Cagdas Dag, Developer in Ankara, Turkey
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Cagdas Dag

Verified Expert  in Engineering

WordPress Developer

Ankara, Turkey

Toptal member since November 3, 2022

Expertise
HTML5WordPress DevelopmentElementorGitHubPHPReact.jsSlack DevelopmentJavaScript
Bio

Cagdas is a WordPress developer with 10+ years of experience and the founder of WPCenter, a premier WordPress Agency. WPCenter has a lot of plugins listed in WordPress.org. He previously worked as a full-stack developer for Inpsyde, the biggest WordPress VIP agency in Europe, and for Visual Composer, one of the most popular WordPress page builders. Proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, he crafts exceptional WordPress websites and handles custom themes, plugins, and optimizations.

Portfolio

WPCenter
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), AI to WordPress, CSS, CSS3, Elementor...
Inpsyde
PHP, WordPress, CSS3, HTML5, REST, Responsive Web Design (RWD), WordPress VIP...
Visual Composer
PHP, WordPress Plugins, Laravel, React, CSS3, HTML5, REST...

Experience

  • GitHub - 10 years
  • WordPress Plugins - 10 years
  • WordPress Themes - 10 years
  • HTML to WordPress - 10 years
  • AI to WordPress - 10 years
  • PHP - 10 years
  • Sketch to WordPress - 10 years
  • WordPress - 10 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacBook, Slack, GitHub, PhpStorm, Sublime Text 3, Jira, CSS3

The most amazing...

...thing I've experienced is with every aspect of WordPress, and right now, I'm creating plugins with more than +10,000 active installs.

Work Experience

Owner

2022 - PRESENT
WPCenter
  • We have created public plugins that can be seen here: https://profiles.wordpress.org/cagdasdag/#content-plugins. We have successfully delivered various theme and plugin solutions for our clients.
  • Completed over 100+ client projects covering different kinds of theme and plugin solutions.
  • Offered maintenance packages to our clients. Our special setups allow us to monitor all the version updates and uptime of our client websites.
Technologies: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), AI to WordPress, CSS, CSS3, Elementor, GeneratePress, Gutenberg Editor, Docker, GitHub, HTML, HTML5, HTML to WordPress, JavaScript, Jira, jQuery, MacBook, PHP, PhpStorm, PSD to WordPress, WordPress, WordPress VIP, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes

Full-stack Developer

2021 - PRESENT
Inpsyde
  • Demonstrated exceptional front and back-end development skills throughout my 2-year tenure, leaving a lasting impact as a versatile and skilled full-stack developer.
  • Delivered top-quality, tailor-made plugins and themes, providing clients with bespoke solutions meticulously crafted to suit their requirements.
  • Managed website maintenance tasks diligently for a diverse clientele, meticulously ensuring seamless functionality and peak performance to guarantee an exceptional user experience.
  • Thrived and excelled in a dynamic, collaborative environment, cultivating strong bonds, harnessing collective strengths, and honing my adaptability to tackle complex challenges.
  • Engaged with clients directly with a solution-oriented approach. Listened attentively to their needs, preferences, and aspirations, enabling me to provide innovative, personalized solutions that addressed their demands and objectives.
Technologies: PHP, WordPress, CSS3, HTML5, REST, Responsive Web Design (RWD), WordPress VIP, WordPress API, AI to WordPress, HTML to WordPress, PSD to WordPress, WordPress Plugins, WordPress SEO, WordPress REST API, Sketch to WordPress, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), CSS, Gutenberg Editor, HTML, GitHub, JavaScript, jQuery, Jira, WordPress Themes, WordPress Multisite, Docker, Elementor, Slider Revolution

Full-stack Developer

2019 - 2021
Visual Composer
  • Wrote code for a popular WordPress page builder with 80,000 active installs, frequently releasing successful updates every two weeks as part of the Visual Composer team.
  • Performed complex migrations seamlessly for active clients, ensuring smooth transitions within this widely-used plugin, often supporting intricate issues.
  • Participated actively in delivering 50+ significant releases, developing new features, frameworks, tests, and infrastructure, making Visual Composer a top-five website builder.
  • Earned nearly 100 five-star reviews in a year, aiming for a five-star average on the WordPress.org platform by fixing multiple issues that improved the support system and user experience.
  • Achieved 300,000 downloads for Visual Composer in 2020-2023, with consistent growth, after implementing automated integration and monthly deployment.
Technologies: PHP, WordPress Plugins, Laravel, React, CSS3, HTML5, REST, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Webpack, PostCSS, Laravel 5, JavaScript, WordPress, WooCommerce, PHPUnit, WP-CLI, CSS, Visual Composer, Elementor, Slider Revolution

WordPress Developer

2018 - 2019
Zeo
  • Managed clients' and Zeo's websites and fixed SEO-related problems.
  • Created a tool that gives 404 URL lists and finds possible replacements by crawling Google search results using Symfony and Node.js.
  • Contributed to creating internal tools and automation using Ahrefs, SimilarWeb, and more.
Technologies: PHP, Symfony, WordPress, CSS3, HTML5, SEO Tools, REST, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Elementor, Slider Revolution

Back-end Developer

2016 - 2018
İnfomedya
  • Created and maintained a custom CMS from scratch with PHP to develop many customer websites.
  • Developed social media integrations that publish clients' posts at specific dates and times.
  • Built internal tools that make deployment more stable, e.g., automation that migrates WordPress posts to our system.
Technologies: PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Laravel 5, Symfony, CSS3, HTML5, REST, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Elementor

Experience

Website Design | WPCenter

https://wpcenter.io/
Completed the design for this WordPress agency website and integrated it into WordPress. We created Gutenberg blocks and custom fields to make it more manageable. Also, there is automation for Mailchimp and other services used for marketing.

AffiliateX WordPress Plugin

https://affiliatexblocks.com/
As you can see here, https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatex/, this is my plugin. It has more than 10,000 active installs right now. AffiliateX is a plugin that provides Gutenberg blocks for affiliate website owners. This allows them to easily use our plugin and create awesome pages for their affiliate links.

Website Development | Classful

https://classful.com/
This project is an eCommerce website that uses WordPress and WooCommerce. We finalized the front-end and back-end development. Created Gutenberg blocks to make the website manageable. Also, we completed the website fully responsive and with good page speed scores.

GeneratePress Theme Development

https://www.hunderasse.de
According to a customer's request, we completed the PSD to WordPress process using the GeneratePress framework on this website. We delivered the project exactly like in PSD, and everything was manageable from the WordPress admin dashboard.

Education

2013 - 2020

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

Trakya University - Edirne, Turkey

Skills

Libraries/APIs

WordPress API, React, WordPress REST API, jQuery

Tools

Slack, GitHub, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Slider Revolution, PhpStorm, Sublime Text 3, Jira, Gutenberg Editor, Webpack, PostCSS, WP-CLI

Languages

PHP, CSS3, HTML5, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Sass

Paradigms

REST, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Design

Platforms

WordPress, WooCommerce, WordPress VIP, Docker

Frameworks

Laravel 5, Symfony, Laravel, PHPUnit

Other

MacBook, PSD to WordPress, HTML to WordPress, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, Sketch to WordPress, AI to WordPress, SEO Tools, Elementor, WordPress Design, WordPress eCommerce, WordPress Multisite, GeneratePress, WordPress SEO, Visual Composer, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX)

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