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Hire MuhammadMuhammad Mubashar Hussain
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WordPress Developer
Location
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Toptal Member Since
January 5, 2022
With a commitment to coding best practices for more than eight years, Mubashar enjoys solving business problems with technology, particularly with WordPress and cloud-based products. He is highly skilled in developing WordPress themes, plugins, Rest APIs, and integrations. Mubashar has delivered quality projects for Asone.co.uk and is a master of PHP, MVC frameworks, and JavaScript. He is a certified React developer by Toptal who has worked with TypeScript, Next.js, Redux, MUI, and Tailwind CSS.
Portfolio
Course Reader Material, LLC
APIs, WooCommerce, WordPress, Full-stack, Figma, Verification...
Freelance
WordPress, SilverStripe, Web Services, API Integration, REST APIs, MySQL, HTML...
Sigma Square
Agile Software Development, WordPress, WordPress Themes, WordPress API...
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Git, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MAMP
The most amazing...
...project that I've created is a network marketing system with recursive algorithms where members can make different incomes or bonuses per their subscription.
Work Experience
WooCommerce Developer
2023 - 2023
Course Reader Material, LLC
- Developed a WordPress site and integrated it into a platform capable of selling eBooks, managing royalties, and several user-based functions.
- Integrated the VitalSource platform using its API and developed a back-end dashboard, enabling the admin to manage different user roles and WooCommerce variable products.
- Added WooCommerce variable products from the VitalSource (VS) portal via API and synced the products every day via a cron job.
- Developed the front end by customizing the WooCommerce templates as per Figma design so that the students could purchase the book or buy capabilities to read books online on the VS portal.
- Oversaw the launch process and completed the MVP before the deadline, resulting in the students buying and managing their books before the start of the semester.
Technologies: APIs, WooCommerce, WordPress, Full-stack, Figma, Verification, User Authentication, Cron, Integration, Inventory Management, Custom Themes
Full-stack PHP Developer
2019 - 2022
Freelance
- Developed business solutions for clients corresponding to their business challenges and needs.
- Updated and renewed the BRSCC WordPress site landing page and worked on features such as racing events management, race formulae, and race circuits using a custom theme and design implementation for the front end.
- Architected the BRSCC back end consisting of the ACF PRO, Custom Post Type UI (CPTUI), WooCommerce, and Ninja forms to manage the custom post types and meta information.
- Created the noticeboard section and stats section along with the custom search implementation. The updates helped the members organize the racing events easily and with up to a 40% increase in traffic.
- Revamped the landing page using Elementor and fixed the security flaws, maintaining PCI compliance for Ampulla, the UK and Europe's largest online packaging supplier, including complete site responsiveness.
- Integrated the Trustpilot rating, improved the CLS PageSpeed insights by 60%, removed the frequent 500 errors by server reconfiguration, moved the cron jobs to the server side, and improved the cache strategy to reduce the server load by up to 35%.
- Fixed the duplicate orders in the MySQL database and removed the spam users. Pushed the code updates to GitHub at the end of each session.
- Reduced the server load and speed optimizations, ranked the pages on Google, and increased the number of orders by around 30%.
- Built a leads management system for different kinds of loan leads coming from several sites and loan calculators with various levels of interest rates and formulas using the PHP Silverstripe framework and its CMS, along with REST API endpoints.
Technologies: WordPress, SilverStripe, Web Services, API Integration, REST APIs, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WooCommerce, Algorithms, Ajax, Bootstrap, Mobile Web Services, PHP, RDBMS, Trello, XAMPP, Web Development, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, PSD to WordPress, WordPress API, jQuery, JSON, WordPress REST API, Theme Customization, Agile Software Development, Graphs, jqPlot, Chart.js, MAMP, WordPress Design, Gutenberg Editor, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), eCommerce, HTML5, Custom Post Types, Development, PHP MVC, MVC Development, Figma, CSS3, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web, GitHub, WooCommerce API, Slack, WPML, Composer, Full-stack, Payment APIs, Gravity Forms, Bug Fixes, Front-end, Elementor, Content Management Systems (CMS), Content Management, Responsive UI, Responsive Layout, ACF PRO, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Front-end Development, Plugins, Themes, APIs, Relational Databases, Twig, Subscriptions, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, REST, CodeIgniter, Design, Shopify, Payment Gateways, Security, Cloudflare, Laravel, Sass, HTML to WordPress, Webpack, Site Speed Optimization, Verification, User Authentication, Cron, Shopify API, Node.js, TypeScript, SCSS, Integration, Inventory Management, Supply Chain, WPBakery, Mailchimp, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Custom Themes, Amazon API
Senior WordPress Developer
2017 - 2018
Sigma Square
- Developed a referral system for network marketing in Codeigniter 3, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. As per their subscribed plan, members could receive daily payments as well as referral, pairing, and generational bonuses for up to eight generations.
