
Muhammad Ibrar
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack WordPress Developer
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Toptal member since December 27, 2021
Muhammad has more than 10 years of experience in full-stack WordPress and WooCommerce development, SEO, and around five years of Webflow and Shopify development. He has a firm grasp of developing custom WordPress themes and plugins. Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, and all other major WordPress page builders are included in his experience. Muhammad is not only an experienced developer but also has worked as a WordPress technical team lead for eight developers in a company.
Portfolio
Experience
- WordPress - 8 years
- WordPress Themes - 8 years
- PHP - 8 years
- WordPress Plugins - 8 years
- Databases - 8 years
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - 7 years
- Elementor - 6 years
- JavaScript - 6 years
Work Experience
WordPress Developer
Overjet Inc.
- Performed the development work for their WordPress website and developed the pages through block development.
- Integrated leads-generating and capturing technologies like Pardot Forms (Salesforce), Google Tag Manager, and Google Analytics 4.
- Audited the website from the SEO point of view and suggested some improvements. Also, I fixed the issues and solved many problems detected by Google Search Console.
Senior WordPress Full-stack Developer & Technical Team Lead
Dexter Code
- Technically led a small team of WordPress developers. I had to help my juniors with front-end and back-end issues if they faced any.
- Communicated internally using Slack. Our reporting and task listings were primarily done in Asana.
- Helped juniors fix issues around more than 150 websites during the total time that I spent in the company.
Senior Full-stack WordPress Developer
DatumSquare IT Services
- Owned the development and maintenance of multiple clients' sites on a regular basis.
- Worked on clients' task lists via Asana, using this tool as the main channel for management. We also used Slack, Skype, and Google Meet for daily meetings.
- Ensured that all clients' websites were up to date as part of my responsibilities.
Full-stack WordPress Developer
OSO Software Solutions
- Maintained a few WordPress websites owned by this company's clients.
- Managed to lead two juniors technically whenever needed.
- Added functionalities to existing websites when required and kept them up to date at all times.
Senior WordPress Developer
Grafdom
- Kept the edarabia.com website up to date as my primary duty and performed several upgrades by adding new functionalities on a weekly basis.
- Developed the website's theme in its second phase of development as a co-developer and kept all the SEO safe from all respects.
- Contributed to achieving 2.5 million visitors from 1.5 million in just six months in this still considered the number one educational guide site in the Middle East.
PHP Developer
DevDigs
- Joined this company after my three-month internship and started working in PHP frameworks, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
- Developed a banquet booking inquiry system and a doctor appointment system in the Laravel framework. Even as a beginner, I also built an application for a real estate agent in CodeIgniter.
- Contributed as a WordPress back-end developer, adopting WordPress as my primary skill in later companies.
Project History
Overjet.ai
Edarabia
https://www.edarabia.com/I developed its second phase as a co-developer.
SafetyDriven
https://safetydriven.ca/I developed its new theme from the given design and added many functionalities to this website.
Investment and Advisory Company Website
http://www.tni.ae/Medarabia
https://m.edarabia.com/Kangaroo Kids Nursery
https://kangarookids.ae/I developed this on behalf of my employer. For this project, I was given the front-end templates and assets, and my target was to convert them into dynamic WordPress-themed pages.
Holar
Transparent Hands
Website For a Requitement Firm
Agency Website
https://we.st/Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Virtual University of Pakistan - Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, WordPress REST API, WordPress API, WooCommerce API, Stripe, Stripe API, React, REST APIs, Pipedrive API
Tools
WPBakery, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), LearnDash, Google Analytics, Figma, Gutenberg Editor, GitHub, Git, ChatGPT, Wix, Pardot, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Zapier
Languages
PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, HTML5, CSS3
Frameworks
Divi, Bootstrap, Laravel, CodeIgniter
Paradigms
Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive, On-page SEO, UI Design, UX Design, REST
Platforms
WordPress, WooCommerce, WordPress Theme Design, Webflow, WordPress VIP, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Shopify, HubSpot, Salesforce, Windows
Storage
MySQL, Databases, WP Engine
Industry Expertise
Web Design, Project Management
Other
WordPress Themes, Sketch to WordPress, HTML to WordPress, Yoast SEO, WordPress Design, WordPress Plugins, Elementor, Optimization, Performance, Web Development, Gravity Forms, SEO Tools, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Programming, WordPress Optimization, Page Speed Optimization, Site Speed Optimization, Website Optimization, SEO Audits, Multilingual Websites, CSS3 Animation, Front-end, Back-end, Core Web Vitals, Theme Development, Data Migration, Web Hosting, Content Management Systems (CMS), Blogs, Online Payments, Payment Gateways, UI Development, Landing Pages, Landing Page Design, Membership Sites, User Management, Responsive UI, API Integration, Mobile First, WordPress SEO, Theme Customization, Custom Themes, Pixel Perfect, Learning Management Systems (LMS), WordPress LMS, Elementor Pro, Website Performance, PayPal, eCommerce, Google Tag Manager, Google SEO, Local SEO, WordPress Multisite, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, APIs, Security, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Appointment Booking, Payment APIs, Booking Systems, Google Search Console, Cloudflare, Technical Leadership, Web Analytics, eCommerce Development, Unbounce, Full-stack, Google Drive
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