Karun Shakya
Verified Expert in Engineering
WordPress Developer
Karun started his career as a PHP developer and then moved on to working with WordPress. He's been developing websites for over eight years— blogs, brochure sites, eCommerce, real estate, and more. Karun has also been managing teams and projects for the last two years where he conducts requirement analysis and plans accordingly for the team to carry on the development smoothly.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
WordPress Plugins, Skype, Slack, Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS, Windows
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a real estate site where I created custom advanced filters including radius and distance search and results with infinite scrolling.
Work Experience
WordPress Developer
Elevate Consulting
- Converted custom PSD designs to WordPress templates.
- Added new features and updated existing features as per the requirements.
- Built web pages based on ACF Pro using Flexible Content. Implemented other features such as clone, repeater, relationship, etc., for better management.
- Created dynamic email templates based on the custom design on MailChimp.
- Tracked and fixed bugs and issues on multiple websites.
WordPress Developer
Game Changers Foundation Inc
- Integrated Ninja Forms with WP Store Locator. Users submit and apply for partnerships. Once necessary arrangements are completed, the admin verifies and publishes the partners' details. Details are displayed on the map along with additional features.
- Created the volunteer application form and restricted certain pages to be accessed by approved volunteers only.
- Coordinated with server support for setting up and facilitating a staging website.
- Imported the existing records from Google Spreadsheet to the website.
WordPress Developer
Wiremedia
- Integrated static HTML to WordPress template based on Timber using the Twig template engine.
- Tracked and fixed bugs using Jira as a reporting tool.
- Built sections based on ACF Pro using Flexible Content. Implemented other features such as clone, repeater, and relationship for better management.
WordPress Developer
EB Pearls
- Built eCommerce sites using WooCommerce, Jigoshop, WordPress eCommerce, easy digital download, and Opencart.
- Developed real estate sites using WordPress and custom themes developed as per customer's requirements.
- Developed multilingual sites integrating WPML and custom translations.
- Built portfolio sites for photography, books, personal blogs, etc.
PHP/WordPress Developer
Himrose IT
- Developed websites per the client's requirement on core PHP.
- Developed and managed a PHP library to ease future development of a similar kind.
- Introduced and implemented the first WordPress powered website.
- Created theme options, metaboxes, widgets, shortcodes, and TinyMCE custom buttons as per project requirements without the use of plugins.
Experience
New Members Onboarding and Fly Menu
For the same project, I created a fly menu where the menu would smoothly fly in from the left of the screen when the user hovered or clicked on selected elements or buttons.
Real Estate Websites for Swiss Based Client
I created an advanced filter system which allows users to search by location, distance, price, and type. A user could also draw on the map and find locations based on their selected area.
KS Password Tester
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ks-password-tester/As WordPress now has the feature inbuilt, this plugin has been closed.
Education
Master's Degree in Information Technology
Punjab Technical University (Distance Learning) - Punjab, India
Bachelor's Degree in Information Management
Tribhuwan University - Kathmandu, Nepal
Certifications
Licensed Scrum Master
Scrum Inc.
Skills
Languages
PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, Timber
Tools
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), ACF PRO, Git, Sublime Text, Slack, Skype, bbPress, WPML, Mailchimp, MemberMouse, WPBakery, Figma
Platforms
WordPress, WooCommerce, HubSpot, Windows, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Other
WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, Web Development, HTML to WordPress, Event Calendars, Gravity Forms, eCommerce, Elementor, WordPress Design, Payment APIs, Front-end, Accessibility, Plugins, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Web Project Management, Scrum Master, PayPal, Square, Wordfence Security, Contact Form 7, Responsive Email Templates, Real Estate, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Responsive Web Apps, Elegant Themes
Frameworks
Divi, Stripes
Libraries/APIs
Google Maps API, REST APIs, jQuery, Stripe
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Scrum, Kanban, Agile Project Management
Storage
WP Engine, MySQL
Industry Expertise
Project Management
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