- Managed a team of three to oversee ListingPro theme customization projects.
- Completed over 60 customizations, mainly with the ListingPro theme alongside Avada and with plugins like WooCommerce. The customization includes specific payment gateway integration or Google API content and mapping modification.
- Added the design changes, browse menu custom taxonomy pages, and the custom fields and taxonomies in the back end of the sacwellness.com ListingPro customization. These UI custom settings increased the SUS score by up to 30%.
- Created and managed WordPress themes and plugins; some of these were listed on the ThemeForest.
- Developed a Fusion Builder (FB) addon, Fusion Builder WooCommerce Elements plugin, listed on ThemeForest, to help non-coder users to integrate WooCommerce features with just FB mapped elements instead of the code.
- Built multiple WordPress custom themes and plugins from scratch by converting PSDs to properly working WordPress themes.
- Worked on performance enhancement of websites using caching and database optimization to increase the page insight score to over 90.
Technologies: Agile Software Development, WordPress, WordPress Themes, WordPress API, PSD to WordPress, WordPress REST API, Theme Development, Plugin Development, Theme Customization, MySQL, CodeIgniter 3, Mobile Web Services, Web Services, PHP, RDBMS, Git, Trello, XAMPP, Web Development, WordPress Plugins, WooCommerce, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, API Integration, REST APIs, JSON, PayPal API, Stripe API, Ajax, Graphs, jqPlot, Chart.js, Google Maps API, WordPress Design, ThemeForest, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), eCommerce, HTML5, PayPal, Custom Post Types, Development, PHP MVC, MVC Development, WordPress VIP, CSS3, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web, GitHub, WooCommerce API, Slack, Stripe, WPML, Composer, Full-stack, Payment APIs, Gravity Forms, Bug Fixes, Front-end, Elementor, Content Management Systems (CMS), Content Management, Responsive UI, Responsive Layout, ACF PRO, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Front-end Development, Plugins, Themes, APIs, Relational Databases, Twig, Subscriptions, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, REST, CodeIgniter, Design, Payment Gateways, Security, Cloudflare, Sass, HTML to WordPress, Webpack, Site Speed Optimization, Verification, User Authentication, Cron, SCSS, Integration, Inventory Management, Supply Chain, WPBakery, Mailchimp, Custom Themes
Software Engineer
2015 - 2016
eGenieNext
- Developed a web app from scratch, used PyroCMS (built on top of Codeigniter) to automate the weight loss coaching center and customize the eating plans under the supervision of nutrition experts.
- Added new features like scheduling meetings on available time slots of experts (Acuity Scheduling and join.me APIs), the stats dashboard with graphs (jqPlot, JavaScript, and jQuery), and payment plans with subscriptions (Authorize.net and PayPal).
- Helped close the gap between the customers and their fitness consultants through the app; produced more immersed results, increasing the gym customers and revenue by up to 45% within a couple of months.
- Created an eCommerce web store to sell nutrition and gym products from scratch using WordPress, WooCommerce, advanced custom fields, and a custom theme with WooCommerce template customization.
- Planned and created the database architecture of the websites in the RDBMS environment using MySQL.
- Worked on performance enhancement of websites. Used better cache strategy and database optimization.
- Provided technical support and bug fixes on new updates and releases. Used Trello and Asana as reporting tools in an Agile environment.
