Milana is available for hire

Milana Cap

Verified Expert in Engineering

WordPress Plugins Developer

Location

Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia

Toptal Member Since

January 9, 2017

Milana is a self-taught WordPress/PHP engineer. She started learning PHP in 2008, WordPress in 2009—and has been working as a freelance WordPress theme developer since 2010. She's been a full-stack engineer since 2011 and a full-time WordPress theme developer and project lead since March of 2015.

WordPress Themes WordPress Plugins PHP WordPress Linux CSS3 HTML5 Sass Git GitHub WordPress API Apache MySQL jQuery YouTube API

Portfolio

XWP

PHP, WordPress, Gutenberg Editor, React, JavaScript, Webpack, Composer, Docker...

Dialogue Theory

WordPress, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Continuous Integration (CI)...

Calibrium Marketing, LLC.

Statistics, Ajax, WooCommerce API, WooCommerce, Git, JavaScript, PHP 7, HTML

Experience

PHP - 14 years WordPress - 13 years Sass - 11 years Git - 10 years REST APIs - 10 years WordPress Plugins - 9 years WordPress API - 8 years Gutenberg Editor - 5 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Linux, Konsole, MySQL, Apache

The most amazing...

...project I've made is a table for inserting values and calculating the average/totals; populated on the front-end by automatically creating a new post on submit.

Work Experience

WordPress Engineer

2022 - PRESENT

XWP

Extended WordPress core blocks to serve specific purposes.
Built custom Gutenberg blocks and extended custom blocks made by others.
Performed regular code reviews and paired programming sessions.
Improved internal documentation, both technical and non-technical.
Completed web performance training for Web Vitals.

Technologies: PHP, WordPress, Gutenberg Editor, React, JavaScript, Webpack, Composer, Docker, BEM, Sass, Documentation, Web Vitals, HTML, CSS

Freelance WordPress Engineer

2020 - 2021

Dialogue Theory

Established continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) with GitHub Actions and the WP Engine.
Set up Webpack for running tasks for building and minifying assets.
Customized AMP templates to meet the design decisions.
Built AMP navigation sliding in with a sidebar component.
Performed bespoke development, building custom templates for CPT, custom archives, Ajax pagination, and mega menu.
Created a custom referral workflow with Mailchimp API, ACF, custom post type, and meta.
Worked on Airtable API integration for creating and updating content by authors without access to WordPress.
Performed custom REST API integration between two WordPress instances for exchanging and reformatting data, automated with cron jobs.
Integrated Primer.ai API for displaying refined search queries in real time.

Technologies: WordPress, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Mailchimp API, PHP, JavaScript, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), jQuery, AMPScript, Webpack, NPM, Git, HTML, CSS

Freelance WordPress Engineer

2020 - 2020

Calibrium Marketing, LLC.

Added custom data to the views for the WooCommerce shop and single product.
Added custom data to YITH WooCommerce Request a Quote and YITH WooCommerce Compare plugins' functionality.
Replicated WooCommerce Analytics (WooCommerce Admin) on the front end.
Customized the checkout form for collecting additional data, saving that data to various places, and using it for different purposes, including but not limited to content personalization for the logged-in visitor.

Technologies: Statistics, Ajax, WooCommerce API, WooCommerce, Git, JavaScript, PHP 7, HTML

Freelance WordPress Engineer

2020 - 2020

Platform9

Created a custom form for collecting email addresses that are then stored locally for usage during the user's flow. Also, built the flow depending on the user's choices along the way.
Connected WordPress with the HubSpot API and set an auto-login to the platform demo via API tokens.
Connected WordPress with the Segment.io API for tracking user's workflow.
Set ACF to enable the easier management of sign-up flow content.

