu Linux subsystem allowing greater controll. Windows 10 Linux subsystems are a very powerful feature and expand the capabilities for Windows based developers greatly, without the need to use VMs or dual booting. One of these is controlling your windows based docker host via your Linux subsystem.
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Local website & services remotely accessible via secure tunnels with ngrok

Need an easy way to allow external network users to access services or websites on your local machine? ngrok allows you to easily create a secure tunnel from ngroks servers to your machine. For a web developer, this is a dream come true, this is a great way to demo a development whilst in the
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Easy mobile browser detection for several major languages and web servers

All app’s and websites these days need to work for several devices including desktop, tablets and mobiles. It’s not always simple detecting the type of device being used and it can sometimes be tedious adding support to your app for something which seems very simple. Does your chosen platform not have a pre-defined way of
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Progressive JPEGs for fast website image loading and ux design

Want to Speed up your website images and improve user experience? Make sure you use progressive JPEGs (or interlaced JPEGs), it could help make your website load faster and retain visitors for a longer duration. Take a look at the example below showing a normal baselayer JPEG and a progressive JPEG LOADING side by side.
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