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Jon I.

Jon I.

Senior WordPress Developer & AI Tool Builder | Blocks, FSE, LLMs

I build two things: WordPress that content teams enjoy using, and AI tools that developers actually run every day. Most WordPress developers can do one. I ship both, in public, with the code on GitHub. WORDPRESS ENGINEERING I turn Figma designs into pixel-accurate custom Gutenberg blocks and Full Site Editing themes. No page builders, no bloat. As lead web developer at Buildertrend I rebuilt the marketing site from the ground up and built the scalable block system now used across multiple properties. I bring the same rigor to freelance work. AI INNOVATION I do not just use AI, I build with it and I build it: • StrataWP SEO: a WordPress plugin with an AI content engine across four providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI), a full technical SEO suite, AEO scoring and llms.txt so your site gets cited by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, and a Machine Access layer that lets AI agents work with WordPress safely. • Claude Dashboard: an open-source monitor for Claude Code sessions, live diffs, transcripts and cost tracking. Zero dependencies, one command to run. • AI Prompt Builder: a browser-only tool that turns a plain brief into a structured prompt. • Every project I take on runs through Claude Code with custom MCP servers and skills, so builds move faster without cutting corners. WHAT I DELIVER → Custom Gutenberg and React blocks: purpose-built components with editor controls tied to your design system, block.json and theme.json done right. → Figma-to-block conversion: production blocks that match the mockup, with spacing, color and variation controls mapped to your brand tokens. → Performance rebuilds: Query Monitor and Lighthouse audit, prioritized fix list, then implementation. Object cache, autoload cleanup, render-blocking asset removal, image pipeline. Before and after metrics documented. → AI integration for WordPress: connect your site to Claude, OpenAI or Gemini with proper key handling, monthly cost caps, background jobs and review-before-publish workflows. AI-ready SEO with schema, llms.txt and answer-engine optimization. → Production-grade architecture: block themes built with @wordpress/scripts, PHP 8, static analysis and tests in CI. Code your team can maintain after I'm gone. 5-star Upwork rating across every project. 12+ years in WordPress, PHP, React and TypeScript. Creator of the StrataWP framework and StrataWP SEO. If you need more than a WordPress installer, someone who can engineer a solution and knows how to put AI to work inside it, let's talk.

🇺🇸Omaha, United States$55/hr100% JSS5.00 (33)Since Jun 2015

Earnings and projects

MRR
$565

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#72,875 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#10,989 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$87

Last 6 months: $3.4k

World#93,843 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,597 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$16k

Billed in all: $24k

World#157,204 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#25,684 / 62.1k
Per project
$415

$3.4k in the last 6 months

World#200,519 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#33,289 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
1
0% fixed100% hourly
World#128,092 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#16,472 / 62.1k
Projects in all
39

Across 49 contracts

37% fixed63% hourly
World#77,390 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,691 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$24.3k+$87 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$24,150$24,200$24,250$24,300Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 11% in SCSS

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #94LLM API Integration359 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #8Top 26%
  2. #99Gutenberg Editor364 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #8Top 27%
  3. #159SCSS1,459 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #11Top 11%
  4. #561Prompt Engineering2,859 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #83Top 20%
  5. #693Page Speed Optimization3,190 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #79Top 22%
  6. #786WordPress Theme4,985 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #104Top 16%
  7. #884WordPress Plugin5,436 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #115Top 16%
  8. #1,022REST API5,062 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #80Top 20%