
Context
- 400 plus SKUs scattered across brittle WooCommerce templates.
- Specs and manuals locked behind logins for distributors.
- Ops team needed clean pricing control without a dev in the loop.
Problem
- Admin slowed to a crawl and pages broke when edits landed.
- Catalog sprawl made SKUs hard to find and harder to price.
- Leadership needed zero downtime while cleaning the mess.
What we did
- Mapped every SKU into 20 variable product types with sane attributes.
- Rebuilt Elementor templates so ops can change pricing and specs safely.
- Sequenced a staged rollout to keep revenue flowing during the refactor.
Result
- Catalog flattened and searchable without breaking layouts.
- Ops team edits pricing and specs without waiting on developers.
- Refactor plan approved with no downtime risk.
Before / After / Impact
- Before: 400 plus product pages, login walls, and fragile templates.
- After: 20 variable product types with clean metadata and safe edits.
- Impact: Faster publishing, stable revenue during rollout, clearer catalog for sales.
Nerd notes
- Pricing tiers mapped to WooCommerce variable products with locked base attributes.
- Gated downloads reorganised with role based access and clean permalinks.
- Migrations staged to keep cache warm and preserve existing order flows.
Status
Legacy build stays live; refactor queued with staged releases.