https://alwin.com.np/blog/ Practical WordPress, WooCommerce, and web development articles from a WordPress developer in Kathmandu, Nepal. en Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:17:31 +0000 https://alwin.com.np/blog/case-study-multi-tenant-real-estate-website-platform/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/case-study-multi-tenant-real-estate-website-platform/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 Case study A CakePHP 5 platform that runs many real-estate agency websites from one codebase, and my work on its multilingual support, SEO, security, and reliability. https://alwin.com.np/blog/case-study-real-estate-crm-wordpress-plugin/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/case-study-real-estate-crm-wordpress-plugin/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 Case study How a WordPress plugin brings live property listings from a real-estate CRM into agency websites, and the caching, SEO, and lead-capture problems we solved along the way. https://alwin.com.np/blog/case-study-wordpress-erp-inventory-system/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/case-study-wordpress-erp-inventory-system/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 Case study A WordPress-based ERP suite for warehouses, franchise chains, and restaurants, with inventory, orders, reporting, a REST API, Nepali language support, and AI product recommendations. https://alwin.com.np/blog/elementor-vs-custom-wordpress-theme/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/elementor-vs-custom-wordpress-theme/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 WordPress An honest comparison of page builders like Elementor and Divi against custom WordPress themes on cost, speed, flexibility, and lock-in, and when each one makes sense. https://alwin.com.np/blog/hire-wordpress-developer-nepal/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/hire-wordpress-developer-nepal/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 Hiring Freelancer vs agency, the skills worth checking, the questions to ask, and the red flags to avoid, whether you’re a business in Kathmandu or a company hiring from abroad. https://alwin.com.np/blog/woocommerce-esewa-khalti-fonepay-integration/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/woocommerce-esewa-khalti-fonepay-integration/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 WooCommerce How Nepal’s three main payment gateways work with WooCommerce, plugin vs custom gateway, code examples, and the security checks most integrations miss. https://alwin.com.np/blog/wordpress-hosting-nepal/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/wordpress-hosting-nepal/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 Hosting Local vs international hosting, shared vs cloud, the checks that matter before you buy, and a comparison of popular Nepali WordPress hosts and their prices. https://alwin.com.np/blog/wordpress-maintenance-checklist/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/wordpress-maintenance-checklist/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 Maintenance The backups, updates, security, and performance checks that keep a WordPress site healthy, organised into weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly tasks. https://alwin.com.np/blog/wordpress-speed-optimization-checklist/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/wordpress-speed-optimization-checklist/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 Performance The checks I run on every slow WordPress site, from hosting and caching to images, plugins, and database cleanup, in the order that usually pays off most. https://alwin.com.np/blog/wordpress-website-cost-nepal/ https://alwin.com.np/blog/wordpress-website-cost-nepal/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:15:00 +0000 Pricing Typical price ranges for basic, business, custom, and WooCommerce websites in Nepal, what drives the cost, and the yearly costs people forget to budget for.