Technologies: GitHub, ACF PRO, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), WordPress API, Mailchimp API, Git, WordPress, HubSpot, Segment.io, JavaScript, PHP 7, HTML, CSS

Freelance WordPress Engineer

2020 - 2020

Welcome Family

Completed the refactoring of legacy PHP code in a WordPress theme.
Updated assets to the newest versions (Bootstrap, FontAwesome, and so on) and adapted the code to work with them.
Replaced old and unsupported JavaScript libraries with new ones, optimized code, and enforced reusability.
Introduced Webpack and its possibilities for the front-end assets—splitting code and loading only when needed, merging and minimizing JavaScript and CSS files.
Replaced existing FontAwesome fonts with inline SVGs.
Replaced Classic Editor and Advanced Custom Fields Pro with Block editor.
Built custom block templates for easy content editing.
Created custom blocks to match the client's needs for complex content sections.

Technologies: GitHub, ACF PRO, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), SCSS, Webpack, Writing & Editing, Webpack 4, Gutenberg Editor, WordPress API, Mailchimp API, Git, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, WordPress Themes, WordPress, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Freelance WordPress Engineer

2019 - 2020

Rubix Health

Automated complex medical workflow through 14 connected Gravity Forms.
Automated flagging and calculations of a long and complex medical survey.
Built custom views of submitted data with Gravity View.
Automated email templates with or without custom PDF attachments based on specific values submitted by Gravity Forms.
Automated the process for obtaining digital signatures for the consent form.
Integrated ICPC-2 Plus database via its API with Gravity Form.

Technologies: GitHub, WordPress API, Git, WordPress, GravityView, Flow, Gravity Forms, HTML, CSS

Freelance WordPress Engineer

2018 - 2019

Rooster Money

Connected WordPress with a custom referral API in both ways: GET and PUT.
Refactored the existing code and applied WordPress coding standards.
Created customized templates for various referral workflows.
Implemented GDPR settings and custom localization.
Integrated Mailchimp API, Waitlisted API, Twitter API, and Webpack.
Implemented a multilingual setup for different English-speaking areas.
Detected a visitor's geolocation serving the correct localized version.
Guided client's in-house developers on how to solve various problems, performed code reviews, and delegated tasks.

Technologies: GitHub, ACF PRO, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), SCSS, Webpack, Webpack 4, WordPress API, Mailchimp API, Git, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, WordPress Themes, WordPress, Regex, Twitter API, jQuery, JavaScript, Grunt, Custom APIs, HTML, CSS

Freelance Expert WordPress Theme Developer

2017 - 2019

LyraThemes

Built free and premium WordPress themes for hosting on WordPress.org and online markets.
Developed Ariel Pro; the theme was built based on an existing front end.
Created an Elara Pro WordPress theme based on a PSD design.

Technologies: Instagram API, WordPress Plugins, SCSS, Webpack, Writing & Editing, Webpack 4, Gutenberg Editor, WordPress API, Mailchimp API, Git, HTML5, CSS3, WordPress Themes, WordPress, Adobe Photoshop, Gulp, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Freelance WordPress Engineer

2018 - 2018

Glassdoor

Replicated a client's jobs board from Jobvite.com to WordPress.
Gathered all the job data from Greenhouse.io using their API at app.greenhouse.io.
Developed a custom theme on top of Sage (roots.io/sage).
Created a custom Cron job for fetching data from greenhouse.io.
Built a custom search jobs functionality which combines data from greenhouse.io and searches for terms within WordPress.

Technologies: REST APIs, ACF PRO, WordPress API, Git, PHP, WordPress, Greenhouse, HTML, CSS

Freelance WordPress Developer

2017 - 2018

Gatemore (via Toptal)

Created customized templates.
Refactored the existing code.

Technologies: ACF PRO, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), SCSS, WordPress API, Git, HTML5, CSS3, WordPress Themes, WordPress, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Freelance WordPress Multisite Developer

2017 - 2018

Aledor (via Toptal)

Migrated theme options to a customizer for a multisite installation.
Refactored the existing code.
Integrated Facebook Open Graph META tags.

