Most articles about inventory management WordPress problems read like vendor pitches with extra steps. They list features, claim "real-time sync," and end with a free trial button. This one is different. Below are five real failure scenarios I've watched WooCommerce stores live through, what the founders thought was happening, what was actually happening, and what eventually fixed it. Names and specifics are anonymized; the patterns are not. If you're building or evaluating inventory workflows for a WordPress store right now, these five patterns are almost certainly going to show up in your operation eventually. Knowing what they look like before [...]