Emre Erkan
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Emre is a WordPress expert and a polyglot programmer from Istanbul, Turkey. He's passionate about web development and WordPress and hones his skills around it. He has experience in front-end development, creating WordPress themes using Photoshop, Sketch, and Figma design files, WordPress website optimization (PageSpeed and technical SEO), migration to and from WordPress, and custom plugins development. Emre's clients can expect top-notch results from him.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), WordPress, PSD to WordPress, Figma, PHP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, Git, Linux, Cloudflare, Web Development, Pixel Perfect, Mobile Ready, Elementor, GitHub, CI/CD Pipelines
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a portal while doing my military duties. Managed infrastructure and design and crafted the best solution. It was used for a decade.
Work Experience
Founder
Ada Digital Agency
- Created over 30 custom themes for customers with front-end development and migration if needed.
- Developed plugins for special needs and integrated with third-party services with custom solutions.
- Maintained over 20 websites monthly and consulted and assisted development needs.
CTO
Creasoup
- Developed over 70 Facebook applications for customers with my team.
- Managed a team of seven people. Oversaw and mentored them to create pixel perfect solutions for customers.
- Created more than 35 websites, three eCommerce websites, and one integration project for the energy sector.
Senior Web and Solution Developer
Doğuş Media Group
- Enhanced the new infrastructure of former ntvmsnbc.com, one of the biggest news portals in Turkey, currently called ntv.com.tr.
- Developed a new video gallery for ntvmsnbc.com and seamlessly integrated it with the website.
- Developed the front end of oley.com and cnbce.com websites.
- Developed and maintained services and microsites, among others.
Solution Developer
Arcelik
- Developed a new call management software for consumer services.
- Created a custom report viewer software for consumer services.
- Elaborated a survey planning tool for call centers to distribute jobs to agents fairly and efficiently.
Software Developer
Turkish Navy
- Developed a portal-like software called Personel Bilgi Sistemi (PBS), Personal Information System.
- Created and documented the multitier infrastructure and codebase for future use.
- Designed and developed the portal's front end, similar to a progressive web app.
Web Developer
Hasel
- Managed visual design and infrastructure of the new company's website and intranet site.
- Developed effective communication between internet and intranet sites.
- Maintained and developed a Windows form application.
Experience
UserGuiding Website Renewal
https://userguiding.com/My team and I developed the front end and WordPress theme. We worked closely with a design agency and guided them in some areas to create both appealing and easily implementable solutions.
We also migrated from the old site. We successfully migrated everything to the new site without any data and SEO rank loss.
Sixfab Website Renewal
https://www.sixfab.com/The resulting theme is fully customizable. Nothing is hardcoded. I used the new block editor as the primary editor and extended the customizer for theme options, so they don't need any page builder plugins.
UK Website for MediaCat Magazine
https://mediacatmagazine.co.uk/As a WordPress developer, I developed a theme with the provided front-end package.
Skillset
Languages
PHP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, C#
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Zend Framework, .NET 2, .NET, ASP.NET MVC, Hibernate
Libraries/APIs
WordPress API, jQuery, Doctrine, Stripe, Windows Forms (WinForms), Infragistics
Tools
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), FileZilla, Git, GitHub, Figma, Gutenberg Editor, Google Analytics, Basecamp, Microsoft Report Viewer, Plesk, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Hosting, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Platforms
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), WordPress, WooCommerce, Linux, MacOS, Joomla 3, cPanel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2
Industry Expertise
Web Design
Other
PSD to WordPress, Plugin Development, Theme Development, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Design, Yoast SEO, Elementor, Plugins, Responsive UI, Page Speed Optimization, Contact Form 7, Web Development, Technical Leadership, Theme Customization, Custom Themes, Pixel Perfect, Mobile Ready, APIs, Payment APIs, Gravity Forms, WPMU DEV, WP Rocket, Cloudflare, WordPress SEO, CI/CD Pipelines, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Video Encoding, Shell Scripting, Migration, Lottie, Web Host Manager (WHM), OpenAI GPT-4 API
Storage
MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL, WP Engine, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Kocaeli University - Kocaeli, Turkey
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