Technologies: WordPress API, Git, CSS3, PHP, WordPress, Facebook API, Custom APIs

Freelance Senior WordPress Plugin Developer

2017 - 2017

WPChef (via Toptal)

Implemented a new feature in the existing plugin.
Created a new event in Google Calendar using the custom syntax (wording scheme), getting this event into WordPress and creating new booking post based on data from a custom syntax.
Used as much as possible the functionality available from the plugin (DRY).
Wrote clean and well-documented code so that other developers can continue the plugin development swimmingly.

Technologies: WordPress Plugins, WordPress API, Git, PHP, WordPress, Google Calendar API

Freelance Full-stack WordPress Developer

2017 - 2017

EduOpinions SL (via Toptal)

Developed a child theme.
Heavily customized a commenting system.
Customized an automated mailing system based on user level and action.
Implemented a custom integration with MailChimp.
Built a social login.
Created a multilingual functionality.
Guided a junior developer in Git, deployment, and various WordPress areas.

Technologies: WordPress API, Git, CSS3, PHP, WordPress, LinkedIn API, Facebook API, jQuery, JavaScript, Ajax, HTML, CSS

WordPress Theme Developer | Project Lead

2015 - 2017

The House London

Developed small-to-medium business websites in WordPress.
Implemented third-party APIs (Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, MailChimp, Eventbrite, and Meetup).
Built custom user groups and permissions for viewing, editing, and administrating user groups and content.
Created various data models for building content with Advanced Custom Fields PRO.
Built various custom plugins which were reusable for different projects.
Conducted code reviews and guided junior developers.

Technologies: Instagram API, WordPress Plugins, REST APIs, ACF PRO, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), SCSS, WordPress API, Mailchimp API, Git, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, WordPress Themes, WordPress, Gulp, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

WordPress Theme Developer | Project Lead

2015 - 2017

Creative Agency Egzote

Automated the content creation with the Twitter and Instagram feeds (Twitter and Instagram API).
Worked onsite RSVP events via the Eventbrite and Meetup APIs.
Enabled onsite subscription via the MailChimp API.
Implemented various WordPress REST APIs (related posts, Masonry filters by categories, and more).
Created content on the front-end via Advanced Custom Fields PRO.

Freelance WordPress Theme Developer

2010 - 2017

Freelance Work

Built small, personal, and business websites using WordPress.
Created web designs in Photoshop.
Developed an audio-and-video playlist in WordPress via an HTML5 audio and video player.
Set up domain hosting (domain name, DNS, emails) and website hosting (cPanel, phpMyAdmin, and FTP).
Implemented Google services (webmaster tools, analytics, reCAPTCHA, and more).

Technologies: GitHub, Instagram API, WordPress Plugins, REST APIs, ACF PRO, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), SCSS, WordPress API, Mailchimp API, Git, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, WordPress Themes, WordPress, Adobe Photoshop, Sass, Gulp, jQuery, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Experience

Public Speaking

https://joind.in/user/zzap

• "WordPress Through The Terminal"
PHP Serbia Conference 2021, 27-28 August 2021, 2020.phpsrbija.rs/talks/wordpress-through-the-terminal

• Panel "Full Site Editing"
WordCamp Europe 2021, 07-09 June 2021, Wordpress.tv/2021/06/28/discussion-panel-full-site-editing/

• "WordPress Through The Terminal"
Bulgaria PHP Conference 2019, 08-10 November 2019, www.bgphp.org/

• Panel "Running A Successful Contributor Day"
WordCamp US 2019, 01-03 November 2019, Wordpress.tv/2019/11/14/remkus-de-vries-ptah-dunbar-milana-cap-cal-evans-running-a-successful-contributor-day/

• "WordPress Through The Terminal"
WordCamp Skopje 2019, 05-06 October 2019, 2019.skopje.wordcamp.org/session/wordpress-through-the-terminal/

• "WordPress REST API when you're not WordPress developer"
Bulgaria Web Summit 2018, 14 April 2018, Bulgariawebsummit.com/

Documentation Focus Lead for WordPress 5.8 Release

https://wordpress.org/news/2021/07/tatum/

Responsibilities:

• Keep track of changes within the release that require dev notes.
• Coordinate with the participants of the tickets who have the best understanding of the changes (the committer, the component maintainers, the contributors who own a ticket and lead the charge) to draft dev notes.
• Ensure all dev notes are written with enough time to be proofread, reviewed, and published prior to the field guide (which is published at the same time as release candidate one).
• If a ticket participant is not available to write a dev note, finding someone to write one, or write one myself.
• Ensure any documentation pages required for new features are created before the release.
• Write and publish the release changelog on HelpHub (end-user documentation).
• Update the WordPress versions page on the Codex.

