Saddam H.
Senior WordPress Developer | WooCommerce, PHP & Custom Plugins
I help businesses and agencies solve complex WordPress and WooCommerce problems, build custom PHP plugins and API integrations, and improve website performance. I am a Senior WordPress/PHP Developer and former WordPress Technical Support Engineer with hands-on experience debugging, extending, and optimizing production WordPress websites. WHAT I CAN HELP YOU WITH • WordPress bug fixing and technical troubleshooting • WooCommerce customization, checkout and order workflows • Custom WordPress plugin development and plugin customization • PHP, MySQL and WordPress database troubleshooting • REST API, webhook and third-party API integrations • WordPress performance optimization and Core Web Vitals • Plugin conflicts, PHP errors and compatibility issues • Data import, automation and bulk-processing workflows • Website migration and post-migration fixes • Elementor, custom theme and responsive fixes • Ongoing WordPress and WooCommerce technical support SELECTED EXPERIENCE • Built a custom WordPress event-import workflow that reduced more than 100 hours of manual work to approximately 2 hours. • Developed a WooCommerce product-search solution with typo tolerance, relevance ranking and autocomplete. • Built and customized WordPress plugins for multilingual and data-heavy websites. • Diagnosed PHP, database, plugin and performance issues while working as a WordPress Technical Support Engineer. • Improved selected production website loading time from approximately 8 seconds to 1.2 seconds through performance troubleshooting and optimization. TECHNICAL STACK WordPress, WooCommerce, PHP 8+, MySQL, JavaScript, REST API, ACF, WP-CLI, Composer, Git, Elementor, Gutenberg, Query Monitor, New Relic, Redis, Cloudflare and caching technologies. HOW I WORK I first identify the actual cause of the issue instead of adding unnecessary plugins or temporary workarounds. I define the scope, make the smallest safe change, test it carefully, and explain what was changed before handoff. If you have a WordPress or WooCommerce issue, custom functionality requirement, API integration, plugin problem or performance bottleneck, send me the details and I’ll suggest the most practical next step.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $584
Billed in all: $2,782$2.8k
$292 in the last 6 months
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 24% in MySQL
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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