Custom field data loss recovery
Custom field data that looks gone — checked against the database before assuming it's lost.
This bucket covers the wiring between WordPress and something outside it — a form plugin sending leads to a CRM, a custom field structure built with ACF, a scheduled script backing up to cloud storage, a Zapier scenario moving data between systems that were never designed to talk to each other.
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Custom field data that looks gone — checked against the database before assuming it's lost.
Existing custom field data mapped into schema markup — reflecting what's there, not inventing it.
A custom post type missing from admin or 404ing on the front end, traced to the registration.
A custom taxonomy not registering or resolving, fixed alongside its rewrite rules.
Every custom post type, taxonomy, and field documented in one clear reference.
Routine database cleanup automated within a carefully defined, documented boundary.
A deployment script your team runs deliberately — documented so it's not a black box later.
Error tracking wired up with real context — reviewing what it catches stays with your team.
A block bound to a custom field showing empty or wrong data, traced to the actual binding.
File uploads failing by size or type — the actual server limit found, not just the form's own setting.
Labels not actually connected to their fields — the practical fix, short of a full audit.
Entries exported, or genuinely investigated when they look missing — recovered where a trace exists.
Forms, entries, and integrations migrated to a new plugin, tested on staging before going live.
Form notifications routed to the right person, not one inbox catching everything.
A sudden spam flood stopped, without adding friction to the customers actually trying to reach you.
A form that shows success but never actually saves — traced to where the write really breaks.
This bucket covers the wiring between WordPress and something outside it — a form plugin sending leads to a CRM, a custom field structure built with ACF, a scheduled script backing up to cloud storage, a Zapier scenario moving data between systems that were never designed to talk to each other. That wiring is fragile in a specific way: each side can change independently. A CRM changes its API. A webhook URL gets regenerated. A field group gets renamed in a redesign and every automation depending on its old name silently stops working, often with no error at all.
What connects these fixes is that the wiring almost always fails at one specific point — one field, one endpoint, one credential, one webhook — while the rest of the connection is working exactly as intended. Rebuilding the whole integration is rarely necessary or even sensible; the actual fix is finding which side stopped sending or receiving what the other side expected, and reconnecting just that. Verification means watching real data move through the connection end to end, not confirming the automation is switched on, which tells you nothing about whether it’s actually working.