Make.wordpress.org/core/5-8

Mentor for Google Season of Docs Program

https://make.wordpress.org/docs/style-guide/

Project: A full and renewed set of documentation style guide

• Successful projects for season 2020: https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/2020/participants
• Original project proposal: https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/2020/participants/project-wordpress-tacitonic
• Final project report: https://make.wordpress.org/docs/2021/03/07/wordpress-documentation-style-guide-google-season-of-docs-2020-project-report-tacitonic/

WordPress Theme Development Workshop

https://sr.wordpress.org/2018/08/16/

A free WordPress theme development workshop for the local WordPress community.

· 20 April 2019 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/260667969/

· 30 March 2019 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/259875933/

· 16 March 2019 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/259472140/

· 2 March 2019 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/259189973/

· 16 February 2019 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/258855119/

· 2 February 2019 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/258499530/

· 19 January 2019 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/258077174/

· 22 December 2018 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/257269881/

· 08 December 2018 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/256920422/

· 24 November 2018 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/256524521/

· 20 October 2018 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/255536576/

· 06 October 2018 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/255169291/

· 29 September 2018 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/254794321/

· 15 September 2018 - https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Serbia/events/254359061/

WordCamp Organizing and Volunteering

https://profiles.wordpress.org/milana_cap/

· September 2019 | WordCamp Nijmegen
- Role: Volunteer

· June 2019 | WordCamp Europe, Berlin
- Role: Co-organizer (Community Team Lead)

· May 2019 | WordCamp Niš
- Role: Co-organizer

· March 2019 | WordCamp Nordic, Helsinki
- Role: Volunteer

· August 2018 | WordCamp Nijmegen
- Role: Volunteer

· June 2018 | WordCamp Europe, Belgrade
- Role: Co-organizer (Community Team)

· September 2017 | WordCamp Zagreb
- Role: Volunteer

· June 2017 | WordCamp Europe, Paris
- Role: Volunteer

· June 2017 | Community Summit, Paris
- Role: Co-organizer (Community Team)

· May 2017 | WordCamp Belgrade
- Role: Volunteer

Pluralize-string.php

https://gist.github.com/zzap/b33facbf38815f5cb3fab261ed0aea7c

I worked on Pluralize-string.php, which defines irregular plurals for the English language. It examines if the string is irregular and if it is relevant to its ending, then generates the plural form of the word.

Skills

Languages

CSS3, HTML5, PHP, Sass, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP 7, Regex, SCSS, AMPScript

Frameworks

inuit.css

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, WordPress API, Twitter API, jQuery, Vimeo API, YouTube API, Meetup API, Eventbrite API, Instagram API, Facebook API, LinkedIn API, Custom APIs, Segment.io, WooCommerce API, Google Calendar API, React

Tools

PhpMyAdmin, Git, Sublime Text 3, GitHub, Trello, Bitbucket, Gulp, Gutenberg Editor, Webpack 4, Apache, Adobe Photoshop, ACF PRO, Greenhouse, Grunt, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Flow, GravityView, Webpack, NPM, WP-CLI, Composer

Platforms

WordPress, Linux, cPanel, WooCommerce, Docker

Other

Mailchimp API, WordPress Themes, Writing & Editing, WordPress Plugins, SVG, Konsole, HubSpot, Gravity Forms, Ajax, Open Source, Volunteering, Community, Statistics, GitHub Actions, Technical Writing, Open Source CMS, Documentation, Web Vitals

Storage

MySQL

Paradigms

Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), BEM