

Muhammad Ammar Ilyas
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Ammar is an expert full-stack WordPress developer with more than eight years of experience. He specializes in designing UIs for premium WordPress themes and plugins. He has worked with global agencies, has created many eCommerce and portfolios sites, and is proficient at overseeing product releases. Ammar has delivered reliable solutions used worldwide, many of which are listed on ThemeForest and WordPress.org.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Amazon S3 (AWS S3), GitHub, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Vultr, GoDaddy, HostGator, Bluehost, WP Engine, Bedrock, Agile Sprints
The most amazing...
...project I've developed is called Quickex. It's a money transfer platform between Chile and Venezuela.
Work Experience
[PT/FT] FS/ WooCommerce dev to create eBook platform
Course Reader Material, LLC
- Project Architecture & Flow: Conceptualized and designed the comprehensive project flow and system architecture, ensuring seamless functionality and user experience.
- Team Leadership: Successfully led a dynamic team of 5 members, fostering collaboration and ensuring the timely completion of project milestones.
- API Integration: Integrated Vital Source API with WooCommerce to enhance the product offering and automate digital delivery.
- Product Management: Devised a system to automatically create variable WooCommerce products in response to data from Vital Source, ensuring a dynamic product range.
- Custom WooCommerce Flow: Redesigned the standard WooCommerce flow to better accommodate the needs of the project and improve overall user navigation.
- Payment Solutions: Spearheaded the integration of payment gateways, ensuring secure and efficient transaction processing for customers.
Shopify Developer
Anastasiia Pasichnyk
- Integrated PayPal smart button on the cart page and wrote a custom function to get all the product details of the cart to pass down the PayPal smart button price.
- Built a custom app to create an order on Shopify after the payment is made successfully through PayPal smart button.
- Created a custom thank you template and contact form and added redirection to that page after placing the order.
WordPress Developer
Irrational Labs S Corp
- Resolved complex Gravity Forms issues by conducting thorough code analysis and troubleshooting. Implemented effective solutions that enhanced form submission accuracy and improved user experience.
- Implemented custom form validation and conditional logic enhancements using JavaScript and PHP. Improved data validation and created personalized form interactions, boosting user engagement.
- Optimized form submission and data handling processes through server-side optimizations and efficient database queries. Resulted in faster form submissions and reduced server load for improved performance.
WordPress Developer
Microblink LLC
- Designed and developed a responsive and visually appealing website using modern web technologies, resulting in a 30% increase in user engagement and a 20% decrease in bounce rate.
- Implemented an intuitive user interface with seamless navigation and optimized loading speeds, leading to a 40% reduction in page load time and a 15% increase in average session duration.
- Implemented an effective search engine optimization (SEO) strategy, resulting in a 50% increase in organic traffic and a top-ranking position on search engine results pages for relevant keywords within three months of website launch.
- Conducted rigorous testing and quality assurance checks on the website across multiple devices and browsers, guaranteeing a bug-free experience and achieving a 95% customer satisfaction rating based on user feedback.
WordPress Plugin Developer
Superior Cannabis Company, LLC
- Developed a plugin as an add-on to WooCommerce to add Square Loyalty API.
- Implemented Square Loyalty API and enabled users to redeem loyalty points on checkout and get discounts created on the Square platform.
- Converted the multi-WordPress website to a standard WordPress website and deployed it to the main server.
SEO Developer
New Ventures West, LLC
- Tracked all the issues, warnings, and notices using the Semrush tool.
- Fixed all the issues on different website modules and improved the SEO score.
- Optimized the website's speed and fixed all the SEO-related bugs, including the end result.
Senior WordPress Developer
Blacktail NYC
- Designed custom post types and custom fields for different content types.
- Built responsive and SEO-ready screens and layouts.
- Created custom APIs to scrape products and items from Amazon.
WordPress PHP Developer
Barscope Interactive Data Systems Incorporated
- Developed different websites using Bedrock, Composer, and Dockers as tools.
- Provided technical WordPress support for maintaining over 100 websites, improving their SEO, and adding new features by customizing themes.
- Worked in different sprints and boards for the company that used the Agile framework to manage their project and Slack for communication.
- Performed regression testing using BackstopJS for debugging.
Senior WordPress Developer
Skylikes
- Designed and developed blogs for different niches and deployed those to the AWS server.
- Developed custom themes using best SEO practices and took care of page speed.
