Dylan Lea, Developer in Burntwood, United Kingdom
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Dylan Lea

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WordPress Developer

Location
Burntwood, United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since
October 8, 2021

Dylan discovered his love for websites at the young age of 12 when he started creating simple PHP-based websites for games he played at the time. When he was 16, he secured a job as the sole PHP developer with a small digital marketing agency that specialized in creating WordPress websites for a large range of companies, and after, he joined a larger digital marketing agency as a member of the development team who specialized in creating bespoke themes and plugins for WordPress websites.

WordPress ThemesWordPressPHPMySQLCSSjQueryCSS3PSD to WordPressLaravelUbuntuDockerWordPress APIMongoDBAmazon Web Services (AWS)MacOS

Portfolio

HRO'C LTD
WordPress, Gutenberg Editor, PHP, HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, React...
CoffeeBlack LTD
PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, MongoDB, CSS, CSS3, Laravel...

Experience

WordPress - 8 yearsWeb Host Manager (WHM) - 8 yearsMySQL - 8 yearsPHP - 8 yearsjQuery - 7 yearsUbuntu - 5 yearsReact - 2 yearsGutenberg Editor - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS, Slack, GitHub, PhpStorm, Docker, WordPress, PSD to WordPress, WordPress API

The most amazing...

...website I developed was for a large charity based in the UK. The whole theme was created using Gutenberg custom blocks so that the client had flexibility.

Work Experience

WordPress Developer

2019 - 2021
HRO'C LTD
  • Developed a custom WordPress theme from scratch using mainly custom Gutenberg blocks, that I'd also created.
  • Created a Gutenberg block to allow custom donations to be given to the charity using direct debit, or using WorldPay as a payment processor.
  • Developed a custom WordPress plugin to allow adding hotspots to images all from the admin area of the site.
  • Updated over 20 bespoke WordPress websites, ensuring all plugins were up-to-date.
  • Created a Gutenberg block to showcase selected products within a slider.
  • Managed tasks and fixed bugs using Monday.com project management tool.
  • Used GitHub to share code with other team members.
  • Created docker containers to use as development environments.
Technologies: WordPress, Gutenberg Editor, PHP, HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, React, WordPress Themes

PHP Developer

2012 - 2019
CoffeeBlack LTD
  • Developed a WordPress plugin to allow a website to sell products with custom sizes based on a pricing Matrix CSV.
  • Managed projects and fixed bugs, using Asana as a project management tool.
  • Created many plugins for clients wanting bespoke features on their WordPress website.
  • Set up of LNMP and LAMP stacks using the Ubuntu environment.
  • Managed over 100 websites in WHM Server Management.
  • Built many WordPress websites using prebuilt WordPress themes.
Technologies: PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, MongoDB, CSS, CSS3, Laravel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redis, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), AWS Lambda, Selenium, Python, Ubuntu, Web Host Manager (WHM), WordPress Themes

WordPress Theme for Acorns

http://www.acorns.org.uk
A WordPress Theme for Acorns Children's Hospice. I was the full-stack developer when creating this theme. Also, I liaised with the designers to get the correct assets, and PSD designs. The client requested that the website would be flexible, and should they decide to add any landing pages at a later date, they'd be able to do so. I made the decision that the website should be built using the Gutenberg editor. Every page is built using custom blocks for the Gutenberg editor which I made.

Languages

PHP, CSS, CSS3, HTML, JavaScript, Python

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, WordPress API, React

Tools

PhpStorm, Slack, GitHub, Gutenberg Editor, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)

Platforms

WordPress, MacOS, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ubuntu, AWS Lambda

Storage

MySQL, MongoDB, Redis

Other

Web Host Manager (WHM), Child Themes, WordPress Themes, PSD to WordPress

Frameworks

Laravel, Selenium

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