Leo Koo

I built my first website in 1999 and many other sites after. In 2008, I made the switch from the horrible Drupal to the oh-so-friendly WordPress and never looked back. After running a successful tech blogshop, I ventured back into programming via a bootcamp and am a bona fide WordPress / Laravel developer. Nowadays, I build and maintain turnkey and bespoke sites. I also write guides and review tools that makes your sites, better. Drop me a message via LinkedIn if you wanna chat more :)

BackupBuddy 7 Coming Soon

12th March 20192nd February 2016 by Leo Koo

If you’re a heavy WordPress user like myself, you would appreciate the news that BackupBuddy 7 will be released soon. For many years, WordPress users are forced to either manually backup their sites or use something like VaultPress, which is more of a service. Backup solutions like UpdraftPlus and BackupBuddy worked for smaller sites or …

Going To A Web Development BootCamp In Malaysia

12th March 201915th December 2015 by Leo Koo

We have been quiet recently. It is not because we have decided not to write anymore on WordPress, but because I’m now at a web development bootcamp in Malaysia. Organised by NextAcademy and MaGIC, the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre, the bootcamp has been anything but easy. Long hours, frustration and irritation with code …

WooCommerce Acquired By Automattic

12th March 201920th May 2015 by Leo Koo

If you haven’t heard it yet, WooCommerce was just acquired by Automattic, the people behind WordPress. With this acquisition WordPress jumps immediately into the ecommerce scene without needing to build a system themselves nor compete with WooCommerce. Matt, the founder of WordPress said that it would take months to integrate WooCommerce into WordPress.com. Based on …

Chargebee WooCommerce extension might be released soon

12th March 201911th July 2014 by Leo Koo

Here is a TechGarage exclusive. Chargebee might be coming to WooCommerce soon! What’s the big deal about it? Chargebee is the leading subscription engine worldwide, so much so that it is far more advanced than WooCommerce’s very own Subscription extension, which is available at USD 199, with a yearly recurring fee of 50% the original …

The WordPress Plugins & Theme Guide

12th March 20198th July 2014 by Leo Koo

In the recent weeks, we had some friends asking us for advice on starting a website, the costs and the complexities involved. Many times we could recommend WordPress due to the ease of installation and maintenance. It is as easy as 5 minutes. But what next after installation and why WordPress? Read on as we …

WordPress Ecommerce: What to look out for?

12th March 201918th September 2013 by Leo Koo

WordPress has come a long way since its early days as a GPL fork of b2/Cafelog. Nowadays it powers 18.9% of all websites in the world, and it’s bound to grow even more. How about Ecommerce WordPress? Is WordPress good enough for ecommerce stores? And what choices do we have in WordPress as compared to …