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Colton J.

Senior WordPress Developer | Fixes, Speed, Security & Custom Builds

Broken site, slow site, hacked site, or a build that needs to be done right. That's what I do, and I've been doing it on WordPress for 25 years. 235 jobs here, 100% Job Success, Top Rated Plus. I also run a managed WordPress hosting company, so I see problems from the server side too, which is usually where the real cause is hiding. What I get hired for most. Fixes and troubleshooting. White screens, fatal errors after an update, plugin conflicts, broken checkouts, forms that stop sending, PHP upgrades that break things. I find the actual cause instead of disabling plugins until the problem goes quiet. Speed and Core Web Vitals. Slow admin, slow front end, bad PageSpeed scores. It's usually a handful of specific things, like bloated autoloaded options, render-blocking scripts, a bad query or the host, and I'll tell you which ones before I touch anything. Security and malware cleanup. Backdoors, SEO spam, redirects, hidden admin users, card skimmers on WooCommerce checkouts. I find the entry point first so it doesn't come back, then clean, harden and get you off Google's and your host's blocklists. Often same day. Custom builds and redesigns. Custom themes (Gutenberg, ACF, custom post types), Elementor and other page builders, WooCommerce stores, custom plugins and API integrations. Fast, clean, and easy for your team to update. Migrations and hosting. Host-to-host moves, staging setups and rebuilds onto WordPress, without losing your rankings or your email. I'm straight with you about what a job actually needs. If something's simpler or cheaper than you expected, I'll say so before you hire me. I usually reply within a few hours. If it's an emergency, say so and I'll move it to the front.

🇺🇸Littleton, United States$125/hr100% JSS4.96 (92)Since Sep 2015

Earnings and projects

MRR
$4.1k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#7,723 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,346 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$2.9k

Last 6 months: $25k

World#13,020 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,236 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$382k

Billed in all: $395k

World#4,886 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,468 / 62.1k
Per project
$1.6k

$1.6k in the last 6 months

World#90,219 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#15,227 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
15

Across 19 contracts

37% fixed63% hourly
World#9,890 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,639 / 62.1k
Projects in all
236

Across 271 contracts

42% fixed58% hourly
World#7,495 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,349 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$395k+$2.9k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$392k$394k$396kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 0.91% in Web Hosting

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #9Web Hosting986 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 0.91%
  2. #22WordPress Malware Removal1,199 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #8Top 2%
  3. #31WordPress Security1,088 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #7Top 3%
  4. #47WordPress Migration2,167 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #14Top 2%
  5. #52WordPress Optimization1,960 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #15Top 3%
  6. #81WordPress Theme4,985 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #30Top 2%
  7. #105WordPress Plugin5,436 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #27Top 2%
  8. #260WooCommerce12,214 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #74Top 2%