- Created proper schema markups of each blog and website so users may see proper structure in a Google search of the websites.
- Developed custom scraper and SEO plugins for interlinking between blog pages.
Full-stack WordPress Developer
WP Square
- Designed the UI of premium WordPress themes and plugins.
- Developed premium WordPress themes and plugins and uploaded those to ThemeForest and WordPress.org.
- Provided technical WordPress support for the premium themes and plugins on ThemeForest and WordPress.org.
- Managed a team of eight developers and two designers to deliver a large-scale web and mobile application for Holonis, a social networking company.
- Worked as a tier 2 support expert for Avada theme provided by ThemeFusion.
WordPress Developer and Designer
Freelance
- Designed different websites and plugins for agencies around the globe.
- Developed WordPress websites and plugins and deployed them in various environments.
- Provided technical support and bug fixes on new updates and releases.
Web Designer and Front-end Developer
Sigma Square
- Designed websites for agencies, online stores, and individual portfolios.
- Developed and launched WordPress and static websites.
- Maintained websites and took care of bug fixes on new updates.
- Managed a team of four developers to develop and publish premium themes and plugins on ThemeForest.
Experience
Microblink
https://microblink.com/Xecutors
https://xecutors.com/Quick Express Money Transfer
https://www.quickex.net/Quikipay
https://quikipay.com/Premium WordPress Themes for a Digital Agency
https://www.wp-sqr.com/Skills
Languages
HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS3, Less, Timber, Sass, SQL, GraphQL, C++
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, MUI (Material UI), ZURB Foundation 2, Divi, Next.js, Bedrock, Twig, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), YARN
Libraries/APIs
WordPress API, React, WordPress REST API, jQuery, WooCommerce API, REST APIs, Stripe, FedEx API, Shopify API, Google AdSense, Typeform.io, Liquid, Node.js, NetSuite API, Square API, PayPal API, Zoho API
Tools
GitHub, Photoshop CC, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), ACF PRO, Figma, Jira, Slack, WP-CLI, NGINX, Gutenberg Editor, Shopify Plus, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Zapier, Lando, Vultr, Google Analytics, Yarn Workspaces, NPM, Gulp, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, LearnDash, Notion, Bubble, Git, Terminal, Atlassian, Composer, BackstopJS, Vagrant
Paradigms
Agile Workflow, REST, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Hosting, Responsive, Mobile Design, Back-end Architecture, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), UI Design, Jamstack, UX Design, Agile
Platforms
WordPress, WooCommerce, Webflow CMS, Shopify, Webflow, cPanel, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Docker, DigitalOcean, Netlify, Klaviyo, LAMP, Bluehost, Firebase, Umbraco, Zoho CRM
Industry Expertise
Project Management, Web Design
Other
GoDaddy, HostGator, Programming, PSD to HTML, PSD to WordPress, Elementor, APIs, Site Speed Optimization, Google SEO, Blog Design, Star Schema, Content Management Systems (CMS), Domains & Hosting, Headless WordPress, Gatsby, WordPress Plugins, Technical Support, Beaver Builder, Yoast SEO, WordPress Themes, Web Development, Avada, Education, Healthcare Services, Training, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, WordPress Design, Agile Sprints, Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, Full-stack, GeneratePress, SEO Tools, Caching, W3 Total Cache, FastCGI, Custom Post Types, Sage WordPress Theme, Landing Pages, Web Scraping, Back-end, Front-end, Integration, Payment APIs, eCommerce, API Integration, Single Sign-on (SSO), PSD to Shopify, Shopify Theme, Shopify Payments, Shopify Design, Shopify Customizations, Mobile First, Responsive Design, User Experience (UX), UI Animation, User Interface (UI), Design, Oxygen, CSV File Processing, CSS3 Animation, Plugin Development, SSL Configurations, Content Marketing Platforms, Alpine.js, Membership Sites, Figma to Shopify, Airtable, Google Search Console, SaaS, Headless Software, Data Migration, Squarespace, Google Shopping, HubSpot, Performance, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Branding, Technical Leadership, Subscriptions, No-code, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), NetSuite, Google Analytics 4, Plugins, Search, XD to HTML, Custom Themes, Semrush, Square, Headless Commerce, PayPal, Verification, User Authentication, Zoho
Storage
Amazon S3 (AWS S3), WP Engine, MySQL, Databases, PostgreSQL
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Government College University - Lahore, Pakistan