- Converted many PSDs to appropriately working WordPress themes using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Technologies: Agile Software Development, PyroCMS, Mustache, WordPress, API Integration, PayPal API, Stripe API, MySQL, Acuity Scheduling API, Join.me, CodeIgniter 3, PHP, RDBMS, Algorithms, Git, Trello, XAMPP, Web Development, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, PSD to WordPress, WooCommerce, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, REST APIs, JSON, WordPress REST API, WordPress API, Web Services, Mobile Web Services, Ajax, Graphs, jqPlot, Chart.js, Authorize.net, Google Maps API, eCommerce, HTML5, PayPal, Custom Post Types, Development, PHP MVC, MVC Development, WordPress VIP, CSS3, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web, GitHub, WooCommerce API, Stripe, WPML, Composer, Full-stack, Payment APIs, Gravity Forms, Bug Fixes, Front-end, Content Management Systems (CMS), Content Management, Responsive UI, Responsive Layout, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Front-end Development, Plugins, Themes, APIs, Relational Databases, REST, CodeIgniter, Design, Payment Gateways, Laravel, HTML to WordPress, Verification, User Authentication, Cron, Integration, Inventory Management, Custom Themes
PHP Developer
2013 - 2015
RE2QA Private Limited
- Built a complete web and mobile app solution, the "Family-Dynamics," for parents to manage their family expenses, child custody schedules, and life events using HMVC module-based CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the blog in WordPress.
- Created an eCommerce application with WordPress that allowed users to subscribe and order printed T-shirts with their custom-selected designs.
- Built web applications using CorePHP, CodeIgniter 3, MySQL, and WordPress for this US-based web-solutions providing company mainly proficient in PHP stack, including the WooCommerce stores.
Technologies: PHP, CodeIgniter 3, CSS, jQuery, Mobile Web Services, REST APIs, MySQL, Core PHP, Web Services, WordPress, RDBMS, Git, XAMPP, Web Development, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, HTML, API Integration, JSON, Ajax, Algorithms, eCommerce, HTML5, Development, PHP MVC, MVC Development, Web, Full-stack, Bug Fixes, Front-end, Responsive UI, Responsive Layout, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Front-end Development, Plugins, Themes, APIs, Relational Databases, CodeIgniter, Design, HTML to WordPress, Verification, User Authentication, Cron, Integration
Experience
British Racing & Sports Car Club's App
https://brscc.co.uk/British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC) is one of the most influential clubs and main driving forces in domestic motor racing in the UK.
• Updated and renewed the BRSCC WordPress site landing page.
• Worked on the Racing Events Management, Race Formulae, and Race Circuits using a custom theme and design implementation for the front end.
• Developed the back end using the ACF Pro, CPT-UI, WooCommerce, and Ninja forms to manage the custom post types and meta information.
• Developed the noticeboard section and stats section along with the custom search implementation.
The updates helped the members to organize the racing events with ease and an up to 40% increase in traffic.
• Updated and renewed the BRSCC WordPress site landing page.
• Worked on the Racing Events Management, Race Formulae, and Race Circuits using a custom theme and design implementation for the front end.
• Developed the back end using the ACF Pro, CPT-UI, WooCommerce, and Ninja forms to manage the custom post types and meta information.
• Developed the noticeboard section and stats section along with the custom search implementation.
The updates helped the members to organize the racing events with ease and an up to 40% increase in traffic.
Spam Users Eraser Plugin
https://www.ampulla.co.uk/I developed a plugin for Ampulla, The UK and Europe's Largest Online Packaging Supplier.
A site-specific custom plugin to customize and add new features with a cron job to remove the spam users with no orders from the system using WordPress hooks and fix the duplicate sales issue. Additional features were added to improve the site score, like lazy loading for the images and removing frequent 500-error.
A site-specific custom plugin to customize and add new features with a cron job to remove the spam users with no orders from the system using WordPress hooks and fix the duplicate sales issue. Additional features were added to improve the site score, like lazy loading for the images and removing frequent 500-error.
Fusion Builder Add-on
https://theme-fusion.com/avada-website-builder/Fusion Builder is a site builder tool powered by Theme Fusion.
I developed an add-on plugin and a shortcode mapped on the fusion builder for developers who want to design a UI on the live site without disturbing the UI for real-time traffic. This shortcode and its content could only be visible when a developer or admin was logged in.
I developed an add-on plugin and a shortcode mapped on the fusion builder for developers who want to design a UI on the live site without disturbing the UI for real-time traffic. This shortcode and its content could only be visible when a developer or admin was logged in.
Network Marketing Referral System
Developed a network marketing referral system from scratch to completion for a marketing company based in China.
The technology used were H-MVC framework CodeIgnitor, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
The main features of the project include:
• Subscription plans for users.
• Daily income, as per their subscribed plan.
• Bonus incomes include; upon introducing new members, when the pair is complete, and a bonus for up to eight generations of that user within the network.
• Users can see their network representation within the tree on the dashboard with other statistics and graphs.
• Users can see their details of incomes and request for the withdrawal of payment which gets transferred to the member after the admin's approval.
The app relieved the admin from the exhausting manual work, and the admin managed the members' incomes pretty easily with a few clicks, as well as the subscription plans.
The automation saved the client around 80% of the monthly operational cost.
The technology used were H-MVC framework CodeIgnitor, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
The main features of the project include:
• Subscription plans for users.
• Daily income, as per their subscribed plan.
• Bonus incomes include; upon introducing new members, when the pair is complete, and a bonus for up to eight generations of that user within the network.
• Users can see their network representation within the tree on the dashboard with other statistics and graphs.
• Users can see their details of incomes and request for the withdrawal of payment which gets transferred to the member after the admin's approval.
The app relieved the admin from the exhausting manual work, and the admin managed the members' incomes pretty easily with a few clicks, as well as the subscription plans.
The automation saved the client around 80% of the monthly operational cost.
Toptal React Accelerator
https://youtu.be/ih4JUzlIUT4The Toptal React Accelerator is an exclusive learning program that educates JavaScript developers in React, NextJS, Redux, and GraphQL. This is a two-month program that consists of rigorous learning exercises and hands-on activities along with a stringent evaluation process, comprehensive learning assessments, and 30-40 hours of building an Invoice Management System. Within this invoicing application, users are able to track invoices, clients, and company information.
Skills
Languages
PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Core PHP, HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript, Sass, SCSS, Java
Frameworks
Bootstrap, PHP MVC, Twig, CodeIgniter, CodeIgniter 3, SilverStripe, Tailwind CSS, Material UI, Laravel, Next.js
Libraries/APIs
WordPress API, REST APIs, WordPress REST API, WooCommerce API, jQuery, PayPal API, Stripe API, Acuity Scheduling API, Mustache, jqPlot, Chart.js, Authorize.net, Google Maps API, Stripe, React, Shopify API, Node.js, Amazon API
Tools
Trello, MAMP, Gutenberg Editor, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Composer, ACF PRO, Cron, WPBakery, PyroCMS, Git, GitHub, Slack, WPML, Webpack, Mailchimp, Figma
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Responsive Layout, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), REST, Agile Software Development
Platforms
WooCommerce, WordPress, XAMPP, Web, WordPress VIP, Shopify, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Storage
JSON, MySQL, RDBMS, Relational Databases
Other
Web Development, WordPress Themes, WordPress Plugins, PSD to WordPress, API Integration, Web Services, Mobile Web Services, Theme Customization, Ajax, WordPress Design, eCommerce, Custom Post Types, Development, MVC Development, Full-stack, Payment APIs, Gravity Forms, Bug Fixes, Front-end, Elementor, Content Management Systems (CMS), Content Management, Responsive UI, Front-end Development, Plugins, Themes, APIs, Subscriptions, WooCommerce Subscriptions 2, Design, Payment Gateways, Security, HTML to WordPress, Verification, User Authentication, Site Speed Optimization, Integration, Inventory Management, Custom Themes, Join.me, Theme Development, Plugin Development, Graphs, Algorithms, ThemeForest, PayPal, Applied Mathematics, Cloudflare, Supply Chain, Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Physics
Education
2011 - 2013
Master's Degree in Information Technology
Punjab University - Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
2009 - 2011
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
Punjab University - Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Certifications
JULY 2022 - PRESENT
Toptal React Accelerator Graduate
Toptal, LLC
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