About
I am a self-taught WordPress architect and PHP engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building production-grade WordPress ecosystems. My work spans custom plugin architecture, performance engineering, security hardening, and headless WordPress with Next.js.
Since December 2015 I have been a full-time member of the core development team at InspiryThemes, working across RealHomes — one of ThemeForest's best-selling real estate themes with 60,000+ portfolio sales. I also consult for WebPros (cPanel & WHM) and have published WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installs.
On Upwork I am Top Rated with $100k+ earned, 100+ completed projects, and a 100% Job Success Score across clients in the US, UK, Europe, Canada, and beyond.
Career
Professional Journey
Over a decade of dedicated web craft — from pioneering freelancer to senior architect.
Core WordPress Developer
Senior member of the core development team building and maintaining RealHomes — one of ThemeForest's best-selling real estate WordPress themes with 60,000+ portfolio sales across the Envato Power Elite catalog.
- —Served as the Lead Developer for 18 premium products, while engineering core features for the flagship RealHomes theme, including custom OTP verification and complex dynamic Ajax Search logic.
- —Architected major structural updates, specifically modifying RealHomes social share and map logic by decoupling them into independent containers to resolve legacy layout bugs.
- —Managed development operations, code reviews, and task coordination for a specialized technical team.
- —Directed the deployment cycles for major version releases, including the RealHomes v4.5.1 rollout, engineering advanced backend features such as new options panels and unit conversion support.
Senior WordPress Developer & Technical Lead
Operated as the crucial bridge between enterprise client needs and the core development pipeline, providing deep-level technical support and custom solutions for high-value RealHomes users.
- —Acted as the final technical escalation point for complex support tickets, diagnosing deep PHP conflicts, MySQL database errors, and server bottlenecks for high-value users.
- —Conducted routine security audits, capability checks, and nonce validations across multiple theme and plugin codebases.
- —Architected custom solutions for multisite deployments and guided clients through complex third-party API integrations.
Full-Stack Architect & Lead Developer
Designing and developing end-to-end web ecosystems for global clients, focusing on custom architectural solutions and modern PHP/Next.js stacks.
- —Designed and developed 'Gosh International' (gosh-int.com) from scratch.
- —Architected a custom OOP-based management system (GoshAdmin) with PHP 8.4.
- —Delivered a performance-optimized frontend using Tailwind CSS and Vanilla JS.
- —Implemented secure, scalable database structures and automated deployment workflows.
- —Managing full project lifecycles from initial design to production launch.
Technical Consultant & Demo Architect (Freelance)
Collaborating with WebPros on a periodic basis to architect and maintain end-user demos for cPanel and WHM, the industry-standard hosting control panels powering millions of servers worldwide.
- —Architecting interactive product demonstrations for end-user education.
- —Ongoing strategic relationship focusing on hosting ecosystem integrations.
- —Developing specialized preview environments for WHM and cPanel features.
- —Maintaining technical documentation for demo implementations.
Software Engineer
TOP RATED freelancer delivering 100+ projects across the globe. Focusing on custom WordPress themes and high-performance websites.
- —Delivered over 100 successful projects with consistently high client satisfaction.
- —Developed custom WordPress plugins and themes from scratch.
- —Architected responsive web applications using PHP and JavaScript.
- —Accumulated 2100+ hours of logged and verified development work.
Head of Website Development & Project Manager
Led the Website Development department, overseeing the full project lifecycle from conceptual design to technical implementation and delivery.
- —Team Lead for the web development department, managing designers and developers.
- —Directed project management workflows to ensure timely delivery of web solutions.
- —Handled end-to-end technical architecture and strategic planning.
- —Bridged the gap between creative project design and technical execution.
Open Source
Featured Projects
Gosh International
A high-performance industrial portal and custom CMS designed and built from scratch.
SnipIt
A fast, web-based screenshot sharing utility similar to snipboard.io.
Advance Canonical URL
A powerful SEO tool to prevent duplicate content issues by effectively managing canonical URLs.
MetaViewer - Debug Meta Data
A developer-friendly tool to view and debug post and user meta data in a clean, tabular format.
Stack
Technical Arsenal
A decade of evolution — from pixels to protocols.
Backend & WordPress
- PHP 8.x
- WordPress Core
- Plugin Architecture
- MySQL
- REST APIs
- WP-CLI
Frontend
- React.js
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Framer Motion
- HTML5 / CSS3
- JavaScript ES6+
DevOps & Infrastructure
- Nginx
- Git / GitHub
- cPanel / WHM
- Performance Tuning
- CI/CD
Specialisations
- Headless WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Security Hardening
- Core Web Vitals
- SEO Architecture
Background
Self-Taught Journey
10+ Years of Experience
Built a professional career through curiosity, documentation, and real-world problem solving. Working with WordPress Core and Next.js through hands-on architecture rather than traditional classrooms.
Continuous Learning
Daily Evolution
Actively staying at the forefront of the industry by experimenting with emerging web standards, contributing to open-source patterns, and perfecting specialised engineering practices in high-performance ecosystems.
Contact
Let's build
something great.
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