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Varun M.

Drupal Expert | WordPress | Shopify | PHP | AI Chatbot

Drupal Expert | Headless Drupal | Drupal 7/8/9/10/11 Migration | WordPress Developer | Shopify Developer | Figma to Drupal | Figma to WordPress | Figma to Shopify | PHP | Laravel | React | AI Chatbots | OpenAI | RAG | API Integration Are you looking for an experienced and reliable Drupal, WordPress, Shopify, or PHP developer who can handle complex development, migrations, customization, and ongoing maintenance? I’m a Top Rated Plus Full-Stack Web Developer with a 100% Job Success Score, 15+ years of experience, and 15,000+ Upwork hours, helping businesses build, customize, upgrade, migrate, and maintain high-performance websites and web applications. I work extensively with Drupal, WordPress, CodeIgniter, and Shopify, specializing in custom development, complex websites, legacy websites, custom themes and plugins, Headless/Decoupled Drupal, Shopify theme development, WooCommerce, Elementor, Divi, performance optimization, and third-party/API integrations. I also work with PHP, Symfony, Craft CMS, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, REST APIs, and other modern web technologies to create fast, responsive, secure, and scalable solutions. I also build AI-powered applications, OpenAI integrations, AI chatbots, and RAG-based solutions, helping businesses integrate modern AI capabilities into their websites and web applications. 🔹 DRUPAL • Drupal 6–11 development • Custom modules, themes and functionality • Drupal upgrades and migrations • Drupal 7 → 9/10/11 migrations • Headless Drupal, REST / JSON:API • React + Headless Drupal • SDC (Single Directory Components) • Custom integrations and APIs • Performance, security and troubleshooting • Acquia / Pantheon 🔹 WORDPRESS • Custom themes and plugins • Elementor and WooCommerce • Website development and customization • Bug fixing and troubleshooting • Performance and security optimization • WCAG / accessibility improvements • REST API and third-party integrations • Migrations and maintenance 🔹 SHOPIFY • Custom Shopify theme development • Liquid, HTML, CSS and JavaScript • Theme customization • Custom sections and functionality • Shopify API integrations • Ecommerce frontend development • Performance optimization • Troubleshooting and maintenance 🔹 AI / OPENAI / RAG • OpenAI / GPT integrations • AI chatbot development • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) • Pinecone / vector databases • Embeddings and semantic search • AI-powered website/CMS search • Conversational AI and chat memory I have also built a custom Drupal AI chatbot using OpenAI, Pinecone and RAG, integrating AI-powered semantic search directly with Drupal content. 🔹 PHP / CodeIgniter / SYMFONY / FULL-STACK • PHP and Symfony • Custom web applications • REST APIs and integrations • JavaScript / React • HTML / CSS • Legacy code modernization • Performance optimization • WCAG / accessibility • Bug fixing and code cleanup ⭐ WHY CLIENTS HIRE ME • 17+ years of professional experience • 100% Job Success Score • Top Rated Plus • Top 3% of freelancers globally • Strong Drupal, WordPress and Shopify expertise • Full-stack PHP/Symfony experience • AI / OpenAI / RAG experience • Experienced with complex existing codebases • Clean, maintainable and scalable development • Strong communication and long-term client relationships 🚀 LET'S WORK TOGETHER Whether you need Drupal, WordPress, Shopify, PHP/Symfony, React, Next.js development, migrations, custom functionality, API integrations, accessibility improvements, performance optimization, or an AI chatbot/RAG solution, I can help. Let’s discuss your project and the best technical approach.

🇮🇳Indore, India$35/hr100% JSS4.90 (115)Since Sep 2007

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.2k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#19,346 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#2,459 / 45.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$846

Last 6 months: $13k

World#47,951 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#5,102 / 45.9k
Total earnings
$562k

Billed in all: $582k

World#2,148 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#273 / 45.9k
Per project
$3.5k

$4.5k in the last 6 months

World#48,758 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#5,584 / 45.9k
Projects, last 6 months
3
33% fixed67% hourly
World#66,479 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#7,740 / 45.9k
Projects in all
161

Across 186 contracts

27% fixed73% hourly
World#14,156 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#2,638 / 45.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$582k+$846 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$580.5k$581.0k$581.5k$582.0kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 3% in CodeIgniter

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #45Drupal1,033 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #14Top 4%
  2. #65Sass1,305 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #10Top 5%
  3. #72Symfony944 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #13Top 8%
  4. #113CodeIgniter3,448 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #53Top 3%
  5. #393Tailwind CSS6,978 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #72Top 6%
  6. #419Retrieval Augmented Generation3,618 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #85Top 12%
  7. #495Angular6,816 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #181Top 7%
  8. #564AI Chatbot6,841 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #151Top 8%