The video explains a process for developing custom PHP code in Bricks to display the total number of WooCommerce orders for each logged-in user. It emphasizes the importance of understanding and verifying code generated by AI tools like ChatGPT.
The process involves creating custom functions in the Bricks child theme's functions.php file and dynamically calling them using the Echo tag in Bricks. It includes examples of code snippets and prompts for ChatGPT to simplify code generation.
The video highlights the iterative process of refining code solutions and encourages adherence to best practices, such as function prefixing to avoid conflicts. It concludes with a challenge for viewers to create a custom PHP function to retrieve the number of pending comments and integrate it with Bricks' Echo tag.
Throughout, it underscores the importance of critical thinking and understanding code generated by AI tools for effective development.