
Vladimir Cvetkoski
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Skopje, Macedonia
Toptal member since February 24, 2020
Vlad is a senior WordPress and WooCommerce developer with 10+ years of experience building secure, high-performance websites and custom plugins. Beyond core PHP and JavaScript development, he implements advanced marketing integrations, including GA4, GTM, server-side tracking, attribution, and HubSpot workflows, helping businesses reliably connect WordPress with analytics, CRM, and revenue systems.
Portfolio
Experience
- WordPress - 8 years
- Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) - 7 years
- PHP - 7 years
- WordPress Themes - 7 years
- JavaScript - 6 years
- WooCommerce - 6 years
- APIs - 3 years
- Shopify - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Windows, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed was a custom functionality with an OpenAI API model, generating very personalized email messages based on recipients' data from a database.
Work Experience
Head of Engineering | Web Development
SoPro
- Developed a platform for agents and companies with subscriptions, membership levels, advertisements, and dashboards—all connected with an in-house API.
- Created a documented web development flow from start to finish, including website planning, design implementation, custom functionalities development, WordPress plugins, affiliate tracking, and more.
- Developed the entire process, including version control and deployment. It has been working successfully for a year and has the potential to grow.
- Led a team of eight people, two back-end and two front-end developers, creating a newly rebranded website of the company with custom API integrations, HubSpot implementation, advanced Google Tag Manager tracking, and goals.
- Led a team of eight back-end and front-end developers to create websites for the company's incubators and startups. Currently, there are nine incubator websites with the potential to increase the number.
CEO | Owner
One Magnetic DF
- Developed a website and successful SEO for a startup company that invented incubator beds for premature infants.
- Worked directly with the clients, managed project implementation, and implemented search engine optimization.
- Boosted the visibility of an aesthetic medical surgery clinic in Miami, US.
Freelance PHP/WordPress Developer
Freelance Work
- Developed with WordPress and WooCommerce, custom themes and plugins, third-party integrations, etc.
- Implemented various website security tasks, such as restoring backups from hacked websites, cleaning malware and backdoors, and implementing best security practices to protect the sites from future attacks.
- Cleaned and restored more than 650 hacked websites.
HubSpot Developer | Marketing Integrations
Inspira Futures
- Managed to resolve a major tracking issue that was making it difficult for the marketing team to track leads and website actions properly.
- Set up Outgrow tracking for 100+ tools that were displayed on several websites.
- Successfully set custom GA4 goals and integrations to Hubspot.
Shopify Developer Expert
Ecom Surge LLC
- Created complex Shopify A/B testing between two homepage versions for the website mumilk.com.au, which increased their sales by $ 65k$ a month.
- Used VWO and custom Shopify theme implementation for this A/B experiment.
- Oversaw testing for several browsers and platforms to ensure full test compatibility.
- Audited GA4 installation and mismatch between Shopify reporting and GA4 reporting and successfully presented the details.
Shopify Developer
Clearfast, Inc
- Transferred the eCommerce entirely from WooCommerce to a custom Shopify theme built from scratch.
- Implemented the subscription feature to products on different periods.
- Implemented best SEO practices and imported blog articles, optimizing them.
Full-stack PHP and WordPress Developer
Continion
- Developed a module that displays a form and then connects to the custom SAAS platform for calculating transport costs.
- Used Jira as the ticketing system for tracking bugs and progress.
- Increased conversion of website visitors by 20% and delivered a better customer experience.
Experience
Platform for Agents
Tasks accomplished:
• Developed the WordPress back end.
• Integrated WooCommerce and multiple marketing channels through API or other methods.
Consulting Company | Website and SEO
https://fpg.comTasks accomplished:
• Developed the homepage.
• Improved on-page and odd-page search engine optimization for the website, including SEMrush keyword research, competition tracking, and improving the SERP position.
• Improved the robots.txt file.
• Created all the content.
Transport Calculation Integration
https://www.uship.com/cost-to-ship/Education
Master's Degree in Economics
Ghent University - Ghent, Belgium
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, REST APIs, Google Maps API, Liquid
Tools
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Ninja Forms, PhpMyAdmin, Jira, HasOffers, Google Analytics, Roots
Languages
JavaScript, HTML5, PHP 7, CSS, HTML, PHP, Sass
Paradigms
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Platforms
Joomla, Joomla 3, WordPress, WooCommerce, HubSpot, Shopify, MacOS, Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon Web Services (AWS), VWO
Storage
MySQL, WP Engine
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Laravel
Other
API Integration, Theme Development, XD to HTML, APIs, Security, Malware Removal, WordPress Themes, Web Development, Ajax, CI/CD Pipelines, Page Speed Optimization, Google Tag Manager, WordPress Plugins, eCommerce, Google SEO, Shopify Theme, Shopify Design, Economics, OpenAI GPT-4 API, HubSpot CRM
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