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18 Months Building a Free Metorik Clone: The Ugly Truths

Tired of Metorik's sticker shock? One dev built BrikPanel — free, GPL, battle-tested on 1,000 stores — and spilled the beans on WooCommerce's guts.

BrikPanel WooCommerce admin dashboard with sales charts and 3D globe

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Dual-code HPOS and legacy queries — or die obsolete. 𝕏
  • Custom tables with composite indexes crush wp_options bloat. 𝕏
  • Free OSS dashboards will bury pricey SaaS for SMB WooCommerce. 